Vote YES for safer small lakes!
Voting Open Online for Conservation Congress Spring Hearings – Includes boating question By Wisconsin Lakes Staff Question #50 before the Spring Hearings of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress asks the legislature […]
Category: Lake Policy
Lake Meetings in the Age Of Social Distancing
The restrictions on gathering brought on by the COVID-19 crisis leave many questions for lake organizations By Michael Engleson, Executive Director While the cancelation of large gatherings like the Wisconsin […]
Clean Water Lobby Day
Join hundreds of fellow clean water advocates on January 30, 2020 in Madison to speak directly to legislators about the importance of clean water! Your voice alone carries great power. […]
Happy Thanksgiving from Wisconsin Lakes!
To all of our members and all those who work for the betterment of Wisconsin’s waters, we offer our heartfelt thanks! By Michael Engleson, WI Lakes Executive Director Once again, […]
Wisconsin needs standards for PFAS. Now.
Wisconsin Lakes Supports WDNR Rulemakings to set standards and rules for emerging pollutant levels in surface, ground, and drinking waters. Wisconsin Lakes submitted comments to the Wisconsin Department of Resources […]
Court rules towns hold power to regulate lot width on shorelands
Town of Newbold decision affirms the use of subdivision authority to set minimum lot sizes in shoreland areas By Wisconsin Lakes staff Towns may regulate minimum lot sizes in their […]
Water Quality Hearings Enter Stretch Run
Hearings scheduled for Sept 4 and 5 in Menomonie and Superior The Speaker’s Water Quality Task Force will hold the final two of thirteen public hearings Sept. 4 in Menomonie […]
Water Quality Task Force Heads to Milwaukee
Invited guests and the public to be heard by legislators Tuesday, August 13 at UW-Milwaukee The Speaker’s Water Quality Task Force, a bipartisan joint committee of both houses of the Wisconsin […]
Less Than a Week to Weigh in On Surface Water Grant Changes
Public Comment Period on NR193 Ends Wed, July 24, 2019 By Wisconsin Lakes staff The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources continues to accept public written comments on its revision of […]
Time to Comment on DNR Water Grant Program Revision
DNR Announces Public Comment Period for Its Surface Water Grants Code Revision Wisconsin DNR recently published the following announcement regarding the revision of its surface water grants program. Public comment […]