281.69 Lake management and classification grants and contracts.
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281.69 Lake management and classification grants and contracts.
(1b)Definitions. In this section:
(ae)“Floating treatment wetland” means an artificial, buoyant platform for keeping plants afloat that mimics the function of natural wetlands and allows plants to grow in water that is typically too deep for them and that is placed below the ordinary high-water mark in a navigable water.
(ag)“Lake” includes a flowage.
(bn)“Nonprofit conservation organization” has the meaning given in s. 23.0955
(1).
(br)“Producer-led group” means any group that meets the criteria under s. 93.59
(2).
(c)“Qualified lake association” is an association that meets the qualifications under s. 281.68
(a).
(d)“Wetland” has the meaning given in s. 23.32
(1).
(1m)Types of projects. The department shall develop and administer a financial assistance program to provide grants for the following 2 types of projects:
(a)Lake management projects that will improve or protect the quality of water in lakes or the quality of natural lake ecosystems.
(b)Lake classification projects that will classify lakes by use and implement protection activities for the lakes based on their classification.