Division of Forestry Strategic Direction
Statewide Forest Strategy 2010
Statewide Forest Assessment 2010
Forest Sustainability Framework
Statewide Forest Plan 2004
D2. Trend: Development is increasing.
Comment #: 1
Very important issue in Vilas Cty.
Comment #: 2
Education for our new suburban neighbors in rural and lakefront areas is one of the most important issue we face.
Comment #: 3
Land use and shareline policy is being developed-implemented and needs to be addressed by the DNR as well.
Comment #: 4
We urge a strong forest zoning/protection plan.
Comment #: 5
But how do you stop it.
Comment #: 6
People have to be educated on how to leave the forest lands and how not to destroy the shore lines. Certain zoning laws must be in effect.
Comment #: 7
need better zoning statewide
Comment #: 8
Work with realtors and their associations to stop advertising in distant cities, trying to attract them to Lakeland and forsted northern Wisconsin. Such buyers put in big houses, used but a small part of the year and want fancy services, which they can afford. Try to attract people who live more pioneer-like and manage to live even under severe winter weather and occasional loss of electricity. Reduce number allowed to sell (or try to sell) as realtors. There are already far too many!
Comment #: 9
True but its not an issue for a statewide plan
Comment #: 10
We really need to rein this in.
Comment #: 11
zoning/buildingcodes/septic requirements
Comment #: 12
We definitely need a way to slow this trend down!
Comment #: 13
Local controls.
Comment #: 14
Need statewide zoning to control sprawl.
Comment #: 15
Leave to local government zoning boards.
Comment #: 16
"Urban sprawl" is probably the largest threat to forests, wetlands, ag. land, etc. Stricter zoning laws, etc. are needed immediately before it is to late.
Comment #: 17
Advocate better land use regulations. More power to regional entities.
Comment #: 18
It certainly would help if growing communities were required to set aside a certain portion for green space - minimum standard.
Comment #: 19
This trend won't last much longer. If it does, eventually the city folk will wise up.
Comment #: 20
Agree, if what is meant by "addressed" is educating people about forest use and fragmentation, and not restricing development
Comment #: 21
We need to learn to be aggressive and assertive with developers - do they not also need to live in and depend on the land they desecrate by development?
Comment #: 22
A problem
Comment #: 23
Any study of "urban forest" plan should be seperated from State forests.
Comment #: 24
Local zoning is important to have some organized and planned development. Tax breaks for land held for forestry would help relieve the pressure to develop land.
Comment #: 25
gotta stop lake development through land purchases
Comment #: 26
To much land is being build on
Comment #: 27
See D1, see A12 and soon this state will not be so popular if we are overdeveloped.
Comment #: 28
I would favor a statewide plan to decrease urban sprawl.
Comment #: 29
Put a cork in it
Comment #: 30
Must be addressed
Comment #: 31
If they build in a flood plain or in a JP forest they should expect to be flooded or burned. I don't need to pay for their foolishness.
Comment #: 32
I really feel that people who do not really understand forests and are not aware of the burn they do should not be allowed to ruin our forests. Intentions are good results are great.
Comment #: 33
I really am concerned about urban sprawl
Comment #: 34
Yes, yes, yes.
Comment #: 35
Strictly limit development.
Comment #: 36
This trend will go on forever
Comment #: 37
Education and land use planning and zoning.
Comment #: 38
Whoever is writing this has a definite prejudice against the majority of the people in this state.
Comment #: 39
Most urban transplants seem to have no root in the soil.
Comment #: 40
Education.
Comment #: 41
This relates back to other questions in the survey. The state should do what's right, ecologically, on its own lands, setting a good example. The forest planning cannot control private development.
Comment #: 42
Eventually ground water use and contamination will be a limiting problem. By that time the forest, as such, will no longer be recognizable.
Comment #: 43
The only way to deal with this continuing (non-stopable) trend is to establish longterm land use planning principles, goals and objectives, etc to guide this force in the future.
Comment #: 44
Limit development!!
Comment #: 45
Need to address
Comment #: 46
Same comments as D1
Comment #: 47
and lack of respect for efforts of the rest of us.
Comment #: 48
This development has raised the tax assessment of forest land to $700 to $900 per acre - which means an annual tax of $20 or more per acre. How can forest mgt for forest products be economically feasible at that rate? Managed Forest Law merely delays the tax till harvest. Grazing lowers assessment to $100/ac/yr - but damages repor and soil. Fragmentaton becomes inevitable.
