The Chiwaukee Prairie Preservation Fund acquires, restores, preserves and manages prairie lands in the Chiwaukee Prairie – Carol Beach area. The Chiwaukee Prairie includes rare, endangered and threatened species, lands with natural diversity, and viable self-sustaining ecological communities. The Fund also promotes the conservation education of its members and the general public. https://www.chiwaukee.org/
More about the Chiwaukee Prairie State Natural Area:
- Wisconsin DNR: https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/lands/naturalareas/index.asp?SNA=54
- Nature Conservancy: https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/chiwaukee-prairie/
The Southeast Wisconsin Coastal Resilience website includes a webcam of the Kenosha Dunes shoreline and a lot of information about ongoing efforts to save the dunes from erosion. https://sewicoastalresilience.org/local-initiatives/restoring-kenosha-dunes/
The Kenosha County Interactive Mapping website provides detailed information about each real estate lot in Kenosha County. Included are aerial photos from various years including back to 1937, property assessments, tax bill, etc. http://kc-web-01.kenoshacounty.org/InteractiveMapping/
The Wisconsin Coastal Atlas is a technology platform that enables people to better understand coastal issues, share coastal data, and inform decision-making about sustainable use of the Great Lakes. It is intended for use by coastal resource managers, planners, researchers, educators, tourists, citizen scientists, and coastal residents. https://www.wicoastalatlas.net/
Lake Michigan water levels are monitored and forecasted by the US Army Corps of Engineers.
https://www.lre.usace.army.mil/Missions/Great-Lakes-Information/Great-Lakes-Water-Levels/Water-Level-Forecast/Weekly-Great-Lakes-Water-Levels/
Sea Grant from the University of Wisconsin (https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/) published a very interesting story map about the unique aspects of our neighborhood.
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9c4b8ad10adb43c085cc3161402efc5b
The Shoreline Inventory and Oblique Photo Viewer is a web-based, interactive map of Wisconsin coastal data that enables users to visualize the temporal changes to Wisconsin’s shorelines. This map is a qualitative inventory of shoreline conditions, researched by David Mickelson (University of Wisconsin – Madison) and developed in partnership with the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute, and the Association of Floodplain Managers. Includes photographs of the coast from 1976 to 2017. http://floodatlas.org/asfpm/oblique_viewer/
Winter on the Great Lakes 2021 - an update from the Michigan State University Sea Grant Program on the current status of water levels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2CbZxc7sDk