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Wisconsin Lakes Annual Meeting 12-9-25

Wisconsin Lakes Annual Meeting 12-9-25

Dear Friend of the Lakes, Our Annual Meeting will be held on Tuesday December 9th, 2025 from 4:30 until 6:30. A follow-up email with the link and agenda will be coming soon!   Join or donate today! As a supporter of Wisconsin Lakes, you know that the organization...

Environmental Day

Environmental Day

On October 2nd, the Forest County Association of Lakes (FCAL) hosted Environmental Day. Roughly 55 high school science students from Crandon, Laona, and Wabeno were...

FCAL 2025 Essay Contest

FCAL 2025 Essay Contest

  “What (fill in the blank) Taught Me About My Relationship with Nature” was  the topic for this year’s Forest County Association of Lakes (FCAL) essay  contest. Students from 5th and 6th grades in Crandon, Laona and...

Report finds lakes aren’t shielded from microplastics

Report finds lakes aren’t shielded from microplastics

When measuring public health threats, researchers say microplastics have jumped to the top of the list. New samples from a citizen science effort in Minnesota show these tiny particles are present in dozens of waterways. The advocacy group Environment Minnesota, part...

Trapping season

Trapping season

Northern Wisconsin offers a landscape abundant in forests, rivers, and wetlands—ideal habitats for a variety of fur-bearing species, including beavers, minks,muskrat, foxes, and fishers. The state’s trapping history is tied closely to both subsistence and commerce....

Proposed State-Level Regulations for Enhanced Wake Sports

Proposed State-Level Regulations for Enhanced Wake Sports

Dear Members and Supporters,   You may soon see Wisconsin Lakes in the news, and here's the reason.  Wisconsin Lakes and the Last Wilderness Alliance are renewing their call for bipartisan state-wide regulation of enhanced wake recreation to protect Wisconsin’s...