Vilas County Land and Water

	WELCOME to VILAS COUNTY, WISCONSIN
VILAS COUNTY LAND and WATER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE / DEPARTMENT	330 Court Street / Eagle River, WI / 54521 Telephone: (715)-479-3747 / Fax: (715)-479-1978

County Land and Water Conservation Departments were created to provide local leadership in carrying out programs that conserve Wisconsin's land and water resources. Working closely with the Land and Water Conservation Committees, they are the primary local delivery system of natural resource conservation programs. Their connection to county government gives them an understanding of local land and water resource problems and solutions.

The Vilas County Land and Water Conservation Committee / Department provides educational outreach and technical assistance to the public on land and water resource management issues including lake and stream conservation, erosion control, groundwater protection, forest and wildlife management, restoration activities, farmland preservation, water quality, and capacity-building of local elected officials, citizens, and others involved with conserving county natural resources.

Vilas County Land and Water fast facts:

1300+ lakes

~1,743 shoreline miles

As a result of its glacial past, Vilas County is centered in one of the world's most concentrated lake districts aka Northern Highland Lake District

Twelve watersheds flow in the county including the headwaters of the Wisconsin River

The county's landscape ranges from broad, nearly level glacial outwash plains to rough, broken glacial moraines and areas of pitted outwash

554,624 total acres

76.5% forest & open space

16.0% surface water

5.5% residential land use

0.8% farmland

0.6% commercial land use

0.3% government land use

0.2% parks and recreation land use

0.1% industrial land use

vilas lakes

This web site was in part made possible through WDNR grant LPL-910-04 and the Wisconsin Forest Landowner Grant Program [WFLGP].

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