TLWA Newsletter Archive

SPRING 2024

Eurasian Water Milfoil - Volunteers Are First Line of Defense - Controlling Purple Loosestrife Infestation - Comprehensive Lake Management Planning Status - DNR Fish Studies on Three Lakes Chain - Burnt Rollways Boat Hoist - Revised Flood Plain Maps Costly for Some Property Owners - Regulation of Water Levels in the Chain - TLWA Donates to Town of Three Lakes Buoy Program - Aquatic Invasive Species Effect on Lake Property Values

Fall 2023

Call For Volunteers | Clean Water Takes Mussels: A Peak Beneath the Waves to Watch Freshwater | Mussels at Work | Fall Survey of Virgin and Long Lakes | Fish Sticks 2022-2023 | Fishing Is Not What It Was 30 Years Ago – the Chain Is Dead | Lake Management Plan | Membership Update and Online Payment Options | President's Forum | Purple Loosetrife Control Year 5 | The Benefits of Woody Debris in Lakes | Virgin Lake Herbicide Treatment Delivers Amazing Results |

Spring 2023

April 2023 New Biologist – New Coordinator | Be Neighborly | Eurasian Water Milfoil | Everybody’s Gotta Go | Lakes 101 Water Clarity | Membership Report | Partying on the Chain | President’s Forum | Regulations Boat Docks and Boat Slips | Volunteer Report | Watercraft Sales Donates Bennington Pontoon Boat | We Love our TLWA Signs | What’s Growing on Your Shore | Yellow Iris on the Move |

Fall 2022

Dave Wheeler | A River Runs Through It | General AIS Efforts Presidents Forum | My Thoughts on Diving for EWM | Purple Loosetrife Control Project | Small Ballast Ships (Wake Boats) Have Arrived | Summer 2022 Dive Team Report |

Spring 2022

“The Importance of Volunteers” | Glacial Erratics of the Three Lakes Region | Global Science and Aquatic Education | How Wetlands Manage Water | Increase Your Lake’s Percentage of Members | Lake Property Rental Regulations | What is so bad about Yellow Iris? |

Fall 2021

Aquatic Education – Collecting Samples | Onterra’s Fall Report for Virgin and Long Lakes | Purple Loosetrife Control Update | Shoreline Restoration - We Have a Winner | Summer 2021 Dive Team Report | The Importance of Volunteers | Wake Boat Regulations DNR | Wisconsin Turtles – A Keystone Species Keeping Our Water Clean |

Spring 2021

Contest News | Fish Sticks Fall 2020 | Geology of the Three Lakes Chain | The Power of Maps | What is happening on Long Lake | What is TLWA? |

Fall 2020

Blobs – Bryozoan Colonies | Buffers, Viewing Corridors and Creating a Beach | Getting To the Root of the Problem - Eurasian Water Milfoil | Killing Mosquitos with Pesticides Can Kill Other Beneficial Insects | Purple Loosetrife – The Beetles Are Winning | Request For Citizen Lake Monitoring Network Volunteers | Shore Land Restoration – Healthy Lakes Initiative | Summer 2020 Dive Team Report | TLWA Now Has a DNR Liaison | TLWA Proposes Adding Freshwater Science Studies to Three Lakes HS | Yellow Iris Survey |

Spring 2020

Adopt A Shoreline Becomes Adopt Your Shoreline | Erosion Prevention and Control Best Practices | Fish Sticks – Dealing With Mother Nature | I-LIDS - What it Involves | Lake Management Plan | New Oneida County Grant Will Help TLWA With Shoreline Restoration | Stream Monitoring – What We Found | TLWA Scholarship Program – How Three Lakes Benefits | Turtle Nesting Season Is Upon Us | We Can Never Do Merely One Thing - Ecological Consequences | Yellow Iris Survey 2019 |

Fall 2019

Aquatic Invasive Workshop – Annual Report | Eurasian Water Milfoil Battle | Lake Management Plan Update | Purple Loosetrife Efforts | Secchi Testing – Your Lake’s Water Clarity | Stream Monitoring – Protecting Our Lakes | Summer 2019 Dive Team Report – Good News – Bad News | Use Of Submerged Trees By Fish | What Is A Lake Captain |

Spring 2019

A Moment in Time (TLWA Publication) | Aquatic Invasive Demo and Workshop | Lake Management Plan Update - The Work Continues | Protecting Turtle Nests | Purple Loosetrife – We Are Expanding the Attack | Secchi Testing – How You Can Do It Too! | Status of Three Lakes (Natural) Walleye Fishery | Threats To Our Waters | Three Lakes Winery – Ahoy Lake Captain | What Are Fish Sticks |

