Waushara County Land Conservation and Zoning
- Waushara County Land Conservation & Zoning Department
- Guidelines for Updating a Lake Management Plan
- Lake District County Board Representatives
- Updated Waushara County “Lakes List” 3-1-21, from Waushara Co. Land Conservation Department, posted on “Members Only” password protected page. If your group contact info has changed, contact Laura – LC&Z Dept. office (920)787-0443; if forgot password, use “Contact Us” located on “About Us” tab
- WCWLC awarded its 2022 Environmental Education Grant in the amount of $250 to Waushara County Land Conservation and Zoning for Conservation Field Days
- Waushara Co Shoreline Zoning Codes – comply with 2017 state legislature revisions to statutes:
- Todd Wahler-Shoreline Zoning 8-10-19
- Waushara County UW-Extension
Healthy Shorelands
- Click here for the color-coded shoreline assessment maps for about half of the Waushara County Lakes; click on the name of the lake, and if the assessment was completed in 2021, it will be listed at the top of that lake’s Lake Management Planning page.
- Waushara County Shoreland Ordinances
- Shoreland Zoning Waushara County Land Conservation PowerPoint
- Healthy Lakes and Rivers Grants
- Waterfront Concerns Panel Discussion Handout
- North Central Conservancy Trust brochure (consider by lake groups, landowners):
- Brochure: NorthCentralConservancyTrust
Water Quality
- Lake Monitoring: UW-Stevens Point Water & Environmental Analysis Lab
- Homeowner well water testing – options and pricing
- Request a private well test online
- Wisconsin Well Water 101
- Tests for Drinking Water from Private Wells
- Waushara Co 3-year county-wide Private Well-Water Testing Project presentation by Patrick Nehring/UW-Extension from WCWLC 8/11/18 meeting:
- Waushara County Nitrate Testing Results
- Waushara Co private well-water testing (3-yr. county-wide study) article – Argus 5/3/18:
Water Quantity
- Historical water levels in Waushara County lakes: Waushara Co Lakes’ Levels graphic_toddw_2019-08-12-08-05-45
- DNR’s 11-9-19 presentation can be viewed at: WausharaCo_GW_Flooding_WIDNR_20191109
- High Precipitation, Wet Weather, Global Warming-Graphics-Argus11-7-19
- “Rising Concern Over High Water” and “Lake Level Monitoring“: vol45-4fall2020web – Lake Tides Fall/Winter 2020 articles
- DNR Central Sands Lakes Study press release, recommending a regional strategy for central sands high capacity well withdrawals
- Central Sands Lakes Study-DNR update_4-14-20
- Central Sands Lakes Study – DNR CSLS_January2020_Update and on Resources page
- DNR Central Sands Lakes Study update/presentation to WCWLC: DNR_CSLS_Jeff Helmuth_5-11-19_resized
Resources from Other Organizations
Aquatic Plants and Invasive Species
- Golden Sands RC&D
- Latest AIS found in Marquette Co Starry Stonewort – see Golden Sands AIS fact sheets
- Clean Boats-Clean Waters Program
- Silver Lake Management District’s field day “DASH project” with 7th Grade Science class (see Gallery for posters by 7th Grade class)
Lake Districts and Chapter 33
- Chapter 33 governing lake districts
- “People of the Lakes Guide” (UW-Ex Lakes) now available – view/download .pdf file:
- Lake District board election recount law – 2019 Wisconsin Act 99 effective 2-7-20
- Who can Vote at lake district meetings?
- Lake district annual member meeting, Chapter 33/state statutes in times of COVID-19/social distancing safety:
Recreation, Fishing, Tourism
- Wake/No Wake Statutes – Waushara Co Corporate Counsel Summary of State, County, Local Municipality, Lake Districts, Sanitary Districts Statutes re: speed and boating (and current high water levels): STATUTES RELATING TO BOAT SPEED_5-31-19
- Waushara Co Tourism and Water presentation by Patrick Nehring from WCWLC 11/10/18 meeting:
- DNR Fish Stocking Information
Vacation Home Rentals
Wisconsin DNR
- Water Resources Management Specialist for Waushara County contact info:
- Ted Johnson – phone: (920) 424-2104, e-mail: TedM.Johnson@wisconsin.gov , mailing address: Oshkosh Service Center, 625 E County Road Y, Suite 700, Oshkosh, WI 54901
- DNR Topics-Contacts 2018
- Wisconsin DNR Fishing Wisconsin
- Wisconsin DNR Healthy Lakes grant
- Wisconsin DNR – Lake and Aquatic Invasives Grants
- Wisconsin DNR GP17 – Small Scale Dredging