Below are links to resources that may be useful for lakefront owners.

Lake Resources

A Fresh Look at Shoreland Restoration

A green lawn running down to the water’s edge allows 18 times more sediment and seven times more phosphorus to run into the water than a natural shore allows. A natural shore also hosts a multitude of wildlife, much of it tiny, all of it important to the health of the environment. The authors suggest ways for owners of lake property to create a natural shore buffer of native vegetation between land and water, a buffer which will display “a seasonal array of colors, textures, aromas, and wildlife activity.

Protecting Shorelands

The authors describe how to begin restoring a shore to its native state, a task that requires taking into account the topography and soil of the site, the width of the shoreline band that must be restored in order to accomplish various goals, and what native plants are best used for restoration. A shore with native vegetation can provide wildlife habitat, flood control, shoreline stability, privacy, and a pleasing variety of objects to amuse the eye. It also can improve water quality as it filters sediment, nutrients, pesticides, and microbes from surface runoff.

Water’s Edge Helping Fish:Wildlife

This introduction to life at The Water’s Edge reveals the advantages of a natural, wildlife-friendly shore, and describes how you can restore, create, or maintain a natural shore without needing to give up your lawn and dock.  In short, you can have your lawn, your dock, and wildlife too.

Native Plant Guide: 112 species that support clean water. 158 page guide to trees, grasses and perennials.

https://healthylakeswi.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/366/2023/02/NativePlantGuide-sm.pdf

Rain Gardens

Budget Archives
Reports
Boat Ramp Access

There are currently two public boat ramp access points to Park Lake. One located at Hwy 44 and one at Island Drive (Rhode’s Landing).

 

Highway 44

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