Events and News
Upcoming
event:
Meeting: January 22, 2010 at
2:00 P.M.
At the Lure bar and grill
Show your support for the PACRS! Click here for a resolution of support you can take to your property owners' association.
News:
PACRS
Meeting Minutes are now available.
Go to
events/news
page or
click here.
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.