Inside the
Spring 2007 edition

• Lawns green, lakes clean: statewide ban on phosphorus lawn fertilizer would benefit lakes
  (Article available as a PDF 723 KB)
  
  
• DNR seeks to close gaps in invasive species laws: legislative proposals would improve AIS programs
  
  
• The President's Message: Living simply, living lake friendly
  
  
• Northwest Wisconsin Lakes Conference promises another great event
  
  
• Notes from the Office: What we all do, together, works
  
  
• Meet Julia Soloman, new AIS specialist
  
  
• The Capitol Report: The Budget has landed
  
  
• Lakes in court: nuisance action to abate nutrient pollution
  
  
• Governor's budget offers commitment to conservation: proposed $12 million for reducing polluted runoff will benefit lakes
  
  
• Shoreline development and mercury in fish: impacts on northern Wisconsin loons
  
  
• Ecological responses to fluctuating water levels
  
  
• Barnes' community solution to EWM
  
  
• Delavan Lake: 100 years to aquatic plant management
  Part IV: Delavan Lake's fisheries
  
  
• Lake plan guides Lake Sinnissippi shoreland stablization, wetland restoration efforts
  
  
• Marion and her millpond
  
  
• Disturbance and invasions: protect the good, improve the not-so-good
  (Article available as a PDF 715 KB)
  
  
• Lake Ripley restores wetlands, creates District preserve
  
  
• The Magical mystical loon
  
  
• Committed to shorelands: promoting water quality on northern shores

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