Monthly Archives: January 2014

Dane County’s Grant Program to Enhance Lakes

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Steve Glass

From Melissa Malott in the office of Dane County Executive Joe Parisi, comes this news release announcing a new round of grant applications for projects to benefit Dane County Lakes. “County Now Accepting Grant Applications for Projects That Would Enhance … Continue reading →

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Image of The Week, January 20, 2013

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Steve Glass

Cherokee Drive Storm Water Channel

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Using Restoration to Create Resilient Systems

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Steve Glass

Right now there is an important role for restoration ecologists and restoration planners to play on the teams of experts, engineers, and officials that are charting a vision for the future of the Lake Wingra Watershed.  Restoration ecologists need to … Continue reading →

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Madison Engineering Division Considering Additional Sites for Aluminum Sulfate Application

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Steve Glass

Watershed planners are recommending that either the Odana Golf Course Pond or the Secret Pond storm water pond in the UW-Madison Arboretum be considered as potential sites for the addition of alum to capture phosphorous in storm water runoff.  This … Continue reading →

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Image of the Week–January 13, 2014

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Steve Glass

The Council Spring is among several springs along Monroe Street and one of the dozen or so active springs around Lake Wingra.  It is a rare survivor of the 30 or more natural springs that once provided fresh water to … Continue reading →

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Chloride Levels in Wingra Watershed Springs

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Steve Glass

Springs around the Lake Wingra Watershed are highly salted and getting more so with every application of road salt and other ice melters to our highway system, according to a recent study. As we reported in a earlier post, chloride … Continue reading →

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Road Salt Is a Year Round Contaminant of Wisconsin Waters

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Steve Glass

In some Wisconsin rivers levels of chloride concentrations exceed by 10 to 15 times the  levels set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) to protect aquatic life such as fish, amphibians, and crustaceans, according to a recent story … Continue reading →

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Wingra Watershed Planning Steering Team Adjusts Infiltration Goal

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Steve Glass

Watershed Management Planners Recommend an Achievable Goal of 10% Increased Infiltration Will Retain Long-term Goal of 25% Recovery of Lost Infiltration as Discussion Guide Only From the time of European settlement of the Lake Wingra watershed around the 1830’s to … Continue reading →

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WingraSprings blog 2013 in review

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Steve Glass

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Thanks to all my followers and readers–from 60 countries–for making 2013  a wonderful year of blogging about restoration ecology through the lens of environmental issues in the … Continue reading →

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