USGS Science for a Changing World WATER-RESOURCES INVESTIGATIONS in WISCONSIN, 2001
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LakeLake WisconsinWisconsin _|ä|Çz_|ä|Çz July |August 2016 AN EXCLUSIVE NEWSLETTER FOR THE RESIDENTS OF LAKE WISCONSIN The Tale of the Lake Wisconsin Railroad Bridge at Merrimac Submitted by Greg Stangl hen you first hear the sound, your mind has a difficult time recognizing Wits source. It builds softly, off in the distance, somewhere just over the horizon and after a few minutes you begin the feel the dull vibration that always accompanies it. At first, your mind tries to make it into something more familiar, like a Color postcard of the current bridge. motor boat out on the lake or a distant neighbor mowing his lawn. Then your mind clicks and you remember, it’s a train lumbering across the railroad bridge at Merrimac. The rhythmic clickity click becomes louder, steadier, until fading away, only to return the next day. The train crosses the bridge from the Okee side then rumbles through Merrimac taking a hard left through the Wisconsin Valley, running along Route 78. Then it takes a hard right and heads north toward Devil’s Lake and on to Baraboo. Traffic backs up at the crossing on Hwy 113 and drivers silently (and sometimes not so silently) bemoan their fate at being held up by the slow moving train. The train takes its time. Perhaps it’s the age of the tracks or number of cars it’s pulling. Or maybe the train is just not in that much of a hurry. The story of the railroad bridge at Merrimac is actually the story of two bridges. -
Lower Wisconsin River Main Stem
LOWER WISCONSIN RIVER MAIN STEM The Wisconsin River begins at Lac Vieux Desert, a lake in Vilas County that lies on the border of Wisconsin and the Lower Wisconsin River Upper Pennisula in Michigan. The river is approximately At A Glance 430 miles long and collects water from 12,280 square miles. As a result of glaciation across the state, the river Drainage Area: 4,940 sq. miles traverses a variety of different geologic and topographic Total Stream Miles: 165 miles settings. The section of the river known as the Lower Wisconsin River crosses over several of these different Major Public Land: geologic settings. From the Castle Rock Flowage, the river ♦ Units of the Lower Wisconsin flows through the flat Central Sand Plain that is thought to State Riverway be a legacy of Glacial Lake Wisconsin. Downstream from ♦ Tower Hill, Rocky Arbor, and Wisconsin Dells, the river flows through glacial drift until Wyalusing State Parks it enters the Driftless Area and eventually flows into the ♦ Wildlife areas and other Mississippi River (Map 1, Chapter Three ). recreation areas adjacent to river Overall, the Lower Wisconsin River portion of the Concerns and Issues: Wisconsin River extends approximately 165 miles from the ♦ Nonpoint source pollution Castle Rock Flowage dam downstream to its confluence ♦ Impoundments with the Mississippi River near Prairie du Chien. There are ♦ Atrazine two major hydropower dams operate on the Lower ♦ Fish consumption advisories Wisconsin, one at Wisconsin Dells and one at Prairie Du for PCB’s and mercury Sac. The Wisconsin Dells dam creates Kilbourn Flowage. ♦ Badger Army Ammunition The dam at Prairie Du Sac creates Lake Wisconsin. -
Geology and Wine 14. Terroir of Historic Wollersheim Winery, Lake Wisconsin American Viticultural Area Snejana Karakis, Barry Cameron and William Kean
Document generated on 09/27/2021 7:31 p.m. Geoscience Canada Journal of the Geological Association of Canada Journal de l’Association Géologique du Canada Geology and Wine 14. Terroir of Historic Wollersheim Winery, Lake Wisconsin American Viticultural Area Snejana Karakis, Barry Cameron and William Kean Volume 43, Number 4, 2016 Article abstract The viticultural history of Wisconsin started in the 1840s, with the very first URI: https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1038400ar vine plantings by Hungarian Agoston Haraszthy on the Wollersheim Winery property located in the Lake Wisconsin American Viticultural Area (AVA). This See table of contents study examines the terroir