Spring is upon us - New life begins again - Click to enlarge.

Welcome

Welcome aboard the Moen Lake Chain Association Information web site. Our wonderful lake chain is situated in the great Northwoods of North Central Wisconsin just out of Rhinelander. (more)

Wisconsin Pier Regulations

New pier regulations were put in place for Wisconsin in summer 2008. It is required that all pier owners evaluate the size, placement and configuration of their existing or planned pier. Chances are you will have to do nothing BUT you have until April 1, 2011 to make sure. Wisconsin pier regulations require all pier owners to review their dock size in compliance with the new 2008 law. - Click to enlarge.

Wisconsin DNR has provided valuable information to help you assess your pier. Start off by reading 'Wisconsin Pier Regulations - Everything you need to know for 2009'. Need help with just how to determine your pier size? Check out What's My Pier Size, a 3:36 minute video.

These resources, and much more about the new regulations can be found at the Wisconsin DNR web page Waterway & Wetland Permits: Piers, Docks and Wharves.

Boating News

Wisconsin Online Boating Safety Course and Exam - Persons born on or after January 1, 1989, must complete this boating safety course or another that is accepted by the DNR to be eligible to operate a watercraft.  For the rest of us, take the course, pass the course, enhance your boating skills.

SPEED RESTRICTIONS - Be kind to your neighbors and your lakeshores. Please read the Wisconsin rules document and abide by them.

Lake Life

The WINTER NEWSLETTER is now available on-line - CLICK HERE (379kb)
EVENTS - Have an event to share? Go to Contact Us and submit it.
INVASIVE SPECIES DESTROY OUR LAKES - What YOU can do!

Two spotted fawns on the point between 3rd Lake and Lake 2 1/2 - Click to enlarge.Living on the lake requires not only your personal home and property maintenance but a committment to your lakes 'quality of life'. Since our lakes are intimately intertwined we must take responsibility for them all as a package deal.

The Moen Lake Chain Association coordinates a number of ongoing results oriented projects aimed at managing and monitoring our chain's 'quality of life'.

Please click on Action Groups and get involved today. These unpaid responsibilites are a small undertaking for the beauty and joy we each extract from our Lake Life every day.

News

2010 ANNUAL ASSOCIATION MEETING

Make your plans to attend the annual
Moen Lake Chain Association meeting:
Speaker, Northwoods mystery writer, Victoria Houston.

 Date: July 10, 2010
 Time: 10:00 a.m.
 Place: PINE VALLEY LODGE
3980 Lake Shore Drive

Northwoods Mystery Author Victoria (Vicky) Houston will be speaking at our annual association meeting. Vicky will be giving a 30 minute talk about her return to Rhinelander, the community where she grew up and then left, as an adult and her career in writing mystery novels. She will also have some of her books for sale at the meeting.

Lakes Face Growing Threats

Having experienced a protracted period of summer drought, the water table in the Northern Highlands region is low, and as a result, so are many lakes and reservoirs. As scientists debate whether the drought is a cyclical event or evidence of a micro-climate shift, Northwoods residents are increasingly wondering whether low lake levels are threatening the health of the region’s most valuable natural resource.

Read the FULL article on this important subject at the Rhinelander Daily News - Northwoods Weekend edition (May 9/10, 2009).

This website is intended to bring up to date news and information to those of you that live here and those that are interested in the well being of our community. Through open communication we can share and plan activities that benefit the human, animal and other resources surrounding our homes. Please use the "Contact Us" features to bring forward your thoughts, concerns and opportunities to enhance our Lake Life.