Wisconsin Lakes
Featured Lake:
Fenner Lake,
Adams, Marquette
County
Fenner Lake is a 41 acre lake located in Adams County. It has a maximum depth of 30 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing, a public beach. Fish include Panfish, Largemouth Bass and Northern Pike.
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What's New?
2/15/2012One of the most successful efforts of the Wisconsin Lakes Partnership has been “The Citizen Lake Monitoring Network.” Every year since 1986, dedicated volunteers monitor lakes statewide for a variety of different water quality and lake health indicators. The effort, which started as 126 volunteers on 113 lakes, has grown to an impressive 1,100 volunteers on 850 lakes. Today, in addition to monitoring water clarity, volunteers take chemistry samples and monitor for aquatic and shoreline invasive species. The amount of data the Department and partner organizations receive from these volunteers is astounding and crucial for long-term lake planning. Photo taken... Read More
1/20/2012In 2003, a group of students in Minocqua looked at the potential impact aquatic invasive species would have on lake tourism in their town. These students then proposed a plan of action to prevent the spread of one of the aquatic invasive species present in their community, Eurasian Water-milfoil. The Christopher-Columbus Foundation, recognizing innovation in young people then awarded this group $25,000 to devlop, publicize and distribute 150 educational tool kits to 25 counties across the state. The success of this partnership resulted in the following year's creation of the Wisconsin Lake Partnership's "Clean Boats, Clean Waters" watercraft inspection effort... Read More
12/22/2011Hard to believe, but 2011 is quickly drawing to a close. "Clean Boats, Clean Waters" and the "Citizen Lake Monitoring Network" continue to grow in popularity and the data is still coming in! Let's take a look at some of the terrific accomplishments and efforts made by volunteers and our organizations to help learn about, inform the public and protect Wisconsin lakes. 2011 Lake Efforts by the Numbers... 47 counties actively partnering with the state to combat the spread of aquatic invasive species. 211,320 boater contacts raising awareness about aquatic invasive species. 53,110 hours spent educating boaters about aquatic invasive... Read More
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