Yahara Lakes Legacy Partnership

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Yahara Lakes Legacy Partnership

About YLLP

The Yahara Lakes Legacy Partnership was created to coordinate, support, and provide for communication among separate public and private initiatives that emerged independently in fall 2007, each responding to identified needs for visioning and planning for the Yahara Lakes. The goals of the partnership are to support the Yahara CLEAN Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between DNR, DATCP, Dane County, and the City of Madison, and to formulate a plan for continued, long-term, broader partnerships aimed at protecting and enhancing Yahara lakes and watersheds.

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Mission

  • Support the near-term goals for reducing sediment, nutrients, and beach bacteria as defined by the Yahara CLEAN MOU between the WDNR, DATCP, Dane County, and the City of Madison
  • Develop a framework for a long-term community-wide visionary plan for protecting and improving the quality of the Yahara chain of lakes
 

Vision Statement

One item specifically called for in the Yahara CLEAN MOU was the development of a community vision statement for the Yahara Chain of Lakes, which was to reflect extensive input from scientists, residents, agencies, elected officials, businesses, and other stakeholders. The vision statement below was developed over the course of several meetings with input from a variety of stakeholders.

The Yahara River watershed is a beloved asset to our communities. We are proud of its chain of beautiful, clean and healthy lakes. There is widespread recognition of the lakes' contributions to our region's economy and quality of life. The lakes provide benefits that outweigh the investment required to keep them clean and healthy. Creative partnerships among urban and rural dwellers, farmers, and other business people, and the private and public sectors generate lasting results as we tackle shared challenges across the watershed.

 

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