Watersheds
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Help The DNR Plan For The Future Of 25 Wisconsin Watersheds
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is responsible for safeguarding clean waters. Still, the public is an active participant in helping identify protection and restoration priorities and implementing solutions.
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Wolf River basin
The Wolf River basin lies in northern and central Wisconsin and drains 3,690 square miles. It includes all of Waupaca County and parts of Forest, Langlade, Marathon, Menominee, Oneida, Outagamie, Portage, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara and Winnebago…
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Upper Wisconsin Basin
The Headwaters Area includes portions of the Upper Wisconsin, Upper Green Bay and Wolf River basins. Headwaters are the upper reaches of a basin or watershed and thus contain smaller streams and rivers tributary to larger waterbodies. This area…
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Upper Rock River Basin
The Upper Rock River basin lies in south-central Wisconsin's eastern ridges. At the north end of the basin, the east, south and west branches of the Rock River come together in Horicon Marsh. From the city of Horicon, on the south edge of the marsh…
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Upper Green Bay Basin
The Upper Green Bay basin consists of 18 watersheds in northeastern Wisconsin, including all of Florence, Marinette and Oconto counties and a major portion of Forest County and smaller regions of Brown, Langlade, Menominee, Outagamie, Shawano and…
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Upper Fox River Basin
The Upper Fox River basin is located in east-central Wisconsin. It includes all of Marquette County. Portions of Adams, Calumet, Columbia, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Winnebago and Waushara counties make up the remainder of the basin. The total area of…
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Upper Chippewa water management unit
The basin is divided from the Lower Chippewa basin for management purposes and includes portions of Iron, Ashland, Sawyer, Rusk, Price, Vilas, Chippewa and Taylor counties. Over 3,000 stream and river miles flow through the basin and with 156,200…
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Lake Chippewa
The mainstem Chippewa River is formed by the confluence of the West Fork Chippewa River (rising from the 14,500 acre Chippewa Lake, southeastern Bayfield County) and East Fork Chippewa River (rising from the wetlands of the Town of Knight in Iron…
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Upper Chippewa River Basin
The Upper Chippewa basin is located in west-central and northwestern Wisconsin. The mainstem Chippewa River is formed by the confluence of the West Fork Chippewa River (rising from the 14,500 acre Chippewa Lake, southeastern Bayfield County) and…
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Lake Superior Basin
Clear, cold and deep, Lake Superior - the largest expanse of freshwater in the world - forms Wisconsin's north coast. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in the Lake Superior basin provides this site about fisheries, forests, wildlife,…