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*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: *Dec. 16, 2024
*Contact: *René Buys,* *DNR Property Planner
[email protected] <[email protected]> or 608-982-1688

 

*DNR Seeking Public Comment For Chippewa Flowage Joint Agency Management Plan Update*

"Comment Period Open Through Jan. 31, 2025"

 

*MADISON, Wis.* – As part of the process to update the Chippewa Flowage Joint Agency Management Plan [ [link removed] ], the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), in partnership with the United States Forest Service (USFS) and Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (LCO), is seeking public comment about the Chippewa Flowage.

The Chippewa Flowage [ [link removed] ] is a 15,300-acre impoundment in central Sawyer County, 15 miles east of Hayward. Dotted with about 200 undeveloped islands, it is Wisconsin's third-largest lake and boasts a highly irregular, wooded and generally undeveloped 233-mile shoreline.

The islands and surrounding shorelands on the flowage are owned by public, tribal and private landowners. The flowage supports a wide range of popular recreational opportunities, is important to the local economy and includes culturally important sites and features.

In 2000, the DNR, USFS and LCO ratified the inaugural Chippewa Flowage Joint Agency Management Plan [ [link removed] ]. The plan was collaboratively developed to provide information and guidelines for each party to consider in planning, designing and implementing management activities on their properties and other areas within their respective jurisdictions in the area. The DNR, USFS and LCO are now working together to review and update the plan.

Members of the public are invited to engage in the early stages of this unique joint agency planning process by providing input on how they use the flowage and the topics they consider important to update the management plan.

Comments can be submitted through Jan. 31, 2025, using the following methods:


* Submit your comments using an online form [ [link removed] ].
* Submit a hard-copy public input form. This form can be downloaded online [ [link removed] ] and mailed to:

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
C/O René Buys, DNR Property Planner
101 S. Webster St. PO Box 7921
Madison, WI 53707


* Contact one of the following individuals:
* René Buys, DNR property planner, at [email protected] or 608-982-1688
* Brett McConnell, LCO environmental specialist, at [email protected] or 715-634-0102 (ext. 7726)
* N. Ginger Molitor, USFS District NEPA planner, at [email protected] or 715-638-0272  

The planning team will review and consider all comments. When a draft of the updated plan is available, another public comment period will be initiated.







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