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University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and University of Wisconsin-Extension

Reports and Publications

Installation of piezometers for shallow groundwater monitoring.Using a sonde to measure lake water quality.Nancy demonstrating lake measurement techniques.Grand Sable Dunes, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.Samples collected throughout the hydrograph for a storm event.Distributing bottles for a Drinking Water Testing Program

The Center for Watershed Science and Education has completed reports and publications for a number of research projects and investigations.  Below is a list of reports that are available online.  If there is a report that we have recently completed that you do not see listed below or you have difficulty viewing any of the reports, please contact us. 

Watersheds and Lakes

  • Phosphorus Loading Model for Lake Eau Claire and Lake Altoona, 2009 [view 3MB pdf]
  • Mead Lake Watershed Sediment and Nutrient Export Modeling, 2008 [view 5MB pdf]
  • Watershed Assessment of Shawano Lake, Shawano County, Wisconsin, 2008 [view 4.2MB pdf]
  • Preserving Willow Creek as a Coastal Resource, 2008 [view 922KB pdf]
  • Aquatic Macrophyte Survey of the St.Croix/Gordon Flowage Douglas County, Wisconsin, 2008 [view 4.8MB pdf]
  • A Survey of Baseflow Discharges in the Western Fox-Wolf River Watersheds, 2008 [view 1.6MB pdf]
  • Water Quality, Biotic Evaluation and Strategic Planning in the Clark Lake Watershed, Door County, Wisconsin, 2007
  • Aquatic Plant Management Plan for Springville Pond, Portage County, Wisconsin [view 1.6MB pdf]/ Appendices, 2007
  • Spirit River Water Quality Assessment Northern Wisconsin, 2006 [view 3MB pdf]
  • Bettering the Branch: An Overview of the Current Conditions Habitat, Water Quality, and General Morphology, 2004 [view 2.4MB pdf]
  • Mirror and Shadow Lakes, Waupaca, Wisconsin: An Interpretive Analysis of Water Quality, 2004 [view 1.9MB pdf]
  • Water Quality in the Schoenick Creek Watershed and Long and Schoenick Lakes Shawano County, Wisconsin, 2004  [view 1.4MB pdf]
  • Assessment of Water Quality, Sediment, Groundwater and Tributaries of Easton Lake, Adams County, Wisconsin, 2003 [view 1.1MB pdf]
  • Assessment of Lake and Groundwater Chemistry, Shallow Groundwater Flow, and Aquatic Macrophyte Community, Peppermill Lake, Adams County, Wisconsin, 2002 [view 1.2MB pdf]
  • An Evaluation of Past and Present Water Quality Conditions in Bear Lake, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, 2002           [view 5.3MB pdf]
  • Assessment of the Plover River Watershed, 2001 [view 2.0MB pdf]

Groundwater

  • Knowledge Development for Groundwater Withdrawal Management around the Little Plover River, Portage County Wisconsin, 2009 [view 2.4MB pdf]
  • Dodge County Groundwater: A community resource, 2007 [view 2.3MB pdf]
  • Groundwater Pollutant Transfer and Export from a Northern Mississippi Valley Loess Hills Watershed, 2007              [view 1MB pdf]
  • Monitoring Environmental Effects at an Established Phytoremediation Site, 2006 [view 1MB pdf]
  • An Introduction to Groundwater in St. Croix County, 2006 [view 3.1MB pdf]
  • Groundwater in Iowa County: A citizen's guide, 2005 [view 2.0MB pdf]
  • Investigation of Nitrate in Groundwater - Red Springs Area of the Stockbridge-Munsee Reservation, 2004                [view 632KB pdf]
  • Does Management Intensive Grazing Protect Groundwater Quality by Denitrification, 2004 [view 560KB pdf]
  • Monitoring the Effectiveness of Phytoremediation and Hydrologic Response at an Agricultural Chemical Facility, 2004 [view 647KB pdf]
  • Nitrate and Pesticide Residue Penetration into a Wisconsin Central Sand Plain Aquifer, 2004 [view 2.0MB pdf]
  • Nitrate and Pesticide Residue Penetration into Aquifers - Springfield Corners Profile, 2004 [view 560KB pdf]
  • Subdivision Impacts on Groundwater Quality, 1993 [view 3.2MB pdf]

Stormwater

  • Evaluation of the effect of stormwater disposal on groundwater quality, 1990 [view 786KB pdf]
  • Evaluation of urban runoff infiltration and impact to groundwater quality in Park Ridge, Wisconsin, 1999 [view 5MB pdf]

National Park Service Projects

(Clicking on the Full Report links will connect you to the reports on the National Park Service website.)

  • Assessment of Coastal Water Resources and Watershed Conditions at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (Wisconsin), 2007.  Full Report (5.4 MB) / Executive Summary (294 KB)
  • Assessment of Coastal Water Resources and Watershed Conditions at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, 2006. Full Report  (11.6 MB) / Executive Summary (268 KB)