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Sheriff’s Boat Patrol and Silver Lake History Recap

MCLA MEETING • JUNE 27 2024 6:30PM • SOIL & WATER BLDG • PUBLIC ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND

At the MCLA meeting on Thursday, June 26, 2024, Lt. Mike Polich of the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Dept. will give us a brief presentation on their Boat Patrol program.

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Updated: September 6, 2024 — 3:24 pm

Carstens Lake Water Quality Project Spring 2024 Update

(33 slides)

As presented at the April 25, 2024 MCLA meeting by
Jim Kettler and the LNRP Team & Sarah Majerus, Stantec

View project background, timeline and more.

Updated: November 18, 2024 — 4:14 pm

Attention Wilke Lake Anglers

New Wilke Lake DNR Harvest regulations in place, expiring in 2026.

 

Walleye: 3 walleye may be kept, but they must be at least 18”.

Northern pike: 2 northern pike of any length may be kept, but pike between 25-35” may not be kept.

Bass (Largemouth and Smallmouth) 1 bass (total) may be kept; it must be at least 18”.

Panfish are not affected by these regulations. Bluegill, pumpkinseed, sunfish, crappie and yellow perch are open all year. No minimum length limit and the daily bag limit is 25.

Full document available at https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/sites/default/files/topic/Fishing/NewRegs20242025.pdf

Updated: May 1, 2024 — 3:38 pm

Public presentation on Spiny Water Flea

An invitation from our friends at Glacierland RC&D to all interested:

 

Hello LISMA Partners,

Our next Lakeshore Invasive Species Management Area meeting will take place on Wednesday, December 6th from 10 AM – 12 PM at the Ledgeview Nature Center. We will set up a video call if you are unable to attend in person. The link for the zoom meeting and call in info is included in the attached agenda as usual. Read more

Updated: December 14, 2023 — 8:39 am

Annual Banquet Held on Oct. 13th, 2023

MCLA Annual Banquet held on Friday Oct. 13, 2023

The annual banquet of the Manitowoc County Lakes Association took place on Friday, October the 13th, hosted by Dan Dufek and the Larrabee Sportsman’s Club, who provided a delicious broasted chicken dinner and great company. MCLA members stepped up to provide an abundance of door prizes.

The Annual Lake Stewardship awards were presented at the meeting. Read more

Updated: July 13, 2024 — 10:43 am

August 24 Meeting to Feature Soil and Water Director

All are encouraged to attend the August 24 MCLA meeting!
The guest speaker will be David Wetenkamp, Director of the Manitowoc County

Dept. of Soil and Water. He will present an update on the activities of the department.

Date: Thursday, August 24, 2023  Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Soil and Water Conservation building
4319 Expo Drive, Room 300, Manitowoc

PUBLIC WELCOME!!

 

Planned agenda

1) Presentation by David Wetenkamp

2) 5-10 minute social break

3) MCLA general membership meeting

a) Secretary’s report

b) Treasurer’s report

c) Carsten’s Lake project status update, sedimentation basin permit from DNR

d) Upcoming meetings: 10/13/23 annual meeting/banquet

e) Voluntary Lake reports (if time permits)

f) Open time for any questions/discussion (if time permits)

g) Adjourn

 

Updated: September 17, 2023 — 4:22 pm

June 22 meeting focus on Invasive Species

Mark your calendars for Thursday, June 22, 2023
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Soil and Water Conservation building
4319 Expo Drive, Room 300, Manitowoc
Guest speaker Jake Divine, Invasive Species Coordinator for Glacierland RC&D

PUBLIC WELCOME!!

 

 


Meeting Minutes now available here
Updated July 4, 2023


 

Planned agenda

1) Presentation by Jake Divine, Invasive Species Coordinator for Glacierland RC&D.