of historic Wollersheim Winery, the only winery within the confines of the Lake Wisconsin AVA, to understand the interplay of environmental factors influencing the character and quality as well as the Publisher(s) variability of Wollersheim wines. Soil texture, chemistry, and mineralogy in conjunction with precision viticulture tools such as electromagnetic induction The Geological Association of Canada and electrical resistivity tomography surveys, are utilized in the Wollersheim Winery terroir characterization and observation of spatially variable terroir at ISSN the vineyard scale. Establishing and comparing areas of variability at the plot level for two specific vineyard plots (Domaine Reserve and Lot 19) at 0315-0941 (print) Wollersheim Winery provides insight into the effects of soil properties and 1911-4850 (digital) land characteristics on grape and wine production using precision viticulture tools. The viticultural future of Wisconsin looks quite favourable, as the Explore this journal number of wineries keeps rising to meet the demand for Wisconsin wine and local consumption. -
The State of the Central Wisconsin River Basin April, 2002 PUBL WT 558 2002
The State of the Central Wisconsin River Basin April, 2002 PUBL WT 558 2002 A six-year plan to protect and enhance our aquatic and terrestrial resources A Report by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in Cooperation with the Central Wisconsin Partners State of the Central Wisconsin River Basin Report 2002 GOVERNOR Scott McCallum, Governor NATURAL RESOURCES BOARD Trygve A. Solberg, Chair James E. Tiefenthaler, Jr., Vice-Chair Gerald M. O'Brien, Secretary Herbert F. Behnke Howard D. Poulson Catherine L. Stepp Stephen D. Willett Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Darrell Bazzell, Secretary Franc Fennessy, Deputy Secretary Barbara Zellmer, Executive Assistant Gene Fransisco, Administrator Division of Forestry Steve Miller, Administrator Division of Land Susan L. Sylvester, Administrator Division of Water Scott Humrickhouse, Director West Central Regional Office Craig Thompson, Land Leader Arthur Bernhardt, Water Leader West Central Regional Office ii State of the Central Wisconsin River Basin Report 2002 101 S. Webster St. Box 7921 Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7921 Telephone 608-266-2621 FAX 608-267-3579 TTY 608-267-6897 To interested parties of the Central Wisconsin River Basin: On behalf of the Central Wisconsin Basin Partnership Team and the Central Wisconsin Basin Water and Land Team supervisors and staff, we are pleased to present the Central Wisconsin River Basin Integrated Management Plan. We hope the objectives and recommendations contained in this document will provide direction for future project preparation within the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and will guide initiatives undertaken by the Partnership Team. This was truly and integrated effort and has resulted in integrated objectives. -
A Lake Winnebago Success Story
WISCONSIN FISHING By The Numbers 15,000 lakes 42,000 miles of streams and rivers 1.4 million anglers 88 million fish caught by anglers $2.75 billion in economic activity $200 million in tax revenues for local and state governments 30,000+ jobs 21 million days that anglers fished 12 million fish stocked Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service, American Sportfishing Association, 2008 A Lake Winnebago success story viding fishing opportunities for local resi- Dear “Cleaner and clearer”, the lake dents, destination fishing for out-of-state WISCONSIN aficionados, and an annual $234 million is becoming a walleye factory. economic boost for the five counties sur- ANGLER rounding Lake Winnebago and the other OSHKOSH. — Twenty years ago wall- lakes in the Winnebago chain -- Butte des Welcome to Wisconsin – home of the best eye fishing on Lake Winnebago stunk. Morts, Winneconne, and Poygan. The Fish are Waiting Literally. The secrets of that success? Arrowood and most diverse fishing in the country. We Wisconsin Anglers --- Plan those special days on the offer more waters than dedicated anglers Scant rain and snow in the late 1980s and state fisheries biologists point to three could fish in several lifetimes…an incred- dried up walleye reproduction and the main factors: water with the 2012 A Year of Fish calendar. ible array of fish to catch…and some rare fishing with it while goosing the growth Calendar includes: ones just to appreciate. Fishing is a corner- of smelly algae blooms, recalls Mike Ar- 1) DNR, local governments and citizen Important fishing dates, moon stone of Wisconsin’s culture and economy. -
