Wisconsin Water Success Stories

Great things are happening in Wisconsin for clean, healthy water. Water Success Stories is our way of sharing with you some of the highlights of "Water Successes" and invite you to share projects and water-related work around that state that you believe merits special note. Share a Water Success Story

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2009 Success Stories

• New Maps Identify Location of River Groups and Grants
• Shell Lake Wetland Enhancements
• Bony Lake Restoration Project
• Volunteer Monitors Collect Important Data on Stream Health
• 2009 Fisheries Management Awards
• Found Lake Restoration
• Project RED Volunteers Help Identify Invasives in Rivers
• Preventing Manure Runoff in 2009 (PDF)

2008 Success Stories

• 2008 Flooding in Wisconsin
• Ballast Water Treatment Study Released
• Wild Rose Fish Hatchery Renovation Complete
• Wetland Toolkit Now Available
• Blatz Lagoon Restoration || Map
• Electronic Grant Applications Streamline Award Process
• Willow Creek, Sheboygan, Restoration [PDF 98KB]

2007 Success Stories

• Northern Region Expands Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Efforts
• Four Way Farms: Manure Management Success [PDF 294KB]
• A step forward for manure management in Wisconsin: Revised rules for large livestock operations take effect
• Two Mississippi River strongholds reach milestone anniversaries
• Assessing and Mitigating Flood Risk
• Keep a Lid on It! Innovation Reduces Runoff, also available as a [PDF 48KB].

2006 Success Stories

• Timely Wastewater Permits
• Hospital Decontamination Project
• Besadny Andadromous Fisheries Facility 2006 Open House
• Multi-Agency Cooperation and Partnering, Contaminated Wells in Brown County
• Upper Osceola Dam Failure [PDF 194KB]
• Rhinelander Region Expands Invasive Species Programs [PDF 173KB]
• Locating Wetlands [PDF 19KB]
• West Branch Sugar Restoration
• Rush Lake Restoration
• Wild River Designation
• Sturgeon Rearing Facilities
• Newton Creek/Hog Island Restoration
• Racine Water Filtration Plant