Troubled Waters: Managing and Restoring Southern Wisconsin’s Lakes

2006 Southern Workshop

Almost 200 lake enthusiasts attended our southern lakes workshop for sessions on (download full agenda):

• Tools and approaches for lake management / restoration
• Working in partnership on lake protection and restoration
• Rules and regulations – understanding permitting
• Groundwater management, conservation, and lakes

Wisconsin's southern lakes are intensively used and have been impacted in more ways, for longer, and to a greater degree. With dense development, sedimentation, nutrients, and invasive species, just to name a few, we face “troubled waters” in the south. Our approach with southern lakes is one of management and restoration, in contrast to the preservation and protection modes utilized up north.

But, southern Wisconsin lake leaders and their predecessors have discovered creative, effective approaches to meeting southern lakes’ unique challenges.

Requested workshop presentations

"The Troubled Waters of Southeastern Wisconsin"
(PDF 8.38 MB) Jeff Bode, Wisconsin lakes and wetlands, Department of Natural Resources

"Who's who in lake management"
(PDF 523 KB) Bob Wakeman Southeastern region Aquatic Habitat Coordinator, Department of Natural Resources