Glacierland RC&D is a nonprofit, grass-roots organization that is committed to wise use and conservation of our natural resources. Glacierland’s projects address sustainable agriculture, multiple use forestry, clean water, and invasive species. As the Invasive Species Coordinator, Jake acts as the point of contact regarding invasive species issues in Manitowoc & Kewaunee county, administers the Lakeshore Invasive Species Management Area (LISMA), provides training and education on invasive species monitoring, prevention, and management, and helps implement restoration and management projects.

2) 5 to 10 minute social break

3) MCLA general membership meeting

a) Secretary’s report

b) Treasurer’s report

c) Any status updates of the Carsten’s Lake project since the 4/27 meeting

d) Upcoming meetings – 8/24/23 meeting and 10/13/23 annual meeting/banquet

e) Voluntary Lake reports (if time permits)

f) Open time for any questions/discussion (if time permits)

g) Adjourn

Updated: August 9, 2023 — 4:03 pm

Public Shoreland Zoning Presentation

Manitowoc County Planning & Zoning Review of Shoreline Regulations

This meeting took place Sept. 1, 2022 at 6:30 PM
Location: Autumn Ridge Golf Course Banquet Hall
1 Straight Drive, Valders, WI 54245


Read the Valders Journal Article about the presentation.
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Single copies on sale at Cenex and Weber’s BP in Valders and M&K Quick Stop in St. Nazianz. Mailed every Wednesday.

 

The meeting will begin with a presentation on Manitowoc County Shoreland regulations by Pete Tarnowski – County Planning and Park Manager and Reed Gaedtke – County Code Administrator.

Pete and Reed will review Shoreland regulations which will cover some history of shoreland regulation, setback requirements, impervious surface and filling and grading regulations. They are hoping to provide the audience with some clarity and information on what’s required for permitting. They will entertain some general questions but they will not be taking site specific questions pertaining to any individual’s projects. Individuals are encouraged contact their office with specifics about any projects they are thinking about.

MCLA business will follow the presentation portion of the meeting. Public and MCLA members are encouraged to attend.

 

For a quick review and a great handout about Shoreland Zoning in Manitowoc County, please visit the County’s website.

https://manitowoccountywi.gov/departments/planning-and-zoning/shoreland/

Updated: May 2, 2023 — 8:27 am

A Focus on Carsten’s Lake

UPDATED OCT 28, 2024


NOW AVAILABLE
Slide Presentation from the April 25, 2025 MCLA Meeting

An update on Carstens Lake project by Lakeshore Natural Resources Partnership (LNRP) and Stantec.

view April 25, 2024 presentation


 

Carstens Lake Water Quality Improvement Project

Proposed Sedimentation and Treatment Basin with Sorption Technology

October 2024 Project Update

Hello Everyone!

Exciting news, we are beginning construction this week on the Sedimentation Basin for Carstens Lake. The entire process is expected to take about a month. At that point, we will begin working with UW-Stevens Point to incorporate the phosflow sorption medium. This is the second element to this project, following up on the wetland scrapes completed last fall.

I’m very much looking forward to how this turns out! In the meantime, please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Amy Lentz
Director of Projects
Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership

April 2024 Project Update

At the MCLA meeting on April 25, 2024, Sara Majerus of Stantec discussed changes to plan as the project has progressed, the project schedule, and present research updates. Regarding the slag filter system, a change from slag media to Phosflow from Australia may occur. Phosflow is more expensive but is lighter and has shown better results. Disposal of the product is strictly to a landfill site at this time. They are looking at July or August for construction of the device/apparatus for the Phosflow bags. In 2027, results will be reviewed, along with options for proceeding. View a detailed design and project schedule in this presentation.

November 2023 Project Update

On 11/20/23, Stantec and LNRP met with the DNR and Army Core of Engineers regarding future permits needed. The scrape is done and planted. Due to the soft soils, the excavator has done some of the work with a long-reach hoe and pads. The final cost of the project is appearing to be in the $500,000 range and paid for with grants. Slag filter system is being designed.

