Posts by Kim Swisher

Since December 2021, the Vilas County Land, Water and Forestry Committee has been discussing how to better deal with the cost and logistics of maintaining the picnic area on the north portion of Cranberry Island, which is owned by Vilas County. Over the past few months ERCLA board members and members have been attending the…

Onterra, LLC., recently completed an early summer Eagle River Chain of Lakes survey for Eurasion Water Milfoil (EWM). Onterra, headquartered in De Pere, WI, provides a variety of lake-related services ranging from science-based diagnostic and feasibility studies to comprehensive lake management plans consisting of aquatic plant inventories, stakeholder education, watershed and water quality analysis, and…

Onterra, the lake management consulting firm that directs milfoil management for the Unified Lower Eagle River Chain of Lakes Commission, has provided the final report of the 2020 EWM management program on the Chain. The reports are listed by lake on the Commission website. Each report contains chainwide treatment results and conclusions, and lake-specific summary…

Onterra, the lake management consulting firm that directs milfoil management for the Unified Lower Eagle River Chain of Lakes Commission, has provided the final report of the 2019 EWM management program on the Chain.

Onterra, the lake management consulting firm that directs milfoil management for the Unified Lower Eagle River Chain of Lake Commission, recently presented the results of this year’s milfoil management program and outlined the strategy for 2020.

The Wisconsin Shoreland Initiative was formed in 2015 to organize a response to the attack on the Eagle River Chain of Lakes and the area rivers by legislative actions taken as part of the state budget process (Act 55). That one amendment to the budget removed much of the local control of lakes and ended…

Visit our lake management page to view the plans.

34% of Vilas County is comprised of wetlands, which includes lakes and other wet areas. “Wet” property owners pay a large portion of the County’s taxes. Seasonal homeowners and tourists spend a lot. Download your copy of this informative document that spells out everything you want to know about the wetlands of Vilas County, property taxes paid…