The Winnebago Waterways Program began aquatic invasive species (AIS) monitoring efforts during the month of August. Our AIS Coordinator, Chris Acy, has been out on the Winnebago Lakes searching for any new introductions of [...]
Blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, are responsible for harmful algal blooms. This is because some cyanobacteria can produce toxins that cause adverse health effects for both humans and their pets. While not all [...]
Lake Management Planning Technical Teams - status report as of 8/31/17 AIS/APM Technical Team 8/01/2017 meeting summary: The Team will develop a plan to conduct full point-intercept surveys on all four Winnebago Lakes The [...]
Lake Management Planning for the Winnebago Lakes is moving full-steam ahead! Three of the project Technical Teams will be meeting for the second time over the next few weeks. Those teams are Aquatic Invasive [...]
Microbeads and other microplastics have recently received lots of attention in local news media. A recent study found microplastics in Lake Winnebago and folks are curious to know if this is something they should [...]
Written and submitted by: Barbara Smits, Old Northwest Frontier Tours There is much more to Lake Winnebago than fishing, boating, sturgeon spearing, camping, and all of the other amazing physical attractions that bring people to its [...]
All hands are on deck for the ninth annual Landing Blitz this fourth-of-July weekend Going boating this fourth-of-July weekend? You may be one of thousands of Wisconsinites to be greeted by expert and volunteer [...]
Planning is in the works for Lakes Poygan, Butte des Morts, Winneconne, and Winnebago. Focus Groups are forming for Lake Management Planning Topics - join us in our planning efforts! Focus Groups are groups [...]
In May, area residents and lake users attended Lake Management Planning (LMP) Public Meetings hosted by Winnebago Waterways at three locations around the Winnebago Lakes. The purpose of these meetings was to give [...]
The following Lake Management Planning Technical Teams met this past week at the Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance office in Kimberly, WI: Recreational Lake Use, Access, and Navigation Habitat, Fish, and Wildlife Aquatic [...]
