Public Rights Stage

On March 23, 2009, The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced the publishing of a Public Rights Flow (PRF) Order for the Little Plover River setting a flow of 4 cfs at County Trunk R.

Here are a number of documents, articles and news stories covering the PRF.

• The March 23, 2009 news release from the DNR's West Central Office in Eau Claire announcing the PRF Order
• The DNR's Findings of Facts and Order establishing the PRF at 4.0 cfs
• Portage County Gazette article on the PRF
•  The River Alliance of Wisconsin's press release "Conservation Groups Applaud Public Rights Flow for Little Plover"
• A brief article from Words on the Stream "Little Plover Gets A Lifeline"   
• Stevens Point Journal article on the PRF
  
• A Milwaukee Journal Sentinal article from September 2009 "Trout kill in Little Plover River"