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The Sheboygan River is a river flowing to Lake Michigan in eastern Wisconsin in the United States. It is about 81 mi (130 km) long [ 1 ] and enters the lake at the city of Sheboygan . The name of the river is Chippewa in origin, Shawb-wa-way-gun , meaning 'hollow bone', 'noise underground' or 'river disappearing underground'.
The Menominee River State Recreation Area was officially created on November 10, 2011, when DNR Director Rodney Stokes authorized the purchase of 2,354 acres (953 ha) of Wisconsin Electric Power Company land along the Menominee River which forms the boundary between Michigan and Wisconsin. The total purchase price for the acreage on the ...
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Wisconsin.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
Menominee River watershed White Rapids Hydroelectric dam. The Menominee River is a river in northwestern Michigan and northeastern Wisconsin in the United States.It is approximately 116 miles (187 km) long, [4] draining a rural forested area of northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan into Lake Michigan.
The surface area is 4,260 acres (17.24 km 2; 6.66 sq mi), of which approximately two-thirds is in Wisconsin and one third in Michigan. Located in the Lake District of northern Wisconsin, the lake is a popular boating and fishing resort. The lake was named by French fur trappers, who were some of the first Europeans in the region.
Lac du Flambeau tribal officials are vowing further legal action to stop a septage disposal operation on their reservation.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is the agency of the state of Michigan founded in 1921, charged with maintaining natural resources such as state parks, state forests, and recreation areas. It is governed by a director appointed by the Governor and accepted by the Natural Resources Commission. Since 2023, the Director is Scott ...
The Montreal River is a river flowing to Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It is 47.8 miles (76.9 km) long [3] and drains approximately 270 square miles (700 km 2) in a forested region. For most of its length, the river's course defines a portion of the Wisconsin–Michigan border.