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W isconsins New Healthy Lakes I nitiative: Technical Assistance & Funding for Lakeshore Best Practices NALMS International Symposium 2015 Saratoga Springs, NY Pamela Toshner, WDNR Lake Biologist and Patrick Goggin, UW-Ext Lakes

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W isconsin’s New Healthy Lakes I nitiative: Technical Assistance & Funding for Lakeshore Best Practices

NALMS International Symposium 2015 Saratoga Springs, NY Pamela Toshner, WDNR Lake Biologist and Patrick Goggin, UW-Ext Lakes Specialist

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Today’s Presentation

  • Background
  • Healthy Lakes Overview

– Best Practices – Grants

  • Lessons Learned
  • Resources
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$2.3B

Background

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Healthy Lakes Team

THANK YOU to everyone who provided feedback, including the many partners who completed a customer survey and commented during the public review of proposed DNR guidance. Additional contributors include: Cheryl Clemens, Karen Engelbretson, John Haack, Dave Kafura, Amy Kowalski, John Kriva & ERC, Jesha LaMarche, Eric Olson, Flory Olson, Tim Parks, Bret Shaw, Shelly Thomsen, Scott Toshner, Bone Lake Management District, Maine Lake Smart Program, and Vermont Lake Wise Program. Background

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Goal: protect and improve the health of Wisconsin lakes by increasing lakeshore property owner participation in habitat restoration and runoff and erosion control projects.

Background

Lean Government Charter

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% Response Essential Nice to have Unnecessary Unfamiliar

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Wisconsin’s 2014-2017 Healthy Lakes Implementation Plan

Statewide Plan

  • Implementation

focus

Fact Sheets

  • 5 Best Practices
  • Funding & Admin

FAQs

Technical Guidance

  • More project

installation detail

Overview

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Wisconsin’s 2014-2017 Healthy Lakes Implementation Plan

Do it yourself Apply for Healthy Lakes Grant funding Integrate into local planning efforts

Green Lake, Green Lake County (Lisa Reas)

Overview

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Wisconsin’s 2014-2017 Healthy Lakes Implementation Plan

Healthy Lakes project participation is voluntary.

Overview

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Not for complex sites where engineering design/ review is necessary.

Best Practices

Photo: Vilas County Land & Water Conservation Department

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Practice # 1: Fish Sticks

Best Practices

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  • Commit to no-mow or 350 ft 2 native

planting at the base Practice # 1: Fish Sticks

Pewaukee Lake, Waukesha County (Tom Koepp)

Best Practices

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Practice # 2: 350 ft 2 Native Plantings

Best Practices

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Practice # 3: Diversion

(http://awwatersheds.org/)

Broad- based dip

Best Practices

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Practice # 4: Rock Infiltration

Deer Lake, Polk County (Cheryl Clemens)

Best Practices

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Practice # 5: Rain Garden

Shell Lake, Washburn County (Brent Edlin)

Best Practices

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Healthy Lakes Grants

Grants

  • $1000/best practice funding cap
  • $25,000 grant cap – eligible sponsor applies on behalf of individual

landowners

  • 2-year grant agreement and 10-year individual landowner contract
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1 1 applications 8 counties 1 5 lakes 4 8 properties 1 0 0 practices

$81,540.54 state $126,667 total

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First “official” Healthy Lakes project participant’s site

Lessons Learned

“ I t ’ s s t i l l n o t s i m p l e . ”

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Lessons Learned

Tech it up.

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Collateral partners.

Lessons Learned Cloverleaf Lakes, Shawano County

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Village of Frederic, Coon Lake, Polk County

A few native planting glitches.

Lessons Learned

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Lessons Learned

C i t i z e n s l e a d , a n d g o v e r n m e n t f o l l o w s .

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Resources

  • www.healthylakeswi.com
  • Pro Shoreland Habitat Training

(1: 30 today)

  • Future workshops

CONTACTS

Dave Ferris Burnett County (715) 349-2186

dferris@burnettcounty.org

Pat Goggin UW-Ext Lakes (715) 365-8943

pgoggin@uwsp.edu

Jane Malischke WDNR (715) 635-4062

jane.malischke@wi.gov

Tom Onofrey Marquette County (608) 267-3036

tonofrey@co.marquette.wi.us

Carroll Schaal WDNR (608) 261-6423

carroll.schaal@wi.gov

Pamela Toshner WDNR (715) 635-4073

pamela.toshner@wi.gov