Monthly Archives: March 2021

Some Spring Events Around the Lake Wingra Watershed

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Steve Glass

Ice Be Gone After a long, cold winter the Madison area lakes are now ice-free. Lake Wingra was declared ice-free on March 20 by assistant state climatologist Ed Hopkins. Also declared open on Saturday March 20th was Lake Mendota and … Continue reading →

Posted in City of Madison Engineering Division, City of Madison Parks, Dudgeon-Monroe Neighborhood Association, Friends of Lake Wingra, Glenwood Childrne's Park, Lake Wingra, Lake Wingra Watershed, Lake Wingra Watershed management planning, Nakoma Park, Prescribed fire, Wingra Park | 2 Comments

Challenges for Ecological Restoration–Updated

Posted on March 11, 2021 by Steve Glass

Restoration, like all other human endeavors faces a number of challenges inherent in its basic design and fabric.  Because ecological restoration deals with complex problems it is not surprising that uncertainties are nearly everywhere:  weather, sociopolitical conditions, global climate change, … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecological restoration, Ecological restoration as a values and social-political project, Environmental justice, Human impacts on restorations, Racial justice and ecological restoration, Restoration ecology, Social Justice, The future of restoration ecology | Leave a comment