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Lake Policy

GOVERNOR EVERS LAUNCHES STATE BUDGET DRAFTING PROCESS WITH RELEASE OF HIS EXECUTIVE PROPOSAL

Governor Evers state budget proposal for the next two years features a host of water-related items but limits any major new initiatives to the management of PFAS. He presented his Executive Budget to a joint session of the Wisconsin Legislature last Wednesday evening at the State Capitol. This begins the months long process of passing a comprehensive spending package for Wisconsin for the next two years (the state’s fiscal year runs July-June, so the new budget would take effect on July 1 or as soon as it is passed thereafter).

Red Cedar Watershed Conference returns in person to UW-Stout for its Eleventh Year

AFTER A YEAR OFF BECAUSE OF COVID, THIS CONFERENCE DISCUSSING LAND, WATER, AND PEOPLE RETURNS TO MENOMONIE ON MARCH 9

Now in it’s eleventh year and in person for the first time since 2020, The Red Cedar Watershed Conference: Land, Water, and People Coming Together, returns to the campus of UW-Stout in Menomonie on Thursday, March 9, 2023. The event bring together farmers, lake lovers, river rats, conservationists, academics, and local government officials from within western Wisconsin’s Red Cedar River basin and from across the state to discuss issue around the river and watershed, with an emphasis of improving water quality.

Keynote speakers include Chad Pegracke, Jim Boulter, and Rick Clark

Let’s celebrate the waters of Wisconsin with Wisconsin Water Week 2023, April 17-22! Follow our companion website at wisconsinwaterweek.org!

2023 Wisconsin Lakes & Rivers Convention
April 19-21, 2023 ~ Stevens Point Holiday Inn & Convention Center

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“Building Trust Around Water Together”

Thanks to our generous sponsors of the 2023 WI Lakes & Rivers Convention!

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Onterra, LLC
Boardman and Clark
Aquatic Plant Management
Aquarius Systems
ILM
Inland Lake Harvesters
UW-Milwaukee Center for Water Policy and Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin

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Wisconsin Lakes, formerly known as the Wisconsin Association of Lakes, is the only statewide non-profit organization working exclusively to protect and enhance the quality of Wisconsin’s 15,000 lakes. For more than 20 years, Wisconsin Lakes has worked toward statewide solutions for the challenges faced by our abundant natural water resources while supporting strong local protection efforts. We represent citizens and lake groups like you who care about Wisconsin’s lakes as a shared resource, and who appreciate the value lakes bring to our quality of life, tourist economy, and property tax base. Wisconsin Lakes seeks to protect the natural wonder of our lakes, and preserve our collective right to boat, fish, hunt, ice skate, swim and enjoy the scenic beauty of our shared public waters.

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