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Tag Archives: Storm water management
Arboretum, DMNA, and Partners Receive Major EPA Grant for Water Stewardship Outreach
One goal of rain gardens is to improve Lake Wingra water quality through increased infiltration to groundwater Wingra School raingarden project will provide a model for community engagement on pressing environmental issues and document how neighborhood-focused efforts can make a … Continue reading
Posted in City of Madison Engineering Division, City of Madison Parks, civic engagement, Dudgeon-Monroe Neighborhood Association, Freshwater resources, Friends of Lake Wingra, Groundwater, Lake Wingra, Lake Wingra Watershed, Lake Wingra Watershed management plan, Rain gardens, Restoration ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum
Tagged civic engagement, Community based restoration, DMNA, Friends of Lake Wingra, groundwater recharge, Lake Wingra, lake wingra watershed, Rain gardens, Storm water management, UW-Madison Arboretum, Wingra School
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Water Is Life
Water is life. Without water, we die. Access to clean, plentiful water is a human necessity and right. But human activities are abusing this vital force and future public access to water is now in doubt. We are the abusers … Continue reading
Storm Water Management versus Ecological Restoration–a review of Pond #1
Fraying of Social and Ecological Connections Sometimes changes to landscape features happen so gradually, and over such a long time frame that we come to take them for granted. If we see them at all, we consider them part of … Continue reading
Posted in Curtis Prairie, Ecological restoration, Human impacts on restorations, Lake Wingra Watershed, Restoration ecology, Soil erosion, Storm water
Tagged Curtis Prairie, desired restoration outcomes, ecological restoration, ecological restoration values, lake wingra watershed, Storm water management, storm water runoff
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A Look at Storm Water Management Pond #5
The City of Madison Engineering Division has, over the years as the City has expanded, installed six storm water detention ponds on UW-Madison Arboretum property. This is Pond #5 on Monroe Street. The storm water pond in Curtis Prairie is … Continue reading
SW Bike Path’s Public Gardens on Display August 16 During Nature and History Trail Tour
Five public gardens, each designed, planted, and maintained by community volunteers will be the focus of the Dudgeon-Monroe Neighborhood Association’s (DMNA) Nature and History Trail tour this Sunday August 16, 2015 from 6pm to 8pm. The tour will highlight five … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity initiatives, Community-based restoration, Glenway Prairie, Glenwood Childrne's Park, Stormwater best management practices, SW Bike Path, Westmorland Neighborhood Association
Tagged civic engagement, Community based restoration, DMNA, Dudgeon-Monroe Neighborhood, Dudgeon-Monroe Neighborhood Association, History Trail, Public gardens, Springs, Storm water management, SW Bike Path, Westmorland Neighborhood
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Leopold’s Arboretum–It’s Drowning in Stormwater and Needs Upstream Help
One of the questions that this blog asks is how the science and practice restoration ecology is utilized to address environmental issues and restoration opportunities in urban areas. This blog examines the challenges and opportunities of restoration ecology through … Continue reading
Posted in Aldo Leopold, Cattails, Ecological restoration, Groundwater, Human impacts on restorations, Lake Wingra, Lake Wingra Watershed, Negotiated landscape, Negotiating restoration outcomes, Phosphorus in storm water, Restoration ecology, Restoration in Madison Wisconsin
Tagged Aldo Leopold's Arboretum, ecological restoration, Lake Wingra, lake wingra watershed, Restoration ecology, Storm water management
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Madison’s Freshwater Resources
This early point in 2015 is a good opportunity to share with you the subjects this blog will cover in the coming year. Among the topics we will be reporting on include, the springs and Madison’s other freshwater resources; restoration … Continue reading
Posted in Brownfields in Madison, Freshwater resources, Groundwater, Lake Wingra, Lake Wingra Watershed, Negotiated landscape, Restoration ecology, Springs, Storm water
Tagged ecological restoration, freshwater resources, Lake Wingra, lake wingra watershed, Restoration ecology, Springs, Storm water management, water quality
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Fitchburg’s Rapid Land Use Expansion Plans Raise Concerns
Madison, WI February 28, 2014—On Tuesday February 25 the Fitchburg (Dane County, WI) City Council approved plans to expand sewer and water service to just over 900 acres of open space in the uplands south-east of Madison and overlooking Lake … Continue reading
Posted in Human impacts on restorations, Storm water, Stormwater best management practices, Wisconsin
Tagged Dane County, Firchburg, Fitchburg, Habitat fragmentation, Lake Waubesa, Lake Waubesa wetlands, Millennium Ecosystem Assessement, Storm water management, storm water runoff, Wisconsin
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Image of The Week, January 20, 2013
Cherokee Drive Storm Water Channel
Start of Controversial Monroe St. Project Validates Neighborhood Concerns About Storm Water Runoff
From the moment this project was first proposed in the Spring of 2013, neighbors and the Dudgeon-Monroe Neighborhood Association (DMNA) were concerned that sediment and phosphorous-laden storm water would drain off of the site above and run into the nearby … Continue reading
Posted in Dudgeon-Monroe Neighborhood Association, Lake Wingra, Monroe Street construction projects, Phosphorus in storm water, Soil destruction, Soil erosion, Soil loss, Storm water
Tagged Dudgeon-Monroe Neighborhood Association, Erosion from small construction sites, Lake Wingra, Monroe Street, Soil loss, Storm water management
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