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Wisconsin's Shore-land Management Program
The name is said to mean "gathering of the waters" identifies our state with its most bountiful resource. Our state has: more than 50,000 miles of rivers and streams, more than 15,000 inland lakes, about 1,751 square miles of Great Lakes estuaries and bays, along 1,017 miles of Great Lakes shoreline, and approximately 5.3 million acres of wetlands.
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/wm/dsfm/shore/title.htm

Did you know that...Floods are the most common type of natural disaster.
About 200 Americans lose their lives in floods each year. 90 percent of all Presidential declarations of emergency or major disaster involve flooding.
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/wm/dsfm/flood/title.htm

Wisconsin Waters Initiative - Dam Safety
Check out the interactive map of all dams in the State of Wisconsin at http://gomapout.dnr.state.wi.us/website/wwi/dams_lite/viewer.htm

Aquatic Nuisance Species Program
The Division of Water has an active role in the development of strategies to research, monitor, and control nuisance (exotic) aquatic species in Wisconsin's waterways. The WDNR works with its many partners, such as the University of Wisconsin Sea GrantInstitute, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Minnesota and Michigan DNRs and various additional research institutions to monitor the presence of the following aquatic plants and animals
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/wm/glwsp/exotics/index.html

River Alliance of Wisconsin
web-page of projects etc.
http://www.wisconsinrivers.org/

Madison Goose Pond: Audubon Society
Active in helping to maintain area sanctuaries for birds and other wildlife, and for natural habitat restoration. Your membership, donations and support are very important for making these projects a success! The Goose Pond Sanctuaries Fund helps support Madison Audubon's local wildlife sanctuaries, wetland restoration projects, and prairie restoration projects.
http://www.madisonaudubon.org/audubon/directions/goosepond.htm

Lower St. Croix Management Plan
The final cooperative management plan/Environmental Impact Statement is available in pdf format at http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/wsrivers/lscmgtplan.html
Please direct any comments or questions about the final plan to:
Superintendent
Lower St. Croix National Scenic Riverway
P.O. Box 728
St. Croix Falls, WI 54024-0708
email: SACN_Superintendent@nps.gov
tel. (715) 483-3284