HISTORIC DOCUMENTS

​Open Space Preservation Handbook

• Preface/Table of Contents

• Introduction

• Town's Open Space Resource: 

  • Part 1 (pg. 5-18)

  • Part 2 (pg. 19-28)

• Open Space Functions

• Tools for Preservation: 

  • Part 1 (pg. 39-54)

  • Part 2 (pg. 55-64)

• Study Area Analysis: 

  • Introduction and Northwest

  • Waubesa Wetlands

  • Grass Lake and Hook Lake

  • Southeast

  • Mud Lake and Keenans Creek

  • Door Creek Marsh

• Appendix 

  • Woodland Evaluation Field Sheets

    • Part 1 (pg. 1-16)

    • Part 2 (pg. 17-42)

    • Wetlands of Dane County, Wisconsin Maps and Analysis

    • Sample Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plans and Model Ordinance

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Books/Publications by Dr. Joy Zedler, town resident and Aldo Leopold Professor Emerita, UW-Madison

• Waubesa Wetlands: New Look at an Old Gem (2018), Edition 2. 

  • View the free eBook here. Limited hard copies are available at the Town Hall for a suggested donation of $25 or more. Donations are allocated to the Town's fund to protect open spaces. To receive a copy by mail, please send your contact information and a check for $4 for shipping to 4156 County Road B, McFarland, WI 53558.

• Waubesa Wetlands: A Quick Look (2020)

  • This 32-p paper book is a subset of the above 173-p eBook. Limited copies at Town Hall.

• Tussock Sedge: A Wetland Superplant (2022)

  • View the free eBook here. Limited hard copies are available at the Town Hall for a suggested donation of $20. Donations are allocated to the Town's fund to protect open spaces. To receive a copy by mail, please send your contact information and a check for $4 for shipping to 4156 County Road B, McFarland, WI 53558.

• Cattail Tales: from California, Mexico, Australia, and Wisconsin (2022)

• Lalor Road: Living Roadsides (2025)​
   

Land Use Articles and Documents

• Town of Dunn Bicycle Tour Guide

• Article on Fitchburg proposed development

• Cost of Community Services Study 1994

• The Cost of Rural Development: Who Pays and Who Benefits? The Dunn and Fitchburg Experience prepared by UW-Extension, Dane County (1976)

• History of Planning and Other Land Preservation Efforts (Timeline starting in 1953)

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News Articles Regarding the Growth and Development of Dunn's Planning Program

• Part 1

• Part 2

• Community Mobilization: A Case Study of the Town of Dunn by Calvin B. DeWitt, October 1996

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Land Use Links

• Comprehensive Plan

• Rezone, CUP, Land Division, and Lot Line Adjustment Information

• Pay a Land Use Application Fee

• Purchase of Development Rights (PDR)

• Historic Documents

• Awards

• Meadowview Drainage Information

• Stormwater Management

• Capital Area Regional Planning Commission