Section NR 18.06 - Application procedure(1) RESIDENT FALCONRY PERMIT. A person shall submit an application for a permit under this chapter on forms provided by the department accompanied by a fee of $75 for a 3-year falconry permit. An applicant may not submit more than one application for a permit under this chapter nor apply for a permit if they have failed to answer correctly at least 80% of the questions on a falconry examination as described in s. NR 18.05(2) and as required in s. NR 18.05(1). An applicant shall provide the following information: (a) Name, address, birth date and physical description of the applicant.(b) Number, species and source for each raptor the applicant plans to acquire, including its age and sex if known.(c) Description and location of falconry facilities.(d) Description of the training area.(e) Date and time the facilities and training area will be ready for inspection.(f) Certification by the applicant that the information in the application is true and correct.(g) Authorization allowing state and federal agents to inspect the applicant's facilities, training area and raptors.(2) NONRESIDENT RAPTOR TRAPPING PERMIT. A nonresident may apply annually for a nonresident raptor trapping permit under this chapter on forms provided by the department accompanied by a fee of $100. An applicant may not submit more than one application for a permit under this chapter. Each applicant shall provide the following information: (a) Name, address, birth date and physical description of the applicant.(b) Number, species and source for each raptor the applicant plans to acquire, including its age and sex if known.(c) Description and location of falconry facilities.(d) Certification by the applicant that the information in the application is true and correct.(e) A photocopy of his or her current, valid state or federal falconry permit and valid import license from the state of residence, which shall be listed as a cooperating state in 50 CFR 21.29(k), and which authorizes the taking of raptors for use in falconry.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 18.06
Cr. Register, December, 1977, No. 264, eff. 1-1-78; r. and recr. Register, December, 1997, No. 504, eff. 1-1-98; CR 01-127: am. (1) (intro.), (2) (intro.) and (e), Register July 2002 No. 559, eff. 8-1-02; CR 13-005: am. (1) (intro.), (2) (intro.) Register July 2013 No. 691, eff. 8-1-13.Application forms may be obtained at: Bureau of Endangered Resources (BER), Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707. The Resident Falconry Permit application and the Nonresident Raptor Trapping Permit application can be accessed online at the bureau's falconry website: http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/EndangeredResources/permits.html. Possession of facilities for housing raptors is not a prerequisite for obtaining a resident falconry permit under s. NR 18.07. A resident permittee, however, must pass a facilities inspection by the department or tribe prior to obtaining a raptor for use in falconry.