A new map that details the Stevens Point flowage north from the Clark Street
Bridge to the Highway 10 overpass will aid recreational users of the Wisconsin
River.
Created at the University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point, the map will be unveiled and distributed at an event
on Thursday, May 15, at the Bukolt Park Lodge in Stevens Point. A social will
begin at 4:30 p.m. UW-Stevens Point Chancellor Bernie Patterson will speak at 5
p.m.
After the unveiling, 200 free
copies of the 23 by 35-inch full-color map, valued at $10 and created on tear
and water resistant paper, will be distributed. Register by e-mailing the
number of attendees to GIS@uwsp.edu.
The Stevens Point Flowage
Bathymetric map was created by students, faculty and staff at UW-Stevens
Point’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Center, part of the College of
Letters and Science. Graduate student Christine Koeller was the project leader,
with assistance from two faculty advisers, Douglas Miskowiak and Keith Rice of
the GIS Center; two undergraduate researchers, Mason Johnson and Bryan Deegan;
and community volunteer Nick Koeller. The project entailed 13 days on the river
and three weeks of work in the GIS Center. It’s completion and unveiling is
timely for several upcoming fishing tournaments on the flowage in the coming
weeks.
Several local businesses and
organizations sponsored the project and will help distribute 6,000 free maps
within the Stevens Point community in the coming year. Information on the
bathymetric map project and a full list of sponsors is linked under “Research
and Innovation” at www.uwsp.edu/cols-ap/GIS. The GIS Center hopes to create an interactive web
map as the next phase of the project.
“This map is a great resource for
users of the Stevens Point flowage,” said Christine Koeller. “It shows
information on public access, parks and recreational use, islands, channels and
flowage depths. Even people who have lived in the community their whole life
have been surprised at how much of the Wisconsin River is available for use
according to the map.”
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