A number of residents around Legend Lake have experienced theft of mail from their mailboxes. These thefts include both incoming and outgoing mail. Mail has been opened and scattered along the road and, in some cases, checks have been taken.

 

Click Here - Hard to Believe

 

Wisconsin sportsmen are circulating a petition seeking to have the Gray Wolf removed from the Endangered Species List. Here is the letter from George Meyer, Executive Director, Wisconsin Wildlife Federation to delegates to the Wisconsin Conservation Congress.

 

Every two years, Wisconsin provides a Water Quality Report to Congress. This report summarizes the condition of the State’s water resources (i.e., lakes, rivers, streams, drinking water, groundwater, Great Lakes) and describes Wisconsin’s programs to manage, protect and enhance those water resources that are so vital to our culture and our economy. Click here for the DNR report.

 

 

From the Wisconsin DNR

 

MADISON – The first signs of oak wilt, a tree-killing fungal disease, are now appearing in trees in counties in the southern two-thirds of Wisconsin. Click here for the full article

 

 

From the Wisconsin DNR

 

MADISON – The potentially deadly VHS fish virus did not spread to any inland Wisconsin waters that were tested for the virus in 2010, according to state fisheries officials. None of the fish that Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologist collected from nearly 70 lakes and rivers this spring tested positive for viral hemorrhagic septicemia. Click here for the full article.

 

 

 

The Menominee County Land Conservation Department has sent notices to all residents, property owners, and commercial property owners (both County and Tribal) reminding them of the ordinance that mandates single stream recycling.

 

Citizens of Horseshoe Lake in Washburn County tell how they rescued a loon.

 

A lesson for us here on Legend Lake.

 

Here is Bob's story!