PILA Partners
Presque Isle Township — The township is an excellent partner with shared values of protecting and fostering the natural resources all of its local lakes.
Presque Isle Township Lakes committee (PITLC) — PITLC is a volunteer committee tasked with addressing Aquatic Invasive Species and resource management concerns for lakes in the Township of Presque Isle. Member lakes include Annabelle, Armour, Big, Carlin, Crab, Frontier Lakes, Horsehead, Katinka, Lone Pine, Lynx, Natural Lakes, Oxbow, Presque Isle, Rosalind/Papoose, Van Vliet, and Wildcat. PITLC carries out individual lake reports to assist with the protection of the town’s lakes.
Vilas County — The Vilas County Government Services website offers a full range of resources for vacationers and residents alike.
The Land/Water Conservation Services pages provide in-depth coverage of Vilas County lakes, including maps where priority AIS are found in Vilas County.
Presque Isle Community Library — The library is a local hub for learning and community engagement located in town. It provides a variety of traditional and digital resources, including access to books, movies, and online services like Kanopy, Creativebug, and The New York Times.
Beyond its collection, the library is an active social space that hosts recurring programs and events.
The North Lakeland Discovery Center — The center is a non-profit nature and community center located in Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin. Set on a 66-acre historic site along the shores of Statehouse Lake, it serves as a regional hub for environmental education, outdoor recreation, and community gathering.
The center offers a variety of year-round amenities and structured programs.
Last Wilderness Alliance — The Last Wilderness Alliance is a non-profit advocacy organization based in Presque Isle, dedicated to the protection of Wisconsin’s natural resources and the long-term environmental viability of its lake communities. Originally founded in 2021 to address local concerns in Vilas County, the LWA has quickly expanded into a statewide leader in lake conservation and local governance advocacy.The organization focuses on several key areas of environmental and community protection, including the effects of enhanced wakes on lakes.
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) — This is a link to the WDNR data on statewide lakes. It is searchable and interactive, but cannot be accessed from a tablet or mobile device.
WDNR Fishing Information — Here’s the place to get your fishing license, review fishing regulations, and find quality fishing opportunities across the state.
Wisconsin Lakes — The statewide organization representing all 15,000 of Wsconsin’s lakes. The Mission of Wisconsin Lakes is to conserve, enhance and restore Wisconsin’s lakes to ensure their sustainability for the benefit and collective use and enjoyment for this and future generations.
The organization fulfills its mission through several key pillars of work including, legislative advocacy, education, technical assistnace, healthy lakes and rivers initiative, communinty networking and invasive species prevention.
Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission — The Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission is commonly known by its acronym, GLIFWC. Formed in 1984, GLIFWC serves eleven Ojibwe tribes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan who reserved hunting, fishing, and gathering rights in the 1836, 1837, 1842, and 1854 Treaties with the United States government.
GLIFWC provides natural resource management expertise, conservation enforcement, legal and policy analysis, and public information services in support of the exercise of treaty rights during well-regulated, off-reservation seasons throughout the treaty-ceded territories.