Lake Protection
Geneva Lake Management Plan
The new Geneva Lake Management Plan is now available.
Geneva Lake Conservancy is collaborating with SEWRPC, the Geneva Lake Environmental Agency, Walworth County Land Use and Resource Management Department, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the Geneva Lake Association as well as community residents and other interested stakeholders to update the Geneva Lake Management Plan.
The Executive Summary of the Geneva Lake Management Plan provides a 6-page overview of the 300+ page plan including challenges the lake is facing such as an increase in invasive species and pollutant loading, implementation of the plan recent survey results, and funding of the plan.
The update to the lake’s Management Plan was commissioned by the Conservancy and drafted by SEWRPC. The Conservancy funded the plan update with grants from the Wisconsin DNR, Otzen Family Foundation, Stearn Family Foundation and other private donors.
The Geneva Lake Management Plan was updated last in 2008. Significant changes have taken place since that time related to use of and recreation on Geneva Lake including:
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Increasing development and piers
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Heavier rain events damaging tributaries
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Entry of more invasive species
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Increased boating and heavier boats eroding shorelines
A scope of work has been developed to update the plan addressing four key tasks:
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Update in-lake data sets and evaluate meaning and implications
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Quantify stakeholder perceptions, needs, desires and aspirations and foster cooperation
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Inventory watershed conditions and examine its influence on lake health
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Publish revised lake management plan