Connecting Our Waters, in partnership with the Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance, the Waterways Association of Menominee and Shawano Counties, the Shawano County Land Conservation Department, and the Wisconsin DNR, is hosting the Wolf River Shoreline [...]
We are working hard to keep our program running during these uncertain times. The water quality monitoring training we had originally had planned for April has been replaced with one on one training in [...]
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 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 [...]
For the second year in a row, Shawano Downtown and the Shawano Parks & Recreation Department hosted the Holiday Stroll and Tree Lighting Ceremony at Franklin Park. The event was held on November 30th [...]
Are you concerned about the water quality in your local stream, river or lake? Shawano County, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Connecting Our Waters, the Waterways of Menominee and Shawano Counties, and the [...]
The Shawano Lake shoreline survey was completed from June 25th, 2019 to July 12th, 2019 by Connecting Our Waters. A total of 1003 parcels were surveyed, equaling about 18 miles of shoreline. This survey [...]
Shawano County Land Conservation Department, Waterways Association of Menominee and Shawano Counties, and Connecting Our Waters are hosting a shoreline restoration workshop on July 30th, 2019 from 6-7:30 at Whispering Pines Retreat (W5335 Lake [...]
The Waterways Association of Menominee and Shawano Counties (WAMSCO) held their annual meeting on May 11th at the Belle Plaine Town Hall. The WAMSCO board put together a stellar line up of talks for [...]
Watershed Coordinator Emily Henrigillis and AIS Coordinator Anna Bartsch have just completed making the rounds to seven lake group meetings over the course of nine days. On Saturday May 25th, 2019 we started the day at [...]