Comment #: 49
Is an urban forest anywhere a development is?
Comment #: 50
Increase public land!
Comment #: 51
Stricter zoning.
Comment #: 52
See many, many examples of this.
Comment #: 53
Lake front development is destroying "everything". This policy needs to be addressed ASAP!
Comment #: 54
SEED!
Comment #: 55
Clean water is the most important quality we must protect. People who want to enjoy rural areas - lake front developments have to be willing to pay the cost to do so in an environmentally sound way.
Comment #: 56
Yep, it sure it. But see item A12 and C2-C5. Does the DNR seek zoning authority? Will it buy development rights? Are the counties 'on board' here?
Comment #: 57
Ever drive through West Chicago? We must manage development around our forests, or buy the abutting acreage.
Comment #: 58
How can this trend be stopped? The majority of the population is becoming urbanized. SE and East Central Wis. Will soon be one bit suburb.
Comment #: 59
Zoning! We need comprehensive growth plans in all urban/rural areas. Concentrate development near existing roads, ?
Comment #: 60
It's time to stop willy-nilly fragmentation. Also, add forests to all land use plans.
Comment #: 61
Protection of forest land is a valuable goal - for the plan and for generations to come.
Comment #: 62
Forest corridors should be preserved - with no tolerance for destruction of large areas of natural forest. Rules for lake and stream natural buffer zones should be enforced and wildlife shelter belt/crossing areas mandated in ratio to forest destroyed to build.
Comment #: 63
Discover why cities are bad places to live that many must leave!
Comment #: 64
Large tracts should not be allowed to be broken down into as small of parcels for development as is presently allowed. Certain counties or townships are acting already to prevent this. The state should take note.
Comment #: 65
It's a shame what some do to lake lots - cutting most of the trees off and then see who can build the biggest and most impressive house.
Comment #: 66
Counties, towns and cities should address.
Comment #: 67
Stop urban development
Comment #: 68
People with urban attitudes need to be educated to the benefits of MFP.
Comment #: 69
Limit how small 40 acre parcels can be split up; say 10 acre minimum?
Comment #: 70
Ties to our #1 issue.
Comment #: 71
Land use planning.
Comment #: 72
I believe lakefront development really needs to be addressed and limited in some way.
Comment #: 73
bad news
Comment #: 74
to buy land to set aside forest land
Comment #: 75
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Comment #: 76
My comments from D1 apply here also
Comment #: 77
with increased forest areas should be a problem
Comment #: 78
A huge problem - people who want their cabins to be like suburban homes with perfect lawns - pesticides and fertilzers are running into our lakes
Comment #: 79
Set controls.
Comment #: 80
This expansion of urban areas is the main cause for forest fragmentation - not sustainable forest management.
Comment #: 81
Severely limit large incorporation in sensitive selected areas please.
Comment #: 82
no such thing as a "rural forest" in Suack Co. anymore
Comment #: 83
This activity should be curtialed with more stringent laws and ordinances to help put a stop to this very distructive and detramental activity.
Comment #: 84
Sounds like DI.
Comment #: 85
Why does Wisconsin not have any cabins for people wishing not to camp deep within the forests. Cabins should be state-run like in other southern states, with not too many amenities. Up license fees people over 65 should pay the same fee as all other people that hunt or fish! People discrimination! When I am 65 I donot expect a senior fee just because of my age!
Comment #: 86
Allow additional tax and use benefits to owners that will stop development or restrict.
Comment #: 87
Should be stopped.
Comment #: 88
I agree this is true and will continue for a long time. But how can it be changed and ? Should it be?
Comment #: 89
Stop the urban sprawl
Comment #: 90
If we don't change our culture, we will not have forests or farms in the futrue.
Comment #: 91
The development should stay to zoning rules.
Comment #: 92
We need to preserve as much as we can before its too late.
Comment #: 93
Buy development rights!
Comment #: 94
Why do you keep insisting to plan for mgmt. Of private lands - stay away from private ownership patterns created by market forces.
Comment #: 95
Support the Tree Farm System and we will keep our forests if governement does not force the tree farmer to seel their land for homesites because government has assessed the tree farmer's land as homesite $1200/acre vs $100/acre
Comment #: 96
It can be difficult to prevent private development without zoning.
