Lakeshore zoning has heterogeneous ecological effects: an application of a coupled economic-ecological model.

The article offers information on the heterogenous ecological effects of lakeshore zoning in Vilas County, Wisconsin. It cites an economic model used to estimate lot subdivisions and the number of new lots that will be created as a function of zoning. It says that zoning significantly affects residential density, coarse woody debris (CWD) counts and bluegill growth rates. In addition, zoning with higher minimum shoreline frontage has a larger ecological effects to lakes that are less developed.