Aquatic Invasive Species
Fun with Aquatic Invasive Species
Saturday
11:10am-12:00pm
Join us and see the lighter side of aquatic
invasive species (AIS)!
Gain hands-on experience in aquatic plant
identification when you step up to the table to view and
handle real plant specimens.
Take a look through a microscope to see the details
of the miniature spiny and fishhook waterfleas.
Find out what is available on the web for AIS videos,
public service announcements, and images.
Participants will have the opportunity to interact
with one another as they roleplay and practice educating
boaters about the “Clean Boats = Clean Waters” message.
And before you leave, don’t forget to update your AIS
publication “stockpile” with the latest brochures and
handouts.
Presenters: Laura Herman and Erin
Henegar, UW-Extension Lakes and Julia Solomon,
UW-Extension/Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Water Law
How to Access Local Government
Saturday
11:10am-12:00pm
This session will
cover the basic issues of governance that lake district
boards face in meeting their responsibilities.
Find out more about compliance with open meetings and
records law, budgeting, running effective meetings,
fulfilling responsibilities and roles, and collaborative
relationships with citizens and local officials.
Presenter: Kate Lawton, UW-Extension
Local Government Center
Lake Science
What Can Your Land and Water
Conservation Department Do for Your Lake?
Saturday
11:10am-12:00pm
Citizens interested in lake issues need to know that Land
and Water Conservation Departments (LWCD) can provide a
wealth of information and services.
This session will highlight some of the activities
and resources that Jefferson County LWCD provides, to give
you an idea of what is available and possible in your own
county. Jefferson
County’s involvement with
lake issues includes: lake management plans, aquatic plant
surveys and plans, research on pier shading, county lake
classification project, water quality sampling, shoreline
erosion assessments and restorations, prairie and wetland
restorations, citizen education, training volunteer monitors,
and more.
The LWCD also works with agricultural landowners to
implement conservation practices to control erosion and
agricultural runoff.
Finally, if your county does not have a water resources
professional on staff, Patricia will provide some ideas on
how to change this scenario.
Presenter: Patricia Cicero, Jefferson County Land and Water
Conservation Department
Citizen Involvement
Taking Action: Conserving a Gem for Future Generations
Saturday
11:10am-12:00pm
In
the summer of 2006,
Bony
Lake property owners began
working with individuals in the County LWCD, Sigurd Olson
Environmental Institute, and the WDNR. With new-found partners
who understood and shared our concerns and who were enthusiastic
about joining us in our effort to take on a “lakewide”
conservation and restoration project, we were able to write a
successful
DNR Lake Protection ~ Shoreland
Restoration Grant that will provide $100,000 over 3 years, with
an additional $45,000 in cash & in-kind matching funds, to
accomplish a number of very important goals.
Facilitator: Carol LeBreck, Bony Lake Association
Flora and Fauna
Buying 'em Back from the Developers
Saturday
11:10am-12:00pm
Developers are
purchasing parcels on lakes in record numbers, and hoping to
turn big profits off of parcelization of the lake shore. In
one such instance, the Love Lake Association, the West
Wisconsin Land Trust, and the Wisconsin DNR, all worked
together to purchase a large parcel back from one of the
Midwest’s largest land developers. The parcel was
permanently protected and opened for light public
recreation. The
process of conserving this and other projects in NW
Wisconsin will be illustrated, in addition to the ecological
significance of the parcels being protected.
Presenter:
Rick
Gauger, Wisconsin Land Trust; Ned Bixby, Love Lake Association;
Pam Toshner and Jane Malischke, Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources
Value of Lakes
The Foreclosure Crisis: Has It Dipped
into Lake Properties?
Saturday
10:10-11:00am
This session examines
foreclosure patterns throughout
Wisconsin
over the past ten years.
It investigates, through econometric tests, whether
the increases in foreclosures throughout the state of
Wisconsin
have materialized in the submarket of lake properties.
Presenter: Dr. Kashian,
UW-Extension/UW-Whitewater
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