Comment #: 97
Combine with D1
Comment #: 98
See D1.
Comment #: 99
We need to set aside, by zoning and public forest areas, forestry districts that prevent development and conversion to urban areas.
Comment #: 100
Private owner right
Comment #: 101
True
Comment #: 102
Thank God. We need continued development for our economy.
Comment #: 103
Thank God. We need continued development for our economy.
Comment #: 104
Couldn't agree more.
Comment #: 105
EDUCATION!! It's correct to state that urban folks are moving into the rural areas but they don't want the rural lifestyle, many studies have shown that. Educate them so they don't move out with false expectations. Lets keep the rural rural and the forests forests.
Comment #: 106
This is really a social/demographics issue, not urban forestry per se.
Comment #: 107
People and the construction industry really need to understand the leaving the woods intact is the best thing they can do. Too often, the first thing a contractor does is clear the lot(s) - and that is oftent he worst thing that can be done ecologically. WHether we regulate or offer guidance on how to build and keep your trees intact, I highly recommend that such a publication and ethic be promoted.
Comment #: 108
The educational component of the plan must address this. The urban population must be reached with the whole forestry story.
Comment #: 109
This is one of our largest problems, we should be encouraging condensing areas of development and allowing for adjacent natural greenspaces.
Comment #: 110
As I mentioned earlier, I think this will be about our biggest challenge in Wisconsin. These "urban" landowners have lost the connection with nature, or, as I like to call it, "the real world".
Comment #: 111
C4 and B3 These people may have lost touch with their rural background a long time ago so the masses affect the rural setting and long established land ethics.
Comment #: 112
We need to educate people on the use of rural forests and that they should bring their urban ways there.
Comment #: 113
More education for new forest owners. Man this survey is long.
Comment #: 114
more planning
Comment #: 115
More restrictions on the development of these lands need to be enforced.
Comment #: 116
More restrictions on the development of these lands need to be enforced.
Comment #: 117
GET USED TO IT.
Comment #: 118
They all want their own piece of nature but when they fragment it into their own little parcels they ruin it. Those people need to realize this.
Comment #: 119
Education, education, education...
Comment #: 120
Education, education, education...
Comment #: 121
Controlled by zoning and is not a forestry problem.
Comment #: 122
See previous comments
Comment #: 123
Neighborhood associations can implement protective covenants. The associations can be given incentives.
Comment #: 124
Legal restrictions are needed.
Comment #: 125
Suburban sprawl represents a real threat to forests because of the nature of the zoning and construction. More centralized city planning, which encourages cost effective public transportation, walking and biking as an alternative should be emphasized. The trend these days towards a few multi-lane highways (choked with motorists) linking housing developments to an urban center is counterproductive.
Comment #: 126
This is the number one problem. They have no concept of Leopold's land ethics. This should be mandatory in all teacher programs and in all schools in the state.
Comment #: 127
People just need to be more educated.
Comment #: 128
See earlier comments
Comment #: 129
Remember that farmfield in your backyard? Don't
get too attached.
Comment #: 130
We are our own worst enemy aren't we?
Comment #: 131
This is one of the most important trends. Control where development occurs, and we control how much forest land remains intact.
Comment #: 132
This is a major problem. And the soil degradation! Again, local decisions about natural resources are often based on short-term financial gain which is an over-riding incentive in too many communties that are trying to increase their tax base.
Comment #: 133
Development is bad. Let's work with what we already have. People move to the Northwoods because it is so beautiful. It is also quiet and undisturbed. Let's keep it that way.
Comment #: 134
Very much so, were entering the 21 century, more housing is in demand, and bulidings
Comment #: 135
I think we should develop a plan that
allows only so much land to be built on
Comment #: 136
i think that certains forests should definatly be put aside and not used by towns and cities because soon all the forests will be changed and growing snaller quickly.
Comment #: 137
Provide local governments with maps, rationale and model ordinance language to limit development of forested areas as they do their land use planning for Smart Growth.
Comment #: 138
This is part of the general fragmentation concept previously identified.
Comment #: 139
ditto d1
Comment #: 140
Some of the existing restrictions on development make sense.
Last Revised: Monday July 30 2007
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