Wisconsin Lakes

Red Cedar Watershed Conference
2018-03-08 08:30 - 16:15 (America/Chicago) | UW-Stout, Menomonie, WI, United States
A robust day of discussion of issues facing the Red Cedar River watershed, hosted by the Tainter-Menomin Lake Improvement Association at UW-Stout’s Memorial Student Center

Wisconsin Lakes Partnership Convention
2018-04-18 - 2018-04-20 | Holiday Inn Convention Center, Stevens Point, WI, United States
“Heed the Call” and join us in Stevens Point, April 18-20, for the Wisconsin Lakes Partnership Convention!

Northwest Wisconsin Lakes Conference
2018-06-22 09:00 - 15:45 | WI

Red Cedar Watershed Conference
2019-03-14 08:30 - 16:15 | UW-Stout, Menomonie, WI, United States
Hosted by the Tainter Menomim Lake Improvement Association Inc. (TMLIA)
Memorial Student Center
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Menomonie, Wisconsin
Do you farm? Do you live in town? Do you manage residential, commercial or public property? Do you enjoy fishing, swimming, boating, hiking, canoeing? Do you think the economic and environmental health of this beautiful region is important?
Event Highlights:
Farm, city and waterfront success stories — profitable land management for clean water
Solutions to the serious problem that plagues our lakes and rivers — runoff pollution
A great networking opportunity for all citizens at an important event
Approved for CEUs: .6 from the University of Wisconsin-Stout or 6 CEUs for Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

2019 Wisconsin Lakes Partnership Convention
2019-04-10 - 2019-04-12 | Holiday Inn Convention Center, Stevens Point, WI, United States
Join citizens, educators, government officials, and agency employees for the 2019 Wisconsin Lakes Partnership Convention. This annual event brings together all those who love Wisconsin’s inland lakes for three days of learning and connection.

Healthy Lakes Conference 2019
2019-06-07 09:00 - 16:30 | Seven Seas Restaurant on Nagawicka Lake
The Healthy Lakes Conference is an annual event in SE Wisconsin’s “Lake Country”, presented in 2019 by the Clean Water Association and Wisconsin Lakes. This daylong event brings together local, regional, and statewide presenters to discuss conditions, threats, and solutions to lakes in the region and the state.

2019 Northwest Wisconsin Lakes Conference
2019-06-21 09:00 - 15:45 | Hayward Middle School, 10408 Greenwood Lane, Hayward, WI, 54843, United States
***NOTICE: THE LOCATION OF THE CONFERENCE HAS MOVED FROM HAYWARD HIGH SCHOOL TO HAYWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL.***
The Northwest Wisconsin Lakes Conference is a great opportunity for lake enthusiasts, local government officials, and others interested in protecting our water resources to take in a number of educational presentations, visit many informative exhibits and network with fellow conference attendees.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: ERICA LEMOINE FROM NORTHLAND COLLEGE WILL SHARE ABOUT THE LOONWATCH PROGRAM.
When: Friday, June 21st, 2019
Registration, Continental Breakfast and Exhibits open at 8:00am. Program starts at 9:00am.
Where: Hayward High School, Hayward, Wisconsin
Parking: Free parking available at the school
For registration questions, contact Monica Zachay at monicaz@scramail.com or (715) 483-3300
For questions about the conference program and speakers, contact Linda Anderson at roblinander@gmail.com or (763) 221-8136

2020 Wisconsin Lake Stewardship Award Nomination Deadline
2019-12-23 23:59 | WI

2020 Red Cedar Watershed Conference
2020-03-12 08:30 - 16:15 | UW-Stout, Menomonie, WI, United States
Come learn about issues facing the Red Cedar River Watershed! This marquee regional event brings together citizens, farmers, lawmakers, academics and others. Watch this space for more information as planning for the 2020 conference proceeds.

Wisconsin Lakes & Rivers Convention ONLINE
2020-04-01 - 2020-04-03 | WI, United States
The WI Lakes & Rivers Convention is Now an ONLINE event
Resilience implies being able to maintain form and function despite disturbance. Your 2020 Convention is greatly impacted by the coronavirus and the associated public health protocols. We are not going to be able to meet in person. We are instead developing a method to follow the same agenda in an online format. Those who originally registered for the in-person convention will be “entered” as participants of the new online format. New registrants can REGISTER NOW for a nominal fee. All those who are registered for this online learning event will receive log-in information for their sessions by email the week of the event.

CLICK HERE FOR UPDATES AND FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.

