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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Wingra Oak Savanna
Posted in Community-based restoration, Ecological restoration, Lake Wingra, Lake Wingra Watershed, restoration, Restoration ecology
Tagged civic engagement, Community based restoration, DMNA, ecological restoration, Lake Wingra, Restoration Volunteers, UW-Madison Arboretum, Volunteers
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An Urban Restoration Opportunity
Currently this storm water channel is a lost restoration opportunity. It is a lost opportunity because officials are not trying new approaches to managing urban streams and waters. It is a lost opportunity because the forbidding channel does not engage … Continue reading
Posted in Ecological restoration, Lake Wingra, Lake Wingra Watershed, Madison/Nakoma Road storm water pond, Neighborhood restoration projects, restoration, Restoration ecology, Storm water, Stream restoration, Urban Stream Syndrome, Watershed protection
Tagged civic engagement, ecological restoration, Friends of Lake Wingra, lake wingra watershed, Springs, Storm water management, stream restoration
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Schoolyard Environmentalism in the Wingra Watershed
The blogger David Thompson (wingrawatershed.blogspot) has conducted a survey and photo documentation of the public and private elementary schools in the Lake Wingra Watershed to identify sustainable environmental practices and to spotlight areas where improvement is needed. See his survey … Continue reading
Misplaced Priorities?
Southern Wisconsin is suffering through a severe drought. This is the worst drought in 55 years. Nationwide, 55% of the contiguous United States is in moderate to extreme drought according to the Palmer Drought Index, which measures such things. The previous … Continue reading
The Wingra Watershed Environmental Awards . . .
. . . for Stewardship and for Neglect But before we announce this week’s winners and losers, some background. Thus begins a periodic recognition of exemplary watershed environmental stewardship and of disappointing cases of environmental neglect in the Lake Wingra … Continue reading
Posted in Community-based restoration, Ecological restoration, Friends of Lake Wingra, Groundwater, Human impacts on restorations, invasive plants, Lake protection, Lake Wingra, Lake Wingra Watershed, Madison/Nakoma Road storm water pond, Rain gardens, Springs, Storm water, Watershed protection
Tagged City of Madison Engineering Division, City of Madison Parks, civic engagement, ecological restoration, Friends of Lake Wingra, Lake Wingra, lake wingra watershed, Nakoma Park, Springs, Storm water management, Sustainable Schools Initiative, The Garlic Mustard Award, The Showy Lady's Slipper Award, Thoreau Elementary Green Team, Thoreau Elementary School, Watershed protection, Wingra Watershed Environmental Awards
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Wingra Watershed Reading List
An Annotated Selection of Some of the Best About the Watershed There are countless books that explore the natural wonders of Wisconsin and our watershed and this list is a small subset of those. These volumes from my bookshelf … Continue reading
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