Rock River Flood- 2008

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Residents Along The Rock River Prepare For Flooding

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HydroStream Power Tour

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Drag Boat Races At Lake Koshkonong - 2001

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Koshkonong Kiteboarding 10.21.07

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UWM Anthropology Dig at Lake Koshkonong

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Wisconsin magazine of history

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Koshkonong, Missouri

Yes, there is another Koshkonong out there...

From The South Missourian News

...It was R.R. Hammond, the first district supervisor for the railroad, who supposedly gave Koshkonong its name because it reminded him of Koshkonong Lake in Wisconsin where he enjoyed duck hunting.

Lots of questions on NR115, not many answers

More from Lakeland Times

...What kind of mitigation would be required if impervious surfaces exceed 15 percent of a parcel? The DNR didn't know. Is a gravel driveway pervious or impervious? The DNR didn't know.

...Blake said those kind of issues could be addressed on the county level when counties rewrite their zoning ordinances to comply with the new rule. They will have two years to do so and must meet minimum standards, but they can also be more restrictive and could take up such specific questions.

..."We heard stories - roofs having to be torn off, houses moved back - because of the interpretations made then," Baier said. "That's what concerns us now. We don't know what's going to happen. It's only a matter of time before someone is told they must bring something nonconforming into compliance."

Balance important in state shoreland zoning rules

From State Senator Neal Kedzie Cap Times Op-Ed

...Chief among those concerns was a limitation on impervious surfaces within 1,000 feet of a lake, river or stream. Any impervious surface, such as a driveway or a roof, would be restricted to no more than 15 percent of the total area for any lot within 1,000 feet of the shoreline. While the intent of that restriction was to create greater habitat and water quality protection, it could have made a number of long-time homeowners and business immediately in violation. The 15 percent limit could be exceeded up to 30 percent, but only if the property owners agreed to various, and perhaps costly, efforts to mitigate the impact.

DNR's Gozdzialski: Apply water quality standards uniformly

From Lakeland Times

...The shoreland rule establishes such regulations as the 75-foot setback from the ordinary high water mark of navigable waters, and a newly revised version will impose caps on the amount of impervious surfaces allowed on properties within 300 feet of a navigable water body.

..."Municipalities, villages and cities don't fall under NR115," Blake said. "There are lots and lots of impervious surfaces in incorporated areas (the revised NR115 places limits on impervious surfaces in unincorporated areas).

..."My understanding is, when the Legislature enacted shoreland zoning in the sixties, there were numerous groups involved," he said. "There wasn't much zoning in the state then. Municipalities made the argument that 'we don't need this (shoreland management) because we have zoning,' and the Legislature bought it."

More on NR 115

From WDNR comparison...

All gates 100% open

Lake Level = 776.6

Above summer target.

Just below our requested level for changing the DNR operating orders.

Existing NR 115 Language

This is what is being "updated..."

NR 115

Shoreland management rules updated to better protect lakes, rivers

From WDNR

...County governments will now begin the process of updating their shoreland development rules to be consistent with or exceed the state’s rules, and will have two years to do so once the rules are officially published in early 2010.

Poisoning of Chicago canal is working, but no Asian carp found yet

Milw Journal Sentinel

...Thousands of gallons of fish poison, called rotenone, were dumped in the canal around 8 p.m. Wednesday in a drastic attempt to destroy every fish in a 6-mile stretch of waterway so an electric fish barrier on the canal can be turned off for maintenance.