Starting a Lake Organization

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1 Starting a Lake Organization

2 Wisconsin Lakes

3 The Wisconsin Lakes Partnership Google UWEX lakes xlakes/ / Lake Tides Lake Connection Lake List Lake Leaders Institute Educational events CBCW CLMN

4 Wisconsin s lakes Wisconsin has one of the largest concentration of fresh water glacial lakes on the planet.

5 Why Lake Organizations? Who else will assure a legacy of healthy lake ecosystems for future generations to marvel at?

6 Wisconsin Lake Organizations Since lake orgs (protecting 974 lakes) 27 County organizations 1 State wide organization (WAL)

7 Types of Lake Organizations Unincorporated Voluntary Lake Associations Incorporated (181) Voluntary Lake Qualified Lake Associations (allows grants, are 181) Lake Districts Sanitary Districts

8 Voluntary Lake Associations Have the right to: Acquire Property Invest money Borrow money Make contracts Receive Grants (qualified assoc) No land use powers

9 Qualified Lake Associations Must be incorporated under Chapter 181 Declare in by-laws the main reason for being is to benefit inland lakes Show that past actions benefited inland lakes Allow membership to those who reside within 1 mile at least one month Allow membership to those who own real estate with in one mile of the lake Does not limit or deny any member or class of members Have at least 25 members Fees $5 - $50

10 Incorporating a Lake Association Filing articles of incorporation Department of Financial Institutions (form 102) DFI, PO Box 7846, Madison WI, Phone

11 Lake Association - Shared Vision What is your purpose? Learn about your lake Learn about your neighbors Develop a vision Welcome everyone Hear all ideas Develop a plan Be transparent

12 Lake Association - functioning Bylaws Operational procedures Membership categories Election procedures Terms of Office Roberts Rules of Order

13 Lake Associations $ If you have employees or collect more than $5000 a year work with an accountant 501 (c ) (3) Grants (Planning, Protection, AIS) Develop a budget Open a bank account

14 What Lake Organizations Do? Develop newsletters/ Websites Delegate people to speak for the group Design educational programs Help members deal with concerns Communicate concerns to local officials Develop lake management plans Engage in a range of lake management activities

15 How can a Lake Organization Benefit Share ideas and interests Me? Gather information on how the lake functions Focus a wide range of local skills Network with local government, state agencies & other organizations Provide a social outlet to better know your lake neighbors Fund raising Receive grants

16 Water The Issues? Aquatic Invasive Species Shore Land Development Recreational Use Conflicts Aquatic Plants Loss of State Support Loss of Habitat Polluted Runoff Water Quality Domestication of shores Global Climate change

17 Aquatic Invasive Species Eurasian Water Milfoil Curly-Leaf Pond Weed Purple Loosestrife Zebra Mussels Rainbow smelt Rusty Crayfish Spiny Water Flea VHS More to come

18 Aquatic Plants These plants are to a lake as the trees are to the forest

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20 Shore Land Development

21 Recreation Use Conflicts

22 Loss of State Support a need for Public Support

23 Loss of Habitat

24 Polluted Runoff

25 Water Quality Lakes CD side tif

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27 2001 Summer Secchi Averages Burnett Polk St. Croix Pierce Douglas Washburn Barron Dunn Pepin Bayfield Sawyer Rusk Chippewa Eau Claire Ashland Iron Price Taylor Clark Trempealeau Jackson La Crosse Vernon Monroe Vilas Oneida Forest Florence Marinette Lincoln Langlade Oconto Menominee Marathon Shawano Door Waupaca Brown Kewaunee Wood Portage Outagamie Juneau Adams Waushara Winnebago Sauk Iowa Lafayette Marquette Green Lake Fond Du Lac Columbia Dodge Dane Rock Manitowoc Sheboygan Washington Ozaukee Jefferson Milwaukee Waukesha Walworth Racine Kenosha 2001 Summer Secchi Averages 1-5 ft. 5-7 ft. 7-9 ft ft ft. No Lakes Monitored N Miles 1: Map Creator: Jennifer Filbert February 14, 2002

28 Global Climate Change

29 Domestication of Shores Loss of Tree Falls

30 Help is Out There! State wide & locally, Information On How to get organized How to operate your organization Understanding your lake and watershed plants, water chemistry, fishery, frogs, watershed, aquatic invasives, shores Grants and dollars to help the work Building leadership skills & dealing with conflict Gaining new knowledge through research

31 The Wisconsin Lakes Partnership Engaging in the service of the people of Wisconsin in their community. UWEX DNR WAL Over 30 years of collaboration

32 Wisconsin: A Leader in Lake Management Wisconsin Legislators have given standing in statues to lake organizations Lake District Law The state trusts lake organizations with dollars Grants $24 million; planning and protection WAL recognized as single most effective natural resource advocate group in Wisconsin Focused technical assistance since 1990, WDNR lakes coordinators and UWEX specialists. APM laws and aquatic invasives

33 Advocacy Policies are made by those that show up. Working with local governments (go to the meetings, be heard) Being heard at the state level Supporting WAL Working with/listening to all viewpoints Working toward compromise with unlike thinkers Building relationships and supporting UWEX,WDNR and other agencies

34 Rolling up our sleeves Working with aquatic invasives & boat launches Building lake communities Dealing with water recreation conflicts Monitoring and gaining new knowledge Slowing climate change Limiting human impacts Understanding aquatic plant management Using a watershed approach Developing water trails Celebrating lake communities Inventorying the economics of lakes

35 For people to come to a view of themselves as active effective citizens means most importantly realizing that civic action is simply hard work that can produce results. It is unpredictable. It means dealing with people that make us uncomfortable. Harry Boyte building America

36 We and our country create one another our land passes in and out of our bodies just as our bodies pass in and out of our land therefore, our culture must be our response to our place. Our culture and our place are images of each other and inseparable from each other, and so neither can be better than the other. In short,what we do to the land we do to our selves. Wendell Berry