Tag Archives: Clean Lakes Alliance

Yahara Watershed Academy Accepting Applications

  From the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, comes this announcement of the second Yahara Watershed Academy. Because the WingraSprings blog serves the Lake Wingra Watershed, a sub-watershed of the Yahara River Watershed, in this … Continue reading

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Madison Engineering Division Considering Additional Sites for Aluminum Sulfate Application

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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Dane County Lakes Protection Events Start Today

“Take a Stake in the Lakes Days”  Kick Off Event with Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and Lands’ End Friday June 1, 2012–Dane County “Take a Stake in the Lakes Days” begins today with three big events and runs through … Continue reading

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