DNR Working Hard on Lakes
Weekly Update Features Several Lake Related Items, Including a Public Comment Period on Surface Water Grants By Wisconsin Lakes Staff Just about every week, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources […]
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Planting the shore for pollinators
WI Lakes Director Uses Healthy Lakes Grant to Help Keep His Lake Healthy and Helps Insects in Process By Wisconsin Lakes Staff WI Lakes Director Dan Butkus decided the shoreline […]
Speak for Clean Water – Round 3-4
Speaker’s Water Quality Task Force to Hold Hearings June 12 and 13 The Speaker’s Water Quality Task Force, a bipartisan joint committee of both houses of the Wisconsin Legislature will […]
Task Force Sets First Water Quality Hearing
Speaker’s Water Quality Task Force to Take Public Testimony By Wisconsin Lakes Staff April 30, 2019 The first opportunity for the public to speak in front of the Wisconsin legislature’s […]
Wisconsin DNR Unveils Draft Strategy for Aquatic Invasive Species
What Do You Think? DNR Accepts Public Comments Through Aug 31 By Michael Engleson, WI Lakes Executive Director August 9, 2018 Starry Stonewort in the southeast. Zebra mussels encroaching on […]
Lake organization website project comes to Wisconsin Lakes!
Lakekit.net kicks off with workshop at Wisconsin Lakes Partnership Convention March 6, 2018 By Wisconsin Lakes staff Wisconsin Lakes is proud to announce that Lakekit.net, a network of websites of […]
The Dredge Report: Legislature Again Considers Dredging with no Oversight
Fast-tracked bill would allow riparians on man-made impoundments to remove 50 cubic yards of lakebed per year with no permit, notice, or oversight February 17, 2018 By Wisconsin Lakes staff […]
Grammies, Oscars, Golden Globes? Don’t forget the “Stewies”!
Nominations being taken through February 16, 2018 for the Wisconsin Lake Stewardship Awards Nomination deadline extended to February 16, 2018! Award season is in full swing, and the lakes community is […]
This time its the wetlands…
Bill would exempt 20% of Wisconsin’s wetlands from permitting requirements By Michael Engleson, Wisconsin Lakes A bill exempting “non-federal” wetlands from Wisconsin’s wetland permitting requirements is set to receive a […]
Navigability Bill Gets Hearing, Questions
AB599/SB506 would impact across Wisconsin, though written for a single project, and some legislators question if it’s needed December 4, 2017 By Wisconsin Lakes staff Tuesday, November 28 proved to […]