Water Monitoring on the Chain O’ Lakes
For many years volunteers of The Citizen Lake Monitoring Network (CLMN) have been collecting data on aspects of the Chain’s lakes and uploading them to the DNR’s Surface Water Integrated […]
Waupaca Chain O’Lakes 2024 Management Report
Here is the complete year-end management report for the Waupaca Chain O’Lakes management report from Wisconsin Lake & Pond Resource. It includes the early-season CLP survey results, whole-lake survey results […]
Clean Boats Clean Waters – 2024 Season
With the 2024 boating season coming to an end a big THANK YOU goes out to our 2024 Clean Boats Clean Waters inspectors at Taylor & Columbia Lakes boat landings. […]
Congratulations – WI Lake Leader!
Please join us in congratulating WCOLD Chairman Fred Silloway on becoming a member of the Wisconsin Lake Leaders Institute. It is a major benefit for the WCOL to have the […]
Ordinance on Enhanced Wakes – Effective Immediately
After a year of surveys, public hearings, vigorous debate, and careful consideration, the Towns of Dayton, Farmington, and Lind have passed new ordinances on July 23rd and 25th. The vote […]
Kids Don’t Float – Knight Lake Landing
Chain Association in collaboration with the Town of Dayton and with the support of volunteers from the Lake District, built and installed the new Kids Don’t Float station on the […]
Monitoring Water Flow on the Chain
Continuing its mission as a lake district “…to protect and improve the quality of lakes and their watersheds,” The Waupaca Chain O’ Lakes District (WCOLD) has purchased a system to […]
Starry Stonewort (invasive algae)
Over the past two years, The Waupaca Chain O’ Lakes District has been monitoring colonies of starry stonewort (an invasive algae). In collaboration with the WI DNR and the Town of […]
Slow No Wake – Columbia Lake
The South East end of Columbia Lake – near the sunken island – has been designated slow no wake.