Section 23.0912 - Land management, maintenance, and improvement activities(1b) In this section: (a) "Department land" has the meaning given in s. 23.0917 (1) (c).(b) "Nonprofit conservation organization" has the meaning given in s. 23.0955 (1). (1g) The department may contract with nonprofit conservation organizations and other 3rd parties to perform land management, maintenance, and improvement activities on department land.(1m) The department may receive gifts, grants, and bequests of money, materials, or services from nonprofit conservation organizations and other donors for the performance of land management, maintenance, and improvement activities on department land.(1r) The department may acknowledge the performance of activities pursuant to contracts under sub. (1g) and the receipt of moneys, materials, and services under sub. (1m) by the use of signs or by bulletins, pamphlets, or other communications that are published or electronically transmitted by the department.(2) The department shall prepare, for the joint committee on finance, an annual report concerning any contracts into which the department enters under sub. (1g) during each fiscal year. For each contract entered, the report shall include information concerning the cost of the contract, the activities performed under the contract, and an assessment of the cost-effectiveness of the contract. The department shall submit the report to the committee no later than November 15 for the preceding fiscal year, and shall submit the first report no later than November 15, 2008.