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Publications


To Order Call: (715) 346-2116

or email   uwexlakes@uwsp.edu

Multi-media

Picture (47x47, 4.8Kb) Four Digital Productions from Conventions Past on one DVD
               Featuring Water Plants from 2009


Want to engage your audience and help them connect with the waters you are working to protect and preserve? These digital productions skillfully blend the arts and science in a way that grabs the viewer’s heartstrings and reminds them why we love the waters of Wisconsin and want to preserve these precious gems for generations to come.

Single Copy: $10.00

Books

Life on the Edge . . .
       Owning Waterfront Property

A woman sits at the end of a pier looking out over a misty lake.

Published by the University of Wisconsin Extension, Life on the Edge... Owning Waterfront Property is a refreshingly practical and easily understood publication about what local homeowners can do to protect and enhance their lakes.

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  • Single Copy: $10.00
  •     Discounts available for larger orders

Through the Looking Glass:
       A Field Guide to Aquatic Plants

A sketch of a waterfowl standing in a clutch of aquatic plants

This delightful, large-format field guide to aquatic plants in North America is accessible and inviting to general readers, yet detailed enough for use by botanists and natural resource managers.

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  • Single Copy: $24.95
  •     Discounts available for larger orders

How's the Water?
       Planning for Recreational Use on Wisconsin Lakes & Rivers

A sketch of a waterfowl standing in a clutch of aquatic plants

The story of water recreation is a story of access. Recreational use on our state's and nation's waterways is growing not just in the number of people taking to our lakes and rivers, but also in the variety of ways in which they use them.

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  • Single Copy: $21.95
  •     Discounts available for larger orders

People of the Lakes:
       A Guide of Wisconsin Lake Organizations

A woman sits at the end of a pier looking out over a misty lake.

People of the Lakes: A Guide for Wisconsin Lake Organizations discusses the two major types of lake organizations in Wisconsin: Lake Associations and Lake Districts. 

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The full guide or specific chapters are also available for download at no charge


Protecting Your Waterfront Investment
       10 Simple Shoreland Stewardship Practices

A cottage as photographed from the lake.

Protecting Your Waterfront Investment is a handy booklet designed to provide you with 10 simple shoreland stewardship practices you can do to protect your watershed and lake.

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