Lake Onalaska Islands

From ACOE

The Lake Onalaska Habitat Project was planned under the authority of the Upper Mississippi River System - Environmental Management Program and constructed in accordance with a definite project report dated August 1988. The Environmental management Program was authorized by Section 1103 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 and reauthorized by the Water Resources Development Act of 1999.

The project was planned and designed as part of a cooperative effort of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and local interests.

Habitat project design and construction costs were 100 percent Federal because the project is on lands managed as a national wildlife refuge. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation was reimbursed for the habitat portion of the project. Operation and maintenance costs are 100 percent Federal (a responsibility of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service).

Federal cost $2,064,000
Non-federal cost $0
Total cost $2,064,000