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2005 Wisconsin
Lakes Convention
“Water in our Veins: Celebrating Lake Volunteers”
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Attendees visited over 40 business partner
exhibits and over 30 non-profit partner displays.
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WAL presents our Wisconsin Stewardship Awards
at the Lakes Convention. A group of 2005's winners.
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Proceeds from the annual Silent Auction benefited
WAL's Legal Action Fund and Youth Fund.
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Two attendees voted for their favorite photo
contest entries.
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Continuing its tradition of success, the 27th annual
Lakes Convention brought together 600 attendees interested in protecting
Wisconsin's heritage and legacy of lakes. The convention is hosted each
year by the Wisconsin Lakes Partnership, a nationally recognized and successful
collaboration of the Wisconsin Association of Lakes (WAL), UW-Extension,
and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. This
year's convention recognized the critical role Wisconsin citizen volunteers
play in monitoring and maintaining the health of Wisconsin's 15,000 lakes.
Governor Jim Doyle, Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager,
Representative Scott Gunderson, and DNR Secretary Scott Hassett were among
a number of policy makers who addressed this year’s gathering.
More than 50 educational presentations, led by Wisconsin
water experts, explored current issues impacting Wisconsin waters including:
aquatic invasive species; changes in water policy including revisions
to shoreland zoning rules (NR 115) and pier rules (NR 326); the impacts
of development; lake management success stories from Lake Associations
across the state; youth education, and more.
Special sessions offered attendees a chance to meet other
lake associations and business representatives, and displays showcasing
water interests and purchasing opportunities from lake-friendly businesses
and partner organizations.
The Spring 2005 edition of WAL's quarterly newsletter,
The Lake Connection,
published the following articles based on speeches and presentations at
the workshop:
- Protecting Wisconsin's lakes, protecting
Wisconsin's values (Governor
Jim Doyle)
- Citizen partners help environmental enforcement
(Attorney General Peg Laugtenschlager)
- The Legislative role in lake protection
(Representative Scott Gunderson)
- Working together for solutions
(DNR Secretary Scott Hassett)
- Study shows decline in non-game fish species
(Dave Marshall)
- Effects of pier shading on plants, fish,
and insects (Paul Dearlove
and Patricia Cicero)
- Protecting lakes by protecting forests
(Lynn Markham and Bobbie Webster)
- Study proves lake's economic value (Mary
Knipper)
- Wisconsin's strategy for wildlife species
of greatest conservation need (Signe
Holtz, Jill Mrotek, and Pat Robinson)
- Lake organizations: the heart and soul
of lake management (Tiffany
Lyden)
- Wisconsin NatureMapping (Sara
Schmidt)
Wisconsin Association of Lakes lake group members interested
in reprinting these Lake Connection articles may request
electronic copies of articles
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