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    DNR Approves Village Of Somers Diversion Application

    The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced its approval for the Village of Somers to divert an annual average of 1.2 million gallons of water a day from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River Basin. 

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    DNR Urges Public To Exercise Caution When On The Ice On Bay of Green Bay

    The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) urges the public to exercise caution while on the ice on the Bay of Green Bay to avoid becoming stranded on free-floating sheets of ice.

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    Lake Management Tools

    The Wisconsin Lake Modeling Suite (WiLMS) model is a lake water quality-planning tool. The WiLMS model structure is organized into four principal parts: front-end, phosphorus prediction, internal loading and trophic response. Models WiLMS 3.3.18 (…

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    Lakes and Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Mapping Tool

    In order to keep DNR servers up to date, DNR will be patching the GIS servers to the latest service level on the morning of Sunday, March 30. During this update, users may see unexpected issues with DNR’s web map viewers. We apologize…

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    DNR Submits Central Sands Lakes Study Findings And Recommendations To State Legislature

    The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the department has submitted the final Central Sands Lakes Study Report and recommendations to the Wisconsin Legislature advising a management framework to address impacted water resources across the Central Sands Region.

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    Aquatic and Wetland Invasives Species Monitoring

    The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Aquatic Invasive Species Monitoring program is a collaboration of citizens, partners and the DNR to find, report, map and survey invasive species. The program is guided by species identified in NR…

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    Wisconsin Geographic Names Council

    The Wisconsin Geographic Names Council (WGNC) is a state council established to maintain uniform geographic name usage throughout Wisconsin. The WGNC comprises representatives of state agencies most concerned with geographic information. Sharing its…

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    Wisconsin Geographic Names Council

    The Wisconsin Geographic Names Council, consisting of members from the DNR and other government agencies, reviews proposals for naming geographical features in the state of Wisconsin.

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    Reporting Your Data

    The following tips will help you report your Clean Boats, Clean Waters data. Selecting a Landing If you are not sure which landing to choose, select a landing and click "Show Map" to see where it is located. If the landing you need is not listed…

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    DNR Releases Presentations On Methodology Behind Central Sands Lakes Study

    The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is in its final year of a three-year study examining lake level changes in Plainfield, Long and Pleasant lakes in Waushara County. 

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