FOG BLOG

06/18/2024

PUBLIC MEETING: GILE FLOWAGE FISHERIES UPDATE-6/25 @ 6PM Iron County Courthouse

How are your favorite fish species doing in Gile Flowage? The Flowage supports a locally important and nationally revered sport fishery. As such, annual monitoring of the fish community is conducted by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Zach Lawson-WDNR Fisheries Biologist will present an update from recent survey efforts to provide a current status of the overall fishery. We will also discuss progress made on focused management efforts to improve the panfishery, and plans for future Flowage fish management. Gile. Bring your questions and discussion items regarding the Gile or any other fisheries of interest in northern Iron County, Wisconsin.

Zach Lawson is the fisheries management biologist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources out of the Ashland office. His management jurisdiction includes all inland lakes, rivers, and streams within Iron and Ashland Counties, including the Gile Flowage.

05/30/2024

Everyone is invited to attend the 21st Friends of the Gile Flowage (FOG) Annual Meeting on Saturday, June 1 from 9:00 am - 10:15 am at the Do Drop Inn on Hwy. 77 in downtown Pence, WI.

Meeting items include discussion and ideas for Gile Flowage stewardship projects, news about the Gile Flowage purchase, elections, and more. Prizes donated by the FOG Board members, treats, and coffee will be provided.

Please share this news with anyone you know who is interested in the future of the Gile Flowage!

04/22/2024

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a $4.1 Million grant for Gile Flowage Land Conservation Project through the Iron County Forestry Department. The project will protect over 1,055 acres of the Gile Flowage’s pristine wetlands, rugged shoreline, and upland hardwoods for public benefit and access in perpetuity. The Friends of the Gile Flowage (FOG) helped with grant development and will assist with project public involvement. The Gile Flowage Land Conservation Project is one of only 30 projects nationwide selected for funding. The project is 100% grant funded with no local match will be required.

12/15/2023

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Change in average winter temperatures 1950-2020

09/12/2023

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What do campers leave behind on Flowage Islands? Last Saturday, this Old Fisherman found out while joining volunteers participating in the 19th Annual Friends of the Gile Flowage (FOG) Fall Island Cleanup. Armed with trash bags and gloves, they scoured popular island and shoreline campsites, on

09/01/2023

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Jimmy's Gile Flowage Fall Clean-Up Saturday Sept. 9. Help Keep Our Flowage Clean!!

This Old Fisherman has been seeing more folks enjoying the Gile Flowage. And that’s a good thing. The more people appreciate the Flowage, the more they will want to protect it. The late Jimmy Kafine loved the Gile Flowage so much that he started the Gile Flowage Fall Cleanup. Each fall he went fro

09/01/2023

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This a mystery in the Gile Flowage and it's invasive!

It’s a Mystery

07/09/2023

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What is this unusual looking critter we found floating dead in the Gile Flowage?

06/15/2023

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Drafting the Future-Gile Flowage Draft License Application

05/02/2023

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Getting boats ready for the Gile Flowage Opener. What’s wrong with this picture?

04/17/2023

Tonight's 4/17 informational meeting on Land Trusts at the Mercer Library has been postponed due to weather. It will be rescheduled soon!

04/11/2023

Join me in learning about the options for putting land in a land trust as a tool for conservation, in a free presentation by the Northwoods Land Trust (NWLT) hosted by the Mercer Public Library on Monday, April 17 from 7-8 pm.