Inside the
Winter 2007 edition

• Senate passes phosphorus free lawn fertilizer bill
  
  
• Bayfield County passes AIS transport ordinance
  
  
• The President's message: Yvonne Feavel, leaving a lasting legacy
  
  
• Notes from the office: Celebrating 2007 and looking forward to 2008
  
  
• Knocking at the Gates: February 16 workshop to focus on aquatic invasive species
  
  
• The Capitol Report: Bills and rules important to lakes move ahead
  
  
• Lakes in court: Cranberries are back on the table
  
  
• Conservation Lobby Day issues important to lakes
  
  
• Is your community planning to protect your drinking water? A new website can help
  
  
• Town of Richfield groundwater planning
  
  
• Forestry practices in Wisconsin are successful in protecting water quality
  
  
• Ask a Limnologist: Low lake levels in northern Wisconsin and the relative roles of precipitation and evaporation
  (Article available as a PDF 607 KB)
  
  
• Taking action: conserving a gem for future generations
  
  
• Learning about lakes through mini scientific investigations
  Part II:How to example of developing an MSI
  
  
• Army national guard and DNR partner on Long Lake project
  
  
• Lake association energized to attack major lake problems
  
  
• Wisconsin waters and climate: historical changes and possible futures
  Part I: Climate change in context, changes in lake ice
  
  
• Invasive mussels contributing to the rishing tide of Cladophora algae
  
  
• Study finds nutrient pollution drives frog deformities
  
  
• Peaceful waters: the quiet pleasures of a small lake
  
  
• Preliminary results from 2005-2006 Vilas County property owners survey

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