Marathon County 15-Year Forest Plan: Public Input Requested
The Wausau and Marathon County Parks, Recreation, and Forestry Department is beginning the process of updating its Fifteen-Year Forest Plan which will guide the management of our 30,195-acre Marathon County Forest from 2021 – 2035. Please help us with this important process. We want to hear from you about issues to address with plan revisions. Please submit feedback by September 25, 2019.
Do Your Woodlands have Flood Damage?
NRCS Wisconsin Offers $7 Million for the Emergency Watershed Protection Program-Floodplain Easements Apply Now, Until September 30 to be Considered for Funding Due to the recent catastrophic flooding events, Congress has provided the U.S Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service in Wisconsin with over $7 million for the Emergency Watershed Protection Program-Floodplain Easements (EWPP-FPE). The program’s focus is to provide landowners with another option for those frequently flooded agricultural fields.
Bought Rhododendrons or Azaleas This Season? Check for Disease, Plant Health Officials Caution
MADISON – State plant health officials are advising consumers who bought rhododendrons or azaleas this spring and summer to be on the lookout for signs of a disease that could spread to oaks and kill them. Plant health staff with the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection have identifiedPhytophthora ramorum, or P. ramorum, on rhododendrons at a northern Wisconsin nursery.
Grassl Condolences
Donald Grassl, Wausau – passed away on Wednesday, July 31, 2019. Don opened his beautiful woods to WWOA members for the 2015 Annual Meeting Field Day. Memorial donations in Don’s name may be directed to https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org
EAB Found in Pierce County
The WI Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has detected emerald ash borer for the first time in Pierce County. This is the first new county detection of 2019 for Wisconsin. There have also been finds this year in 46 new municipalities in counties where EAB had already been detected previously.
Have You Experienced Frequent Flooding on Your Property?
NRCS Offers more than $200 Million in Emergency Funding to Restore Flood-Prone Lands: 11 states identified to invest in floodplain easements WASHINGTON, July 24, 2019 – In response to recent flooding impacting many parts of the United States, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announces the availability of $217.5 million dedicated to funding conservation easements on certain lands damaged by flooding and other natural disasters.