Comprehensive Fishery Surveys of Swan Lake and Spring Lake Columbia County, Wisconsin 2018
Comprehensive Fishery Surveys of Swan Lake and Spring Lake Columbia County, Wisconsin 2018 Waterbody Identification Codes: 179800 (Swan Lake), 180000 (Spring Lake) Nathan Nye Senior Fisheries Biologist Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Poynette, Wisconsin June 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Comprehensive fishery surveys were conducted on Swan Lake and Spring Lake during the spring of 2018. Swan Lake results are described here, with results of the Spring Lake survey included in Appendix A beginning on page 75. Swan Lake sampling included early fyke netting for Northern Pike and Walleyes (SN1), early electrofishing to recapture marked Walleyes (SE1), a second netting period targeting Muskellunge (SN2), late spring electrofishing for bass and panfish (SE2) and fall electrofishing to assess Walleye recruitment (FE). In general, gamefish species were present at abundances consistent with other lakes in the Complex Riverine lake class. Gamefish species exhibited good to excellent growth and body condition. Bluegill, Black Crappie, and Yellow Perch were common and exhibited good growth. Bluegills as large as 9.2 inches were collected. Bluegills averaged over 8 inches by age 6, placing Bluegill growth ahead of area and state averages. High Bluegill total annual mortality compared to other area lakes may be indicative of high harvest pressure. Black Crappies up to 13.0 inches were collected in the survey and Black Crappie growth rates exceeded area and state averages after age 1, likely due to the abundant forage found in Swan Lake. Black Crappies averaged over 10 inches by age 4, and over 11 inches by age 6. Yellow Perch up to 12.0 inches were collected in the survey. -
Date: July 9, 2020
EPA's Review of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Request for Approval of Site-Specific Total Phosphorus Criteria For Petenwell Lake, Castle Rock Lake, and Lake Wisconsin Under Section 303(c) of the Clean Water Act WQSTS # WI 2019-2058 Date: July 9, 2020 I. Summary A. Date received by EPA: June 10, 2020 (electronically; Attorney General certification letter received July 6, 2020) B. Description of action The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) requested U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approval of site-specific criteria (SSC) for three reservoirs on the Wisconsin River: Petenwell Lake (located in Adams, Juneau, and Wood counties), Castle Rock Lake (located in Adams and Juneau counties), and Lake Wisconsin (located in Columbia and Sauk counties). Data indicate that the uses are protected at levels different from Wisconsin’s existing total phosphorus (TP) criteria. Per federal regulations at Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR) § 131.5(a), EPA “is to review and to approve or disapprove State-adopted water quality standards,” and therefore, WDNR submitted its adopted SSC to EPA. WDNR submitted the following documents in support of the site-specific criteria: ▪ Transmittal letter from WDNR to EPA, dated June 10, 2020; ▪ Legal certification letter from Joshua A. Kaul, Wisconsin Attorney General, to EPA, dated July 2, 2020; ▪ Final Order of the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board related to WY-09-18 affecting NR 102.06; ▪ WDNR Natural Resources Board Agenda document for WY-09-18 containing responses -
Beginnings (From Past to Present: the History of Adams County)