This year’s Convention logo combines the familiar “infinity” loop with the adaptive cycle common to many social and ecological systems. The spring transitioning to summer represents a period of growth and resource accumulation, transitioning to maturation and loss (fall), senescence (winter), and then back to rebirth (spring).

Each and every spring since the 1980s, water advocates, scientists, managers, and educators have gathered for our annual convention. It is another sort of rebirth, a testament to the resilience of individual people and our collective partnership that works so hard to care for lakes. In 2020, we are proud to be broadening our effort to include river stakeholders, and we continue to embrace a full watershed approach to caring for rivers, lakes, and streams. Leaders from Extension, the Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin Lakes, and many local partners have put tremendous time and effort into creating this year’s program. We are excited to test out this online approach for 2020. We of course look forward to seeing you all in person as soon as possible!

We always seek to keep enough of the familiar threads to give our gathering an identity while weaving in new strands to keep things interesting. This year, we’ll be looking back at the Year of Clean Drinking Water and the work of the Speaker’s Water Quality Task Force. We will also be dedicating a stream of presentations to climate change impacts and how we can address them in Wisconsin.

5th Annual Lake Country Clean Waters Healthy Lakes Conference
2020-06-05 09:00 - 15:30 | Online
The Lake Country Clean Waters Healthy Conference is an annual day long workshop in SE Wisconsin. Because of the pandemic, this year’s event will be held virtually on the Zoom platform. Sessions will include discussion of starry stonewort management, wakeboat impacts, and an afternoon keynote by Ted Rulseh, journalist and author of “A Lakeside Companion.”

Clean Boats, Clean Waters Amidst the Pandemic: A Lake Organizations & COVID-19 Webinar
2020-06-11 16:00 - 17:30 | Online
While Wisconsin continues to reopen from the COVID-19 pandemic closures, lake organizations wishing to do boat landing monitoring and inspections for aquatic invasive species on watercraft face a patchwork of federal, state, county, and local guidelines on how monitoring programs will move forward in the summer of 2020 and what the requirements and rules are for individual landings.
In the latest of a series of webinars on lake organizations and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ll take a deep look at the shape of the Clean Boats, Clean Waters program this summer. We’ll learn the current status of the Dept of Natural Resources and its progress towards reopening in general, as well as hear from CBCW program staff from both WDNR and UW-Extension Lakes. Topics likely to be covered include:

Different approaches to monitors by the overseers of DNR, local, and national forest boat landings
The timeline and protocols recommended for organziations who choose to move forward with their CBCW programs
Information on how all of this impacts an organization’s CBCW grant

Join hosts Mike Engleson (Wisconsin Lakes) and Eric Olson (UW-Extension Lakes Program) and scheduled guests Erin Macfarlane (UW-Extension Lakes Program), Alex Delvoye (WDNR, CBCW grants) and Tim Asplund (WDNR) as we take stock of AIS boat landing monitoring and inspections in the summer of COVID-19.

This webinar has limited seating but will also be streamed live and recorded on Wisconsin Lakes’ YouTube channel. Written questions and answers will be taken – questions about an individual organizations CBCW or other DNR grant may not be able to be answered on this webinar.

2020 Northwest Wisconsin Lakes Conference
2020-06-19 09:00 - 15:45 | Online
THIS YEAR, THE NORTHWEST LAKES CONFERENCE IS MOVING ONLINE!
The Northwest Wisconsin Lakes Conference is a great opportunity for lake enthusiasts, local government officials, and others interested in protecting our water resources to take in a number of educational presentations and network with fellow conference attendees.
Join us for a LIVE interactive version of the conference from the comfort of your home or cabin. Using the best technology that the University of Wisconsin – Extension has to offer, you will have the opportunity to hear from some of the best local resource professionals around! Ask questions and get answers in real time while interacting with your peers through a Q & A feature in Zoom and “chat” capabilities.
When: Friday, June 19th, 2020
Cost: $10 registration fee to cover registration and hosting expenses.
Click here to register.
Where: ONLINE! Upon registration, you will be provided with confirmation and further instructions on how to log-in from your computer.
Featuring:
Keynote Presentation: Under the Surface: Hope and Healing in Wisconsin – Ian Karl, Northwest Passage
Breakout Sessions including:

Farmer-Led Watershed Councils
Circumnavigating Lake Superior in a Kayak
Climate Change Impacts to Wisconsin Lakes
Wisconsin Turtles
Identifying Invasive Japanese Knotweed Using Drone Imagery
And more!

