Monthly Archives: October 2020

Marshland Creek

Marshland Creek in the UW-Madison Arboretum is not often recognized as the important groundwater discharge (spring) area that it is. However, the creek is a major tributary to Lake Wingra, contributing  an intermingling of both natural spring water and polluted … Continue reading

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Story of the Reappearance of a Lost Edgewood College Spring

New Millennium Spring (by Lorman) aka Big Fish Spring (by Noland) In late December, in or about the year 2000, Jim Lorman–at the time a biology professor at Edgewood College–was riding his bike to work along the Lake Wingra shoreline. … Continue reading

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Lake Wingra Watershed

The Ho-Chunk called the lake Ki-chunk-och-hep-er-rah (“where the turtle rises up”). Lake Wingra is the smallest (and fifth lake) in the Madison, Wisconsin Four Lakes region.  The four major lakes, Mendota, Monona, Waubesa, and Kegonsa, form a chain along the … Continue reading

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Ecological Restoration More Important Now Than Ever. say scientists

The global importance and imperative of ecological restoration was recognized in three news items in the past few weeks.  In case you missed these stories, here are links to them. Ecological Restoration Can Fight Climate Change First, a new study … Continue reading

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Imagining a Different World

“Our world is on fire. The arsonists are in charge.  Liberals propose to tinker and return to a past that is gone for good.  The future belongs to the bold.”    —Naomi Kline in a Tweet on 12.09.19. To Save … Continue reading

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