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Ground Water in the Great Lakes Basin: the Case of Southeastern Wisconsin
Important efforts are now underway to protect all the water resources of the Great Lakes basin. This new Web site was created to support those efforts and to improve our understanding of ground-water flow in relation to the Great Lakes. More.....
Featured National Publication:
U.S. Streamflow Measurement and Data Dissemination Improve (103KB PDF file)
Streamflow information is essential for many important uses across a broad range of scales, including global water balances, engineering design, flood forecasting, reservoir operations, navigation, water supply, recreation, and environmental management. The USGS operates over 7,000 stream gages nationwide, which constitute over 90% of the Nation's stream gages that provide daily streamflow records, and that are accessible to the public. More...
Wisconsin Water Resources Data Reports:
Water Resources Data for Wisconsin, Water Year 2003
NOTE: Very large PDF file (33MB)
Water-Quality and Lake-Stage Data for Wisconsin, Water Year 2003 (4.4 MB PDF file) |
Innovative Techniques for Channel Relocation at North Fish Creek, Wisconsin
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The USGS is monitoring for changes in channel geomorphology of North Fish Creek near Ashland resulting from bank stabilization and channel relocation work being done by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Engineering Dept.
Recent work focused on a site located in a remote deep valley, with 200-ft bluffs and inaccessible to
motorized equipment. A team of Belgian horses, Dolly and Cher,
owned by Jacob Obletz of
Rocking O Ranch Logging in Mason, Wisconsin and used locally to haul logs from small tracts of selectively-cut forests, provided the
solution to relocating the large boulders. The horses worked well despite
hot weather and poor footing both in the water and on the steep
access trail. More....
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