WAMSCO began in 2014 as an informal group of Lake Associations and Districts coming together to collaborate on common issues and what possible solutions had been successfully or unsuccessfully tried. It was led by Brenda Nordin, along with other Lake Leader Institute (Crew 10) graduates. After meeting a few times, it became apparent that this group was very beneficial to those in attendance and should be formalized and expand to cover ALL waterways in Menominee and Shawano Counties. A Board of Directors of citizens involved in their local waterways was nominated and bylaws were written. Government persons from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin Extension, and both Shawano and Menominee Land Conservation stepped up to be valuable resources at each and every board and general meeting that is held.