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Waterfront Property

If you are thinking about buying waterfront property in Wisconsin, this guide is meant for you. A little time invested in learning about waterfront living will pay back sizable dividends in matching your expectations to the realities.
This guide provides:  
  • Ideas to consider before you start your property search
  • Considerations to help you decide on the right lake or river
  • Factors to help you choose just the right property

 

 


  • The Magic Goggles: Discovering the Secrets of the Lake - The rich, detailed illustrations and descriptive text in this children’s book will boost readers’ understanding about the importance of forests around lakes, while luring them to discover their own magic at the lake. For ages 4-8. Available at www.uwsp.edu/cnr/uwexlakes/publications

 

This fact sheet describes how streams and fisheries are affected by impervious (hard) surfaces and land use.

 

This fact sheet describes the results of increased impervious surfaces and community actions that can be adopted to address them.

 

This fact sheet explores the existing road system in Wisconsin and its cost per person, and specific tools for minimizing pollutant sources and pollutant delivery to lakes and streams.

 

 

  •    Shoreland and Floodplain Zoning chapters of the Zoning Board Handbook

 

How we manage our lawns affects the health of our children, pets, wildlife and water quality. Here are three simple steps for creating a lawn that’s healthy for all.

 

This volume of the guidebook serves as a 'how-to' guide for County Zoning Administrators and local groups that want to educate shoreland property owners about shoreland stewardship practices and related regulations.


This volume provides shoreland educational plans for 10 Wisconsin counties and the process they went through to develop them.

 

  •  Water Classification CD. This CD of educational materials includes fact sheets, PowerPoint presentations and decision matrices which have been used by local communities involved in water classification or related issues such as buffer protection and the effects of impervious surfaces on water quality. This free CD is available by contacting the Center for Land Use Education by email at landcenter@uwsp.edu or phone at 715-346-3783.

 

  •  The purpose of the River Owner’s Handbook and the Conservation Easement brochure is to educate landowners living along river corridors on the benefits of conservation easements and to describe the best conservation methods developed for riparian lands.   These publications also address issues on the long-term benefit of various types of preservation techniques, and frequently asked questions concerning shoreland protection

  The River Owner's Handbook
  The River Owner's Handbook References
  Conservation Easement Brochure

This publication can be printed and redistributed to any individual who is concerned and/or interested in learning about protecting the aesthetic beauty, water quality and overall landscape in and around a water resource.


 

How Food Choices Affect Drinking Water Safety and Human Health

  Map of pesticide use in Wisconsin

Center for Land Use Education. 2005 CropScape data from USDA was multiplied by the 2005 Wisconsin average pesticide use per acre for each crop from the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

 

  Map of pesticide detections in Wisconsin private drinking water wells

Center for Land Use Education. Data from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and 2005 CropScape data from USDA.

 

  Map of organic farms in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

 


 
  • Wisconsin Land Use Megatrends: Agriculture This publication is intended for local government officials and others interested in investigating the connections between agriculture and land use. Statewide trends for various agricultural sectors are explored together with economic impacts, environmental and human health impacts, and state and local policies to manage agriculture.


  •   Community Supported Agriculture in Wisconsin: Supporting Local Farmers and Protecting Drinking Water Every “eater” affects groundwater quality through the farming practices they support when they purchase food. Buying food from local CSA farms protect farmland, supports sustainable farming practices, and conserves natural resources, including groundwater.