Research on Wildlife Habitat

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From Wisconsin

Publication Number Publication Information
No Pub Number [PDF 41KB] The Wisconsin Loon Population Project: Insuring Loons Will be Here for the Grand Kids. Submitted by request to the Vilas County News Review. 2005.
No Pub Number [PDF 195KB] Impact of Lakeshore Development on Green Frog Abundance. Biological Conservation. 2003.
No Pub Number [PDF 27KB] Influence of Lakeshore Development on Breeding Bird Communities in a Mixed Northern Forest. Biological Conservation. 2002.
SS-948-2000 [PDF 146KB] The Effects of Motorized Watercraft on Aquatic Ecosystems. WDNR.
No Pub Number [PDF 206KB] A Second Life for Trees in Lakes: As Useful in Water as They Were on Land. Lakeline.
RS-715-1988 [PDF 271KB] The Shallow Water Initiative: Restoring Aquatic Habitat in Wisconsin. DNR. Research Management Findings.
RS-702-1987 [PDF 504KB] Concepts in Lake Management: Restructuring Littoral Zones. DNR. Research Management Findings.

From Elsewhere

Publication Number Publication Information
No Pub Number [PDF 95KB] Consequences of Human Lakeshore Development on Emergent and Floating-Leaf Vegetation Abundance. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
ERDC/EL TN-EMRRP-SI-09 [PDF 495KB] Width of Riparian Zones for Birds. US Army Engineer Research and Development Center. January 2000.

This list of resources should not be construed as being complete. It is only part of a collection of resources and research that WDNR employees use as a reference in their day to day work. This list is in no way an endorsement of these organizations, but rather a resource for the public who may be interested in shoreland related issues.

For more information, contact:
Gregg Breese, Shoreland Zoning Contact
Bureau of Watershed Management
(608) 261-6430

Last Revised: Wednesday July 30 2008