Background: The concept of lake organizations coming together to function as advisory bodies of town boards originated in Vilas County in 2003 when representatives from eight lakes were recognized by the Saint Germain Town Board as the "Town Lakes Committee". The first project of the Saint Germain committee was to obtain WDNR grant funding to hire a consultant to conduct plant surveys and develop plant management plans for the eight lakes. Additional grants have since been obtained for AIS awareness / prevention campaigns.
Other towns began to establish town lakes committees as either advisory groups to town boards or as lake level partnerships not directly affiliated with local government in 2004 with creation of the Vilas County AIS Partnership. Additional information about the committee in each town can be found by clicking on the town name in the following table or by clicking on the contact name to send an e-mail:
| Arbor Vitae Town Lakes Committee | Diane Gaynor |
| Boulder Junction (no committee to date) | |
| Cloverland Town Lakes Committee | Marty Ketterer |
| Conover (no committee to date) | |
| Lac du Flambeau Town Lakes Committee | Guy David |
| Land O' Lakes (no committee to date) | |
| Lincoln (no committee to date) | |
| Manitowish Waters AIS Committee | Jeff Krans |
| Phelps Town Lakes Committee | Jerry Parker |
| Plum Lake Town Lakes Committee | Chris Wise |
| Presque Isle Town Lakes Committee | Nick Williams |
| Saint Germain Town Lakes Committee | Chuck Thier |
| Unified Lower Eagle Chain of Lakes Commission | Steve Favorite |
| Washington Water Resources Task Force | Sandy Gillum |
| Winchester Town Lakes Committee | Joe Osfar |
| Town Lakes Committee operating guidelines |
| Town board resolution creating Town Lakes Committee |
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