Environmental
Wisconsin's Great Lakes Compact with neighboring states governs the use of:
APrivate boat docks on Lake Michigan
BGreat Lakes water withdrawals and diversions to protect the long-term water level and availability✓ Correct
CCommercial fishing rights only
DShoreland development permits
Explanation
The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact governs water withdrawals and diversions from the Great Lakes basin to protect the long-term integrity of the world's largest freshwater system.
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Zoning
Local government regulations that control land use by dividing areas into zones specifying permitted uses, building sizes, and densities.
VarianceOfficial permission to use land in a way that does not conform to the applicable zoning ordinance, granted by a zoning board when strict enforcement would cause undue hardship.
Eminent DomainThe power of government to take private property for public use, with the requirement to pay the owner just compensation.
Adverse PossessionA doctrine by which a person can gain legal title to another's land by openly, continuously, and adversely occupying it for a statutory period.
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