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Next meeting:
October 21, 2010
10:00AM
Lure Bar & Grill

Upcoming event:
ANNUAL MEETING
September 18th at 10:00 a.m
Adams Community Center
569 N. Cedar Street, Adams, WI
(just behind the County Market Store)

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This picture is certainly not St. Patrick's Day in Chicago!
What you see here is the serious problem of blue-green algae on Lake Petenwell and Castle Rock. The summertime appearance of stinking blue-green algae has become an annual event, and was a major factor around the formation of the PACRS organization. Blue-green algae is harmful to the ecosystem of the flowages, it is potentially harmful to human health, and has already harmed the local tourism economy on the flowages. Click the button to learn more, or see the “Resources/Links” page.

Accomplishments

Ø Worked with area legislators to secure funding for water quality studies of the Wisconsin River.

Ø Successfully encouraged Wisconsin DNR to implement a “Total Maximum Daily Load” (TMDL) study for Mill Creek, a tributary to Petenwell/Castle Rock.

Ø Organized “Pontoons and Politics” tour—a pontoon boat tour of Lake Petenwell with legislators Rep. Marlin Schneider and Sen. Julie Lassa to highlight the effects and negative impact of summer blue-green algae blooms.

Ø Informed public about the Petenwell, Castle Rock and Wisconsin River watershed and PACRS by holding a public meeting called Wisconsin River 101.

Ø Developed a template resolution for citizens to take to their town or village boards to advocate for local policy that supports water quality improvement on P-CR flowages.

Ø Partnered with Friends of Mill Creek in Portage County to tour farms in Wood and Portage Counties to learn about water quality challenges in agriculture.