TLWA Newsletter Archive

Fall 2025

Wake Surf Ballast Boats 3.0 - TLWA Board Presents Petition to Three Lakes Town Board - Wake Surfing Regulation in Wisconsin - Where Are We? - Where Are We Going? - Membership - Website - TLWA Merchandise Expands - Onterra Report - Results 2025 - Virgin Lake Update 2025 - What Determines A Wetland? - Purple Loosestrife Control - Shoreline Restoration - Yellow Iris - Saying Goodbye to Paul Matthiae - Rare Edition TLWA Birdhouses - Our Wild Rice Project On The TLC - New Board Member Steve Yahr

Spring 2025

Ballasted Wake Boats 2.0 - Surf Here to Limit Impact On the Chain - Water Levels in Our Chain of Lakes - What jurisdiction/relationship does the DNR have with the Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company - Onterra report: Late-Summer EWM Mapping Survey Results - Fish Sticks: 2024-25 Update – Business Sponsors - Adopt Your Shoreline: 2024 Volunteer Report - Shoreline Restoration: Are you ready to restore your shore? - Dragons Living in the Three Lakes Chain – TLWA Website – Fundraising Event 2025: Ceramic Mugs

Fall 2024

Ballasted Wake Surfing Boats - New Website Launched - Fall 2024 Survey of Virgin and Long Lakes - Removal of EWM on Long Lake - Good News and Some Not So Good News about EWM - Adopt Your Shoreline Volunteer's Experience - Membership Report Values and Communication - Clean Boats Clean Waters Fall 2024 Report - New TLWA Board Members Wallesverd and Mastalish - Join the Yellow Iris Task Force - Purple Loosestrife Control Year 6 - Hibernation Time for Snapping Turtles - Shoreline Restoration - Loons Are In Trouble in Wisconsin - Raft Regulations - Aquatic Education Explorations in Transition 2024 Report - TLWA Scholarship Recipient Connor Tanneman - Fish Stick Call for Volunteers - TLWA New Metal Sign

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? |