WINTER SOCIAL EVENING Saturday, February 21st
Please plan to come and join your lake neighbors for food and conversation at the Presque Isle Pub (PI Pub), on Saturday, starting at 5PM February 21st.
ONLY $15 per person for pizza and soup. (Cash Bar).
Hope to see you there!
VAN VLIET LAKE SURFACE WATER STUDY
The Town of Presque Isle’s (TPI) Town Lake Committee(PITLC) is sponsoring a project to survey and update the aquatic plant community and AIS status of Van Vliet Lake.
PITLC and the Van Vliet lake Association would like an updated study of Van Vliet Lake, as it has been seven years (2018) since the last study. Van Vliet Lake is on the Vilas County 2021 High Quality Waters list and remains an important asset to Vilas County.
The Surface Water Grant application was submitted on November 17th 2025 to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources .
The overall goal of this project is to review the current aquatic ecosystem of Van Vliet Lake by analyzing its health and diversity, documenting any changes, and documenting any aquatic invasive species.
The status of approval of the grant will be known in early March 2026.
Annual Member Meeting
On Saturday, July 19, 2025 the Van Vliet Lake Association held our annual meeting.
Thank you for those in attendance, and for those that were unable to make it the notes from that meeting are now available under the News and Reports tab.
North Lakeland Woods and Water Conference
Friday, May 3rd the North Lakeland Discovery Center in Manitowish Waters held its first Woods and Water Conference.
A representative of VVLA attended the conference for education, information sharing and review of “best practices” utilized by other Vilas County Lake Associations. The all-day conference was structured with,
- 14 Speakers/Presenters each giving between 15-20 minute subject presentations
- Topics covered a wide range of subjects including;
- Basics of Wisconsin Lake Districts
- Wake Boat Effects on Lakes
- Shoreland Habitat on the Effect on Fish Habitat
- The State of Culverts in Vilas County
- Northwoods Land Trusts
- Recognizing and Managing Terrestrial Invasive Species
Lots of information sharing, presenters included PhD Biologists, Private Business Owners, Wisconsin DNR, and staff from the Discovery Center.
What’s Going On With the Lake Level On Van Vliet Lake?
Van Vliet Lake levels were certainly a topic of conversation for many of us last Spring and Summer in 2023.
Are you interested in learning more about VanVliet Lake level fluctuations?
There are several ongoing research initiatives on northern Wisconsin Lakes that you may find both fascinating and educational on the subject. Attached are links to two articles and a lake level graph to get you started on being better informed.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361607110_Extreme_water_level_rise_across_the_upper_Laurentian_Great_Lakes_region_Citizen_science_documentation_2010-2020
Wake Boats
The Van Vliet Lake Association takes a firm stance against the use of Wake Boats on Van Vliet Lake. The attached link is a presentation on the harm done by wake boats by Jeff Meessmann, a member of The Last Wilderness Alliance.