Jessica Schultz, Author at Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance https://fwwa.org/author/fwwa/ Protecting and restoring the waters of Wisconsin's Fox-Wolf River basin. Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:20:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://fwwa.org/new/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/cropped-flow-forward-fav-32x32.png Jessica Schultz, Author at Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance https://fwwa.org/author/fwwa/ 32 32 Join Fox-Wolf and Help Monitor for Chlorides(Salt) https://fwwa.org/2025/10/23/join-fox-wolf-and-help-monitor-for-chloridessalt-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=join-fox-wolf-and-help-monitor-for-chloridessalt-3 Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:01:22 +0000 https://fwwa.org/?p