Friday, February 08, 2008
Public Meeting Rescheduled
The date of the Downriver Impact Initiative public meeting has been rescheduled from March 27th to April 3, 2008. Members at their last meeting (January 24th) decided since the original date fell within the week after Easter, public attendance would be adversely affected. Therefore, they voted to reschedule the meeting a week later. The meeting will be held at the Pewaukee Public Library.
Plans for the meeting have been further developed. The meeting will focus on water levels in the River downstream from the Pewaukee Lake outfall. The first part of the meeting will be a brief panel presentation from a group of speakers representing the Wisconsin DNR, Southeastern Wisconsin Plan Commission (SEWRPC), Waukesha Parks & Land Use and the Village of Pewaukee Public Works Department. That would be followed by an open discussion between the panel and the audience. The purpose of the meeting is twofold: act as a way to provide information about how the dam is operated/regulated and create a way for PRP to find ways to work with members of the local community for the protection and promotion of the Pewaukee River.
Labels: Downriver Impact Iniative, Wetland and River Research
Clean Boats, Clean Waters Workshop
Charlie Shong, Vice-president of PRP and Superintendent of the Lake Pewaukee Sanitary District, has requested that we post this announcement. He has worked with the local Girl Scout Troop to organize this program locally as well as publicize it statewide.
Clean Boats, Clean Waters Workshop Opportunity:
Stopping the spread of invasive species… how you can help!
Workshop Location:
Geneva Town Hall N3496 Como Road, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Workshop Date and Time:
Saturday, March 8, 2008 – 9:00am – noon (registration/sign in at 8:30)
With the growing concern over the spread of aquatic invasive species to Wisconsin’s inland lakes, many lake association members and other concerned citizens are looking for ways to get involved.
The Clean Boats, Clean Waters volunteer watercraft inspection program assists Wisconsin residents in stopping the spread of invasive species. The Wisconsin DNR, UW-Extension and Wisconsin Association of Lakes are offering training and resource kits to be used by volunteers at boat landings. The resource kit aids volunteers in looking for and identifying Eurasian water-milfoil, zebra mussels and other threatening invasive species. Additionally, these materials help volunteers establish a volunteer watercraft inspection program for their lake. This program is an opportunity for volunteers to take a frontline defense against aquatic invasive species. The Clean Boats, Clean Waters inspection program encourages boaters to take preventive measures to help stop the spread of invasives from lake to lake.
Workshops are open to adults and youth. Adults or lake associations interested in participating and receiving a handbook and resource kit are strongly encouraged to work with a local youth partner.
The workshop is FREE. However, for those participants planning to organize a volunteer launch inspection program, we highly recommend purchasing a resource kit for $25.00. Resource kits are worth well over $100 and include a handbook and educational materials, a DVD, invasive species identification cards, watercraft inspection stickers, and T-shirts to wear during the watercraft inspections.
Pre-registration is required. Please contact Audrey Greene, Walworth County Land Use & Resource Management at (262) 741-7902 or agreen@co.walworth.wi.us for more information or to register.
Hope to see you there!
Labels: Pewaukee River Partnership
Sunday, February 03, 2008
4th Annual Monitor Appreciation Event
Each year Waukesha County, Department of Parks and Land Use, honors the volunteer river monitors in the county. This year the program will start with a planetarium show at Retzer Nature Center followed by the dinner and awards ceremony at which the Pewaukee River Partnership monitors will be among those honored. Jayne Jenks, Waukesha County conservation specialist, coordinates the program.