Beginnings Pinery Road Days A fter centuries of occupation by pipes and other goods that the Grignons brought native people, Adams county wel- upriver by canoe from Portage. In 1832, Amable comed its earliest European-American obtained Indian permission and built a sawmill settlers in the 1820s and '30s. An old industry upriver opposite Nekoosa, but the Grignons winding down in central Wisconsin--the fur trade-- continued to live on 14 Mile Creek, where Judith and a new industry just arrived--logging--brought gave birth to a son named Robert in 1837. He is newcomers to the county. recorded as the first child of European heritage In 1827, when Wisconsin was still a part of born within the future bounds of Adams County. Michigan Territory, Amable and Judith Bourassa About the same time as the Grignons were Grignon built a trading post in the sloughs on the settling in what became the Town of Rome, west bank of the Wisconsin River in what is now another French-Indian trader, Francis Provonsal, the northwestern comer of Petenwell Lake. After a opened a post on the west bank of the Wisconsin a flood wiped out their first establishment, the few miles north of Petenwell Rock. Provonsal also Grignons moved across the river to a site near the traded with the Indians on both sides of the river mouth of "Grignon's" or 14-Mile Creek in the and the family remained in the area for many Above: An 1849 future Town of Rome. The cabin they built in 1829 years. Provonsal's son, Frank, started a ferry at map of Wiscon- can be called the first home erected by a non- Petenwell Rock in 1856 and ran it until he was sin shows Indian in Adams County. -
Firm Map Index
LISTING OF COMMUNITIES MAP REPOSITORIES (Maps available for reference only, MOST RECENT COMMUNITY INITIAL NFIP INITIAL FIRM not for distribution.) COMMUNITY NAME LOCATED ON PANEL(S) FIRM PANEL NUMBER MAP DATE DATE DATE BARABOO, CITY OF: MAP NUMBER BARABOO, CITY OF 550392 0382, 0383, 0384, 0401*, 0402, 0403, December 17, 1973 August 1, 1979 City Hall 0404 135 - 4th Street Baraboo, Wisconsin 53913 ** CAZENOVIA, VILLAGE OF 550358 0164 August 23, 1974 December 18, 2009 IRONTON, VILLAGE OF 550393 0167 August 16, 1974 March 7, 2001 December 18, 2009 CAZENOVIA, VILLAGE OF: LA VALLE, VILLAGE OF 550395 0159, 0178 December 28, 1973 September 19, 1984 Village Hall LAKE DELTON, VILLAGE OF 550394 0231, 0232, 0235, 0250, 0251, 0253 December 17, 1973 September 4, 1985 December 18, 2009 310 North Highway 58 Cazenovia, Wisconsin 54924 LIME RIDGE, VILLAGE OF 550396 0325 August 23, 1974 September 1, 1987 December 18, 2009 **55111C0050E LOGANVILLE, VILLAGE OF 550397 0333, 0341 September 6, 1974 February 15, 1985 December 18, 2009 IRONTON, VILLAGE OF: MERRIMAC, VILLAGE OF 550398 0420, 0438, 0557, 0576 December 28, 1973 March 7, 2001 December 18, 2009 Village Hall NORTH FREEDOM, VILLAGE OF 550399 0376, 0378 December 17, 1973 September 19, 1984 600 State Street PLAIN, VILLAGE OF 550400 0491, 0492, 0493 June 18, 1976 September 30, 1988 December 18, 2009 La Valle, Wisconsin 53941 PRAIRIE DU SAC, VILLAGE OF 550401 0542*, 0561, 0562 December 7, 1973 March 7, 2001 December 18, 2009 55111C0025E *55111C0125E LAKE DELTON, VILLAGE OF: 55111C0075E REEDSBURG, CITY OF -
Lake Koshkonong Wetlands: Diversity, Floristic Quality, and Community Mapping
LAKE KOSHKONONG WETLANDS: DIVERSITY, FLORISTIC QUALITY, AND COMMUNITY MAPPING LAKE KOSHKONONG WETLAND ASSOCIATION JEFFERSON, ROCK, AND DANE COUNTIES, WISCONSIN June 22, 2006 NRC Project # 04-130 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSULTING, INCORPORATED P.O. BOX 128 COTTAGE GROVE, WISCONSIN 53527-0128 (608) 839-1998 www.nrc-inc.net LAKE KOSHKONONG WETLANDS: DIVERSITY, FLORISTIC QUALITY, AND COMMUNITY MAPPING Lake Koshkonong Wetland Association Jefferson, Rock, and Dane Counties, Wisconsin June 22, 2006 Prepared For: Mr. Rick Persson Lake Koshkonong Wetland Association W8699 White Crow Road Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin 53538 Prepared By: Jeff Kraemer, Associate Principal Esther Alsum, Environmental Scientist/ Botany Natural Resources Consulting, Inc. PO Box 128 119 South Main Street Cottage Grove, Wisconsin 53527-0128 Phone: 608.839.1998 Fax: 608.839.1995 www.nrc-inc.net Dr. Quentin Carpenter, Wetland Ecologist University of