Click here to download the full brochure, schedule, and mail in registration option.
For registration questions, contact Monica Zachay at: monicaz@scramail.com

Wisconsin Water Week
2021-03-08 - 2021-03-12 | Online
More days. More water. From the organizers of the Wisconsin Lakes & Rivers Convention, a little bit more, online in 2021.
Find out more (what else) at: https://wisconsinlakes.org/wisconsin-water-week/

Let's Be Salt Wise! A WI Salt Wise/WI Lakes webinar
2025-02-18 16:00 - 17:00 | WI
Join Wisconsin Lakes as we host Allison Madison of Wisconsin Salt Wise in a discussion of salt and how it’s overuse can pollute our lakes, streams, and groundwater.
According to Salt Wise, while we rely on salt to keep our roads safe in the winter and to soften water in our homes year-round using more salt than is needed comes with a heavy price. In Wisconsin and much of the United States, chloride from salt is infiltrating into our lakes, streams and groundwater. In fact, it only takes 1 teaspoon of salt to pollute 5 gallons of water to a level that is toxic for freshwater ecosystems. We can all work together to promote best practices!
WI Salt Wise is a coalition of organizations from across Wisconsin working together to reduce salt pollution in our lakes, streams and drinking water. The coalition’s primary goals are to educate residents, leaders and winter maintenance professionals on salt pollution and solutions, to provide training and promote best practices to reduce salt pollution, and to recognize those committed to minimizing their salt footprint.
Click here to register for the webinar on Tue, Feb 18!
Learn more about #thetruecostofsalt and how you can make a difference.
And if you just cant wait for February, there’s lots going on this week, all part of Winter Salt Week 2025!

2025 Wisconsin Wetland Science Conference
2025-02-25 - 2025-02-27 | La Crosse, WI

2025 Red Cedar Watershed Conference
2025-03-13 08:30 - 16:00 | UW-Stout, Menomonie, WI, United States
Red Cedar Watershed Conference
A WISCONSIN LAKES FEATURED EVENT…
Red Cedar Watershed Conference
Land, Water, and People Coming Together

13th Annual Conference
Thursday, March 13, 2025
8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Hosted by the Red Cedar Watershed Conference Committee
Memorial Student Center
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Menomonie, Wisconsin

2025 Conference Theme is “Your Voice, Your Watershed“
Jeremy Solin and John Strauser will guide us through an exploration of the role each and all of us play in working toward clean water in our communities. This interactive event will focus on the ways that our actions affect the land we live on, the water we play in, and the people we share community with. If you live, work, or play near water, join us to learn how you can contribute to making the world you live in a better place!

Wisconsin Lakes & Rivers Convention 2025
2025-03-26 08:00 - 2025-03-28 16:00 | Holiday Inn Convention Center, Stevens Point, WI, United States
A WISCONSIN LAKES FEATURED EVENT…

2025 Wisconsin Lakes & Rivers Convention
March 26-28 – Stevens Point Holiday Inn and Convention Center
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
“The Power of Words: Working for Our Waters”
The power of words is immense, especially when advocating for our waters. By raising awareness, promoting conservation efforts, and crafting compelling messages, words can inspire action and drive positive change to protect our water resources for future generations.

2025 NW Wisconsin Lakes Conference
2025-06-20 | Hayward High School, 10320 N Greenwood Ln, Hayward, WI, 54843, United States
2025 Northwest Wisconsin Lakes Conference
A WISCONSIN LAKES FEATURED EVENT…

Wisconsin Lakes Annual Membership Meeting
2025-12-09 16:30 - 18:00 | WI
Join us at the Wisconsin Lakes annual membership meeting
Date: December 11th
Time: 4:30pm
Register by clicking HERE

Wisconsin Lake & Rivers Convention 2026
2026-04-15 08:00 - 2026-04-17 16:00 | Holiday Inn Convention Center, Stevens Point, WI, United States
A WISCONSIN LAKES FEATURED EVENT…
2026 Wisconsin Lakes & Rivers Convention
April 15-17th – Stevens Point Holiday Inn and Convention Center
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
“Decades of Dedication”
When tackling a monumental challenge, it sometimes takes a long time to see results. The 2026 Lakes and Rivers Convention will look back on the long-term programs and the accumulated actions of countless people that have persevered through many decades. Their dedication has ensured that the programs that developed in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s are still with us in the 2020’s and beyond. We will also celebrate the people who will continue to carry the torch for water protection and restoration into the future.