Fall 2018

Adopt A Shoreline – Join the Effort | Book Review – A Lakeside Companion | Chemical Stream Monitoring – What Does it all Mean | Depleted Oxygen Meter Availability | Dive Team Plus One – Muck Diving 101 | Lake Management Plan Update – The Cycle Being Completed | Loon Thoughts | Purple Loosetrife – The Battle is On | Things Are Looking Up For Our Turtles |

Spring 2018

Boating Courtesy – The Golden Rule on Boating | Cup Plant – Nature’s Birdfeeder | Donate A Buoy | Lake Core Sampling – Some Lakes Are Degraded | Lake Management Planning Update – A Chain-Wide Plan | Laurel Lake Campground | Onterra Update – Looking Good | Powerloading at Campsite | Purple Loosestrife – The Battle Begins | Stream Monitoring – A New Program | Thunder Lake Dam | Turtle Crossing Season – Right Around the Corner | Yellow Iris Follow-up |

Fall 2017

Adopt A Shoreline – On Patrol | AIS Rapid Response Dive Team – On Our Own | AIS Update – A Clean Report | History of Burnt Rollways Dam | New Road Art Helps Identify Turtles Crossing Areas | Shoreline Buffers: Good for Your Lake – Good for You | TLWA Fifty Year Anniversary – Party Time | What Does a Lake Bottom Have to Say? | Yellow Iris - The Happy Intruder - Not So Pretty Yellow Iris |

Spring 2017

A New Threat To Our Waters (Spiny Water Flea) | Dissolved Oxygen and Temperature Meter | How’s the Fishing? | Lake Management Plan | Looking Back To Compare | Native Plants: Landscaping Options for Enhancing Water Quality and Life | Safe Boating on the Chain | Show Your TLWA Pride (Cedar Plaques) | TLWA Fifty Year Anniversary | Update on SCUBA AIS Rapid Response Dive Team |

Spring 2016

Buoys on the Chain | EWM Strategies – Virgin and Townline Lakes – Burnt Rollways Channel | Jenna Miles | Lake Management Planning – Shoreline Development Assessments | Purple Loosestrife – An On-going Battle | Shoreline Buffers – Good for Your Lake – Good for You | Teens and AIS | Understanding Your Lake – Phosphorus | Why Shoreline Zoning? | Wood Ducks Seasonal Residents Seeking Waterfront Homes |

Spring 2015

Buoy Program | Fish Population – To Stock or Not to Stock? | It is All About our Lakes – Well maybe not… | Lake Management Planning Project Update | New Adopt a Shoreline Logo | Rating Shorelines – Your Property Rating | Use of Herbicides for AIS Control in Wisconsin Lakes – A Balance of Ecological Risks | Wood Frogs |

Fall 2014

A Look Back at the History of Spirit Lake Island | Anchors of the Lake – Aquatic Plants | Celebrating 10 Years of Helping Protect our Waters | Cory Wallschlaeger | Identifying Eurasian Water Milfoil Can Be Confusing | Lake Management Planning Complete for Maple, Moccasin and Spirit Lakes | Lose the Lead – Save a Loon | Spiny Water Fleas Found in Butternut and Trout Lakes | Three Lakes Area Turtle Crossing Update | Three Lakes Chain EWM Update Virgin – Long - Burnt Rollways | TLWA Resource Center at the Demmer Library | Water Quality Monitoring – Phosphorus – Too Much of a Good Thing is Bad | Wisconsin Legislation Shoreland Protection Ordinance Updates |

Spring 2014

Fall 2013

Boating Safety Certification – Three Lakes Police Department | Lake Management Planning Update – A Chain-Wide Plan | Three Lakes Chain of Lakes Water Quality | Virgin Lake Update | Wardens Corner Bag Limits vs. Possession Limits | Wells Are a Deep Subject |

Spring 2013

Boating Safety Certification – Three Lakes Police Department | Lake Management Planning Update – A Chain-Wide Plan | Three Lakes Chain of Lakes Water Quality | Virgin Lake Update | Wardens Corner Bag Limits vs. Possession Limits | Wells Are a Deep Subject |

Spring 2012

Lake Management Planning Project Update 2012 | Terrestrial Invasive Species |

Winter 2012

A Membership to Be Proud Of | Eurasian Water Milfoil in Virgin Lake | Increasing the Amount of Fish in Lakes | Shoreline Erosion |