Wisconsin, Madison Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies 122 Science Hall 550 Park St. Madison, WI 53706 NRC Project #: 04-130 Natural Resources Consulting, Inc. Specializing in wetland, biological and environmental permitting services Lake Koshkonong Plant Survey Lake Koshkonong Wetland Association June 22, 2006 NRC Project # 04-130 PREFACE On behalf of the Lake Koshkonong Wetland Association (LKWA), and in partial fulfillment of a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) $10,000 Lake Planning Grant award, Natural Resources Consulting, Inc. (NRC) has completed a floristic survey and assessment of several of the wetlands associated with Lake Koshkonong. The Lake Koshkonong Wetland Association (LKWA) was formed in 2003 in an effort to protect the existing wetlands on Lake Koshkonong and the Rock River and to promote the health of natural plants, fish, birds, and other forms of wildlife in the basin. -
July 24Th 2021
Published Bi-Weekly for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska • Volume 50, Number 15 • Saturday, July 24, 2021 Bago Bits… Mask Mandate Reinstated Immediately The Winnebago Health Education’s An- nual Health Fair was held at the Twelve Clans Unity Hospital. Programs set up booths to share valuable information with the community and handed out plenty of goodies! Mask Mandate went into effect immediately on July 20th, 2021 for all indoor public buildings and businesses within the boundaries of the Winnebago Reservation. Photo by Winonah Leader Charge. A group of Winnebago youth attended Winonah Leader Charge the 18th annual NABI 2021 basketball tournament in Phoenix, AZ over the past Winnebago, NE—Looking at the stats was passed with a 6 to 1 vote. in the area, it is important to take all weekend. Excellent job to these young and data Mona Zuffante Winnebago ladies for representing the Winnebago The Mask Mandate went into effective precautions. The Best defenses against Public Health Administrator recom- Tribe. Team name: Wakšik Hinuk!(Photo immediately on the Winnebago Reserva- COVID-19 and its variants is to take all courtesy of Eug DeCora) mended reinstating the Mask Mandate tion. This is a safety measure to combat the precautions. to tribal council. and limit the spread of the COVID-19 • Get vaccinated On July 19th, Winnebago Tribal virus and its variants. • Wear a facemask Council Member Louis La Rose mo- As of June, 71-percent of people liv- •Wash hands often with warm water tioned to reinstate the mask mandate ing in the Winnebago community, who and soap within the boundaries of the Winnebago are at least 12 years old, had received at •Practice physical distance between Reservation, for all indoor public build- least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. -
Corn Moon Migrations: Ho-Chunk Belonging, Removal, and Return in the Early Nineteenth-Century Western Great Lakes
Corn Moon Migrations: Ho-Chunk Belonging, Removal, and Return in the Early Nineteenth-Century Western Great Lakes By Libby Rose Tronnes A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (History) at the UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON 2017 Date of final oral examination: 12/13/2017 The dissertation is approved by the following members of the Final Oral Committee: Susan L. Johnson, Professor, History William Cronon, Professor, History John Hall, Associate Professor, History Stephen Kantrowitz, Professor, History Larry Nesper, Professor, Anthropology and American Indian Studies ProQuest Number:10690192 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. ProQuest 10690192 Published by ProQuest LLC ( 2017). Copyright of the Dissertation is held by the Author. All rights reserved. This work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code Microform Edition © ProQuest LLC. ProQuest LLC. 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, MI 48106 - 1346 © Copyright Libby Rose Tronnes 2017 All Rights Reserved i Table of Contents Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………………………….ii Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………………..vi List of Figures …………………………………………………………………………..………viii