Recreation
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Management
The Totogatic Wild River is managed to preserve and protect the river in a wild and free-flowing natural state by working with counties, landowners and partners to prevent development adjacent to the river and by restoring sections of the river…
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Recreation
The Totogatic Wild River provides rich habitat for diverse aquatic and terrestrial species, has excellent water quality and beautiful scenery, and offers great fishing, paddling, hunting and wildlife watching opportunities. This large 2,113-…
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Maps
Color brochures and maps are available at the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest Contact Stations or the Woodruff DNR Service Center.
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Basic Information
Location and Directions The Totogatic Wild River designation includes nearly 70 miles of the Totogatic River from the outlet of Totogatic Lake in Bayfield County, through Sawyer, Washburn, and Douglas counties to its mouth at the Namekagon River in…
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Nature
The Lower Wisconsin State Riverway contains a fantastically diverse resource with a wide variety of historical and archaeological sites, wildlife, fisheries and scenic beauty found nowhere else. You will enjoy your visit here and likely return…
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Safety on the River
The Wisconsin River is described as the hardest working river in the world. With many dams regulating the flow and providing power for communities along the upper stretches, it may well be. On the Lower Wisconsin Riverway, however, it takes a break…
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Conservation Fund
The Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Fund was created by Paul Brandt of Boscobel, a DNR wildlife manager for 33 years, who passed away in September 2006. Before he died, Paul created this endowed fund through the Natural Resources Foundation of…
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Camping
Camping along the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway is available on islands and sandbars, two state parks and several private and municipal campgrounds. State Parks Wyalusing and Tower Hill state parks are along the riverway and have boat landings.…
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Geology
Thick layers of sandstone, limestone and dolomite, deposited 600 million to 430 million years ago during Cambrian and Ordovician times, originally covered all of the Lower Wisconsin River region. Through time, forces of erosion cut a deep, V-…
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History
For thousands of years, long before European explorers and entrepreneurs entered the Lower Wisconsin region, native people recognized the importance of the Mississippi River and its tributaries as a water highway system. The Fox-Wisconsin Riverway…