tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124628272009-07-08T07:45:19.396-05:00RKLD Chairman's BlogSlidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comBlogger1648125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-22977295075387267722009-07-08T07:41:00.002-05:002009-07-08T07:45:19.405-05:00Below 777.00Lake Level 776.83Inflow - 1,060 cfsOutflow - 2,010 cfsDNR Summer Max = 776.33DNR Summer Target = 776.207.56 inches yet to drop....This weekend, and the rest of July, RKLD will be struggling to keep a decent water level.Slidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-72375096527489862572009-07-07T22:34:00.001-05:002009-07-07T22:37:38.663-05:00Flood funds set to pour inJanesville GazetteSlidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-35212853160888689802009-07-07T22:30:00.002-05:002009-07-07T22:32:08.246-05:00Despite NR115, state pushes waterfront developmentLakeland Times...By statute, shoreland zoning rules apply only to unincorporated areas, and to all such localities. The proposed code revision would limit construction by maintaining a 75-foot setback for new structures and by capping impervious surfaces at no more than 30 percent of any shoreland parcel, or 15 percent without a mitigation requirement.By contrast state statutes do not require Slidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-64183276122206807522009-07-04T09:50:00.002-05:002009-07-04T09:52:07.830-05:00Fireworks over Lake Koshkonong July 11Jefferson County Daily UnionSlidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-17947392690408935922009-07-04T09:42:00.002-05:002009-07-04T09:48:54.816-05:00Happy Independence Day!Lake dropped 2.16 inches overnight - starting to pick-up momentum - 777.45Slidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-35859929147447786182009-07-02T09:34:00.002-05:002009-07-02T09:35:41.608-05:00Patriotic Water LevelLake Level = 777.76Dropping almost 2 inches per day.Now if only the temp would increase 2 degrees > per day!Slidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-56691046087071787402009-06-27T13:44:00.002-05:002009-06-27T13:45:28.524-05:00Lake has Crested...Againyesterday - 778.36; today - 778.29Still 2 feet over summer max.Slidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-58947340636259682322009-06-27T13:37:00.002-05:002009-06-27T13:43:51.209-05:00Public hearings needed on radical - and radically different - NR115From Lakeland Times...By last week's end, some of those backers discovered they hadn't known what was actually in the rule. To cite one example, and without mentioning any names, some seemed flabbergasted to find out that new standards limiting impervious surfaces would be applied to properties as far away as 1,000 feet from the ordinary high water mark of a lake.They found out only after we Slidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-33174794300456816052009-06-26T09:56:00.001-05:002009-06-26T09:57:51.812-05:00Koshkonong Should Crest SaturdayLake Level = 778.36Inflow = 3,680 cfsOutflow = 3,750 cfsSlidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-42784869897620863942009-06-26T09:55:00.001-05:002009-06-26T09:56:13.935-05:00Koshkonong Fireworks Set for July 11thBrian,The fireworks are set for July 11th at about 9:20 pm.We are asking all who enjoy the show to by a $5 raffle calendar to help fund the fireworks.The raffle calendars are available at Sunset, Norm's, North Shore Inn Mounds Country Club and the Fort VFW Club.ThenksFrankSlidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-69341279222054331142009-06-24T14:55:00.000-05:002009-06-24T14:55:31.796-05:00Will we get a dry summer this year?Remember this, from 4 years ago?Drought Conditions Exist June 21, 2005Slidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-47865410273567885892009-06-24T14:45:00.000-05:002009-06-24T14:49:50.463-05:00Wisconsin officials adopt new shoreline building regulationsNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (AP) — The state Natural Resources Board has approved the first updates to Wisconsin’s shoreline building regulations in more than 40 years.Property owners would have to limit waterproof surfaces such as roofs and driveways. Buildings within 75 feet of the water would be limited to 35 feet in height.Homeowners who want to expand a pre-existing structure within 75 feet of the Slidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-31700805729124161252009-06-24T14:15:00.002-05:002009-06-24T14:18:16.674-05:00Lake level will keep rising...lake level = 778.27 (2 feet OVER DNR summer target)inflow - 4,260 cfs and droppingoutflow - 3,640 cfsSlidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-67774457670561597902009-06-22T17:09:00.000-05:002009-06-22T17:10:18.692-05:00Upstream Levels...Slidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-84221818431116274852009-06-22T17:07:00.001-05:002009-06-22T17:08:51.789-05:00Why No USGS Predictions?No forecast/prediction to future water levels are being displayed...Slidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-17085739622452914392009-06-22T17:00:00.001-05:002009-06-22T17:02:00.688-05:00Back Above 778Lake Level = 778.03Inflow = 3,940 cfs (5 days of increasing flow)Ouflow = 3,530 cfsWe can expect the lake level to keep rising...Slidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-68071838512519088292009-06-22T16:54:00.002-05:002009-06-22T16:59:53.397-05:00With NR115, DNR can score a Super TrifectaLakeland TimesSlidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-71927607591135316812009-06-22T16:48:00.000-05:002009-06-22T16:51:21.031-05:00Fish kill reported along Rock RiverSTERLING, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois investigators are trying to figure out what caused a fish kill on the Rock River in northwestern Illinois - between Grand Detour and Sterling.Sgt. Carl Lewis of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources says they're trying to determine if the run off from a train derailment in the Rockford area got into the Kishaukee River, which flows into the Rock River. That Slidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-87920600699693818482009-06-19T01:52:00.000-05:002009-06-19T01:53:47.102-05:00Flash Flood WarningsSlidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-7527672968093078342009-06-19T01:41:00.001-05:002009-06-19T01:45:32.278-05:00Flowing downstream to KoshkonongSlidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-57007339403519943912009-06-18T15:41:00.000-05:002009-06-18T15:41:46.002-05:00Koshkonong Level Remains SteadyMany have commented that the lake/river level has stayed steady - dropping just 4 inches since June 1st, and just 1.08 inches since last week Friday.June rainfall has totalled under an inch opposite last year's all-time record rainfall.Each of the gauges downstream show the same flat line of river levels, indicating the Mississippi River level is holding back drainage from the Rock.Slidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-3146951359628436982009-06-18T15:36:00.002-05:002009-06-18T15:37:50.643-05:00Koshkonong Rain; So Far, So GoodJune 2009 nothing like June 2008...so far.Record Rain JUNE 2008Slidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-8126162655707309402009-06-18T15:00:00.000-05:002009-06-18T15:01:16.606-05:00Rock River at Moline, IL - End of the LineSlidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-6189051451657490422009-06-18T14:59:00.000-05:002009-06-18T15:00:03.328-05:00Army Corp of Engineers, Rock River at MississippiSlidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462827.post-6725676018282624982009-06-18T14:47:00.000-05:002009-06-18T14:48:30.186-05:00The Rock RiverFrom Horicon to the Quad CitiesSlidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11933166228279868388noreply@blogger.com