October 2023 Project Update

The wetland scrap portion of the water quality improvement project was started in late September 2023.

April 27, 2023 Project Update

Grants for the project now total approximately $450,000. A sediment scrape east of Pine Creek and in the basin west of pine creek is planned to increase both retention time and watershed capacity. This will be good for habitat and animals. Since Pine Creek high water events are currently diverted into the basin, the outlet structure is planned to have slag filters to capture and store phosphorous with the goal of reducing incoming phosphorous by 20%. This project, if successful, will help other lakes in the future. Six interns are being hired to collect samples on Pine Creek this summer, testing for E. coli and phosphorous, among other things.

Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership (LNRP) and partners at Stantec and the UW–Stevens Point are working on a design for water quality treatment along Pine Creek, a direct tributary to Carstens Lake. The project was initiated as a result of a 3-year study by MCLA (2012-2014), which identified high levels of phosphorus (>40 ppb) in Carstens Lake. The subsequent 2018 Carstens Lake Comprehensive Management Plan recommends offline structures adjacent to Pine Creek for water quality treatment to mitigate phosphorus loading in Carstens Lake, and was the catalyst for this project.

Read the project draft.

Read the LNRP Project Update May 2023.

Partners are proposing to construct an offline sedimentation basin, which will attenuate high stream flows and allow particulate solids and nutrients to settle in the basin. Secondary treatment will be provided by implementing sorption technology in the outlet berm that will capture reactive phosphorus prior to discharge back into Pine Creek and eventually Carstens Lake. The sorption technology, developed by Professor Kyle Herrman at UWSP, uses steel furnace slag to remove dissolved phosphorus from the water stream.

UW-SP and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources environmental toxicologists are in the process of reviewing the slag material for field application. UW-SP is waiting on conditional approval from WDNR. Pending WDNR approval and additional grant funding, construction is anticipated to move forward in late 2022 or early 2023, and sorption technology will be installed in Spring 2023.

A meeting outlining this project took place 6/30/22 at the Newton Town Hall, 6524 Carstens Lake Road, Manitowoc • 6:30pm

View the meeting minutes

Read The Valders Journal Coverage of this Meeting

published July 7, 2022 • Your hometown news! Subscribe for $32/year! 920-775-4431

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Jim Kettler, Director of Projects, Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership

As an ecologist with special interests in restoration ecology, agroecology, and ecosystem management, Jim received a PhD in ecology from the University of Georgia and a BS in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. From 1985-1995, he worked at the interface of land management issues examining potential improvements of traditional agricultural systems and restoration of degraded pastures in Costa Rica, working with traditional farmers on inland fisheries development in West Africa, serving as an ecologist for the Nooksack Indian Tribe in western Washington State, and conducting training workshops on sustainable agriculture for agricultural extension agents in the state of Georgia.

James also taught at the Graduate School of Environmental Studies at Bard College. From 1996-2006, he was involved with the International Honors Program, as Traveling Faculty, as Academic Director, and Executive Director. Jim and his family live in an environmentally designed home using geothermal, passive solar, and a wood stove in the Town of Centerville in southern Manitowoc County.

 

 

Sarah Majerus, Environmental Scientist, Stantec

Sarah is a wetland ecologist and enjoys working with local non-profits, businesses, and municipalities to provide integrated solutions that protect and conserve water resources. Her goal is to educate clients and help them design projects that minimize impacts to natural resources and provide ecological function for the future.

With project experience including wetland determination and delineation, botanical surveys, and habitat restoration planning and design, Sarah also has expertise in naturalized stormwater management, watershed planning, native landscape planning, and site planning for recreational development. She is a professional wetland scientist (PWS) with the Society of Wetland Scientists and a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) Assured Wetland Delineator.

Outside of work, Sarah enjoys exploring and traveling with her family—she’s typically in search of opportunities to recreate in, on, or near water.

Updated: November 18, 2024 — 4:10 pm