Over the past few months, several discussions have taken place to draft a new Lake Winnebago regulation strategy that would be implemented during 2018-2019. The Army Corps of Engineers recently released the draft strategy [...]
Common Reed/Phragmites (Phragmites australis ssp. australis) Common reed (Phragmites australis subsp. australis), or more commonly known as Phragmites, is a subspecies of Phragmites australis that is native to Europe and Asia. Common reed is [...]
Three more local bait shops join the Bait Shop Initiative Bait shop owners in the Winnebago Waterways System area are taking steps to help prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species in Wisconsin lakes. [...]
Aerial view of emergent plant beds. Photo: WDNR Acquiring information is one of the most important and necessary components of developing an accurate and comprehensive lake management plan. Winnebago County and the WDNR [...]
The Winnebago Waterways Steering Committee meets monthly to move the lake management planning project forward for the Winnebago Lakes. Meetings are open to the public. Meeting details: Date: Friday, December 14th, 2018 Time: 10:00am to 12:00pm [...]
Freshly cut hay on the author's Wisconsin farm We are America’s dairy land. One of the first things to come to mind when people think of Wisconsin is a rolling pastoral landscape, [...]
The goal of the Lake Management Planning project is to develop a regional framework for cooperation to restore and protect the health of the Winnebago Lakes. This includes facilitating communication among stakeholders [...]
Little Fish, Big Changes Round gobies (Neogobius melanostomus) are native to the Black and Caspian Sea regions in Europe/Asia. They were introduced into the Great Lakes through ballast water from trans-continental ships and were [...]
Planning is in the works for the 2019 Fox-Wolf Watershed Cleanup. The cleanup is a large-scale effort that has 1,000+ volunteers heading out to over 50 sites throughout the basin and cleaning up the [...]
The Winnebago Waterways Steering Committee meets monthly to move the lake management planning project forward for the Winnebago Lakes. Meetings are open to the public. Meeting details: Date: Friday, November 9th, 2018 Time: 10:00am to 12:00pm Facilitator: [...]
