Upcoming Event: Battle on Bago
This coming weekend (February 21st and 22nd, 2020) will see ice anglers from around the world converge on Lake Winnebago for one of the largest ice fishing tournaments in the United States. The 13th [...]
National Invasive Species Awareness Week: February 24th-28th
The last week of February is the National Invasive Species Awareness Week focused on education, awareness, and planning for the upcoming field season for managers! As part of this awareness week, there are webinars [...]
AIS Spotlight – Spiny and Fishhook Waterflea
Every month, we will put a spotlight on an aquatic invasive species (AIS) in a re-occurring monthly article. Check it out! Since it's February and Valentine's Day is right around the corner, we are [...]
Water Quality Task Force Publishes Recommendations
As Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, Robin Vos created the Task force on Water Quality to gather information and make policy recommendations for the improvement of both ground water and surface water quality in [...]
Ice Fishing and AIS
Even though lakes have frozen over, the threat of aquatic invasive species (AIS) has not ceased. Just as they do in the summer, AIS can hitch a ride on fishing equipment during the winter. [...]
Fish Sticks going in at White Clay Lake
White Clay Lake has historically been known as an excellent fishing lake. White Clay Lake feeds into to Mud Lake, to its west, which then continues on to Shawano Lake. In October of 2019, [...]
Purple Loosestrife Biocontrol Project Planned for 2020; Program Seeking Volunteers
Purple loosestrife is an exotic perennial weed invading wetlands, shorelines, and roadside ditches across the Midwest. After introduction to North America in the early 1800s, purple loosestrife likely traveled to the Great Lakes region [...]
Shawano Area Waterways Management is Applying for a Healthy Lakes Grant
Shawano Area Waterways Management is working with the Department of Natural Resources, Shawano County, WAMSCO, and Connecting Our Waters in an effort to add rain gardens and native plants to property owner’s shorelines. The [...]
Winnebago System Bait Shops Help Fight Against Invasive Species
Bait shop owners in the Winnebago Waterways System area are taking steps to help prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species in Wisconsin lakes. Aquatic invasive species (AIS) are non-native plants and animals that [...]
AIS Spotlight – Quagga Mussel
Every month, we will put a spotlight on an aquatic invasive species (AIS) in a re-occurring monthly article. Check it out! This month, we highlight an invasive species that is in the Great Lakes: [...]