UpNorthNews is a digital source of Wisconsin news and fact-based information created to help grow the ranks of democracy’s most valuable asset: the well-informed voter. UpNorthNews seeks to increase civic pride and participation by providing informed, localized coverage of important issues and people across the state in order to empower and inspire Wisconsinites to take part in their democracy.
UpNorthNews is part of Courier Newsroom, a network of state-based news outlets guided by a mission to inform and inspire the millions of Americans affected by cutbacks in state and local news coverage. Courier Newsroom is a for-profit media company with progressive non-profit ownership and editorial staffing rooted in public service journalism.
https://wigreenfire.org/
Wisconsin’s Green Fire supports the conservation legacy of Wisconsin by promoting science-based management of Wisconsin’s natural resources. Voices for Conservation was established in 2017 in response to recent developments at the state and national level that threaten science-based practices and long-term vision in natural resources management. Once regarded as a national leader in conservation, Wisconsin’s proud tradition of dedicated stewardship of its land, waters, and wildlife has been severely compromised. A new organization, Wisconsin’s Green Fire: Voices for Conservation (WGF), now seeks to reclaim that tradition of leadership for a new generation, providing the research that will help preserve the state’s clean water, clean air, and healthy ecosystems.
The mission of Gathering Waters Wisconsin’s Alliance for Land Trusts' is to help land trusts, landowners and communities protect the places that make Wisconsin special. The organization helps protect Wisconsin’s special places and grow healthy, vibrant communities by strengthening Wisconsin’s land trusts.
Gathering Waters strengthens Wisconsin’s land trusts by advocating for funding and policies that support land conservation and fostering a community of practice that promotes land trust excellence and advancement.
GW notes that the value of this work can be measured in the thousands of jobs and billions of dollars generated annually through tourism, outdoor recreation, forestry and agriculture; residents have cleaner air and water because of protected wetlands and forests; plants and animals are more resilient to changing conditions; and outdoor places and adventures are available close to home, accessible to people from all walks of life, ages and interests.
The Wisconsin Shoreland Initiative was formed by lake associations in the fall of 2015 to organize a response to the attack on our lakes and rivers by legislative amendment to the state budget. That amendment ended years of informed, data driven regulation through local control of riparian property. This group raises funds to take legal action against the State for its violation of the Wisconsin Public Trust Doctrine. Learn more.
https://www.wisconsinrivers.org
Core Principles: to pursue clean water for all with passion and determination; to be a credible voice on water policy and public engagement; to hold public agencies accountable to safeguard water; to believe in the power of grassroots action and engage people in activities to inspire water stewardship.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/nobackfortymine/about/?ref=page_internal
Concerned citizens who are fighting a proposed open pit sulfide mine that's planned for the banks of the Menominee River, the river that forms the border between Michigan and Wisconsin.
OCLRA's mission is to protect and preserve the quality and riparian habitat of the inland waters of Oneida County by serving as an advocate and an information source for, and a communication link among lake and river associations and districts, county and local government, and the public.
The organization states that OCLRA and its lake association and individual members will strongly oppose any project that presents a significant threat to our surface waters or groundwater, whether from mining, concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) or any other source. The position statement can be read in full at the website.
Oneida County author Ted J. Rulseh shares his love and knowledge about our beloved freshwater lakes. The editor and publisher of several books on the Great Lakes region, he is the author of On the Pond: Lake Michigan Reflections, and writes the newspaper column "The Lake Where You Live" for the River News of Rhinelander, Wisconsin.
"Your lake is an intertwining world," Rulseh says. "It's in the water, in the sand, gravel, rocks, and muck of the bottom; it's on the surface and in the air above; it is along the shoreline—a belt of land incredibly rich in life. Just as important is what you can’t see: the physical, biological, and chemical processes that determine, for example, how many and what kinds of fish live in the lake, which plants grow there and how profusely, the color and clarity of the water, and how soon the ice forms in winter and melts in spring.
"I’m not a lake scientist," Rulseh continues, "just someone who loves lakes, cares about them deeply, and has studied them in high school and college courses, in books and magazines and online sources, and through personal experiences. I grew up in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, on the shore of Lake Michigan, but I found inland lakes more captivating than the big lake, more accessible and inviting, especially those in the northern regions. The fascination took hold from the first time my family vacationed in a rustic lakefront cabin in the big woods of Upper Michigan, back when I was nine years old.
"I now live on Birch Lake," he says, "180 acres of water, deepest point 27 feet, in the glacial lake country of north central Wisconsin. No doubt you have enjoyed lakes in many of the same ways. Now I invite you to look deeper at the forces that shape lakes and the life that abounds in them.
"I hope this book helps you know your lake more intimately, and come to love and appreciate it even more than you do today."
A Lakeside Companion is published by the University of Wisconsin Press.
Oneida County Clean Waters Action
Copyright © 2022 Oneida County Clean Waters Action - All Rights Reserved.
Powered by GoDaddy