Research on Water Quality

Taking a Secchi Disk Reading

Blue-Green Algae

Hillis Decision Review by Department of Justice [PDF 19KB]

New Studies

"Riparian Setbacks: Technical Information for Decision Makers" [exit DNR, PDF] - Chagrin River Watershed partners in Ohio

"Riparian Buffer Width, Vegetative Cover, and Nitrogen Removal Effectiveness: A Review of Current Science and Regulations" [exit DNR, PDF] - EPA

From Wisconsin

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Publication Number Publication Information
Exit DNR Lake Water Monitoring and Analysis with Satellite Remote Sensing. Environmental Remote Sensing Center, Univeristy of Wisconsin - Madison.
Exit DNR North Temperate Lakes Long Term Ecological Research Program, Univeristy of Wisconsin - Madison.
FS-109-00 [exit DNR] Soil Erosion from Two Small Construction Sites, Dane County Wisconsin. U.S. Geological Survey. August 2000.
Article 7 [PDF 462KB] Sources of Urban Stormwater Pollutants Defined in Wisconsin. Center for Watershed Protection. Watershed Protection Techniques.
RS-717-1988 [PDF 315KB] Trends in Summer Phosphorus, Chlorophyll, and Water Quality in the Yahara Lakes, 1976 - 1988. DNR. Research Managment Findings.
RS-711-1988 [PDF 595KB] Phosphorus Trends in the Yahara Lakes since the Mid-1960s. WDNR. Research Management Findings.

From Elsewhere

Publication Number Publication Information
GPO Item No. 0120-A [exit DNR] Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes and Practices. Federal Interagency Stream Corridor Restoration Working Group. August 2001.
Exit DNR Stormwater Strategies: Community Responses to Runoff Pollution. Natural Resources Defense Council. May 1999.

This list of resources should not be construed as being complete. It is only part of a collection of resources and research that WDNR employees use as a reference in their day to day work. This list is in no way an endorsement of these organizations, but rather a resource for the public who may be interested in shoreland related issues.

For more information, contact:
Gregg Breese, Shoreland Zoning Contact
Bureau of Watershed Management
(608) 261-6430

Photo courtesy of University of Wisconsin Lakes Program and Wisconsin Lakes Partnership.

Last Revised: Tuesday August 26 2008