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Over the last few years, wake-enhanced boating activity has been a hot topic for many landowners, lake groups, recreationists, and town boards.  In the last year, it’s been an increasingly big concern for many Iron County residents.  This is a complicated issue with lots of questions to be answered.  In an effort to provide a time and space for folks to come get educated and allow for questions and answers, I have organized a wake-enhanced recreation forum. …

Turtle Flambeau Flowage & Trude Lake Property Owners’ Association, Inc.

Annual Membership meeting
Saturday June 21, 2025, at the Mercer Community Center, 2648 W. Margaret Street, Mercer, WI
10:00 am – 12:00 noon

Call to Order:
Attendance:
Members and Board members introduced themselves.
Minutes of June 22, 2024, meeting
Treasurer’s Report

Elections (vote on):

Secretary – Todd Jirous
Treasurer – Roger Nelson
Director – Jeff Wilson
Director – Troy Tipton
Director – Open

Presentation

Mary Jung and John Richter – Wake boats and their impact …

ACTION ALERT: DNR to Hold Aquatic Plant Management Rules Revision Roadshows

Agency provides four opportunities for public comment on changes to NR 107 and NR 109, the administrative rules covering aquatic plant management.

The Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources is pursuing revisions and changes to the administrative rules governing aquatic plant management in the state. This is similar to an effort to update the rules a few years ago. That effort ended when, in the midst of attempts …

Northwoods Six-County Lakes and Rivers Meeting to highlight benefits and risks of herbicides for AIS control

RHINELANDER, WI — Eurasian watermilfoil and other nuisance vegetation is spreading in northern lakes. Are herbicide treatments an answer? Or are they too risky?

A panel of experts will explore that topic at the annual Northwoods Six-County Lakes and Rivers Meeting on Friday, July 11, Nicolet College in Rhinelander.

“Herbicides are commonly used to control invasive species as well as native species …

Eurasian watermilfoil (EWM; Myriophyllum spicatum) was detected in the Turtle Flambeau Flowage in the summer of 2023. During 2024, staff from the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation (Burke Center) at Northland College and the North Lakeland Discovery Center conducted point intercept aquatic plant surveys to document the extent of EWM presence within portions of the flowage and to provide updated data on the flowage’s overall aquatic plant community. Additionally, the Burke Center monitored …

The Wisconsin Conservation Congress offers citizens the ability weigh in on natural resource matters each year through its Spring Hearings. Citizen offered questions are put up to a vote by participants in the hearings, and those that pass eventually are provided to the Natural Resources Board, Dept. of Natural Resources, and the Legislature as suggested paths forward on an issue. WCC resolutions are advisory only.

While the in-person meetings took place this past Monday, citizens can …

“Protecting Our Waters: We’re All Connected” is the theme for the annual Northwoods Six-County Lakes Meeting, set for Friday, July 12, at Nicolet College.

Lake association leaders and members along with the general public will convene to learn about and discuss our interconnected water resources and our human connections to each other and to our lakes, streams, wetlands and groundwater.

A committee with representatives from Oneida, Vilas, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, and Iron counties is at work developing …

Turtle Flambeau Flowage Trude Lake Property Owners Association

Aquatic Invasive Species Meeting
Location: Mercer Haines Meeting Room-Town Hall

February 22nd , 2024
9:00-12:00

Agenda

9:00 Introductions

9:10 Eurasian water milfoil -natural history, ecology, and status -Zach Wilson

9:45 Funding sources for management (Surface Water Grants)-Alex Selle

10:00 Fisheries management in relation to nutrient loading and plant growth-Zach Lawson

10:30 Discussion on EWM management/ Monitoring/ Research

12:00 End

Rhinelander, WI – Without clear statewide guidance for wake boat use on Wisconsin lakes, local communities are struggling to balance recreation with the health of their lake ecosystems. Some critics, responding to the increasing popularity of wake boats on inland lakes, have called for restricting the use of these specially designed boats. To provide a science-based approach, conservation nonprofit Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF) released a new report on the effects of wake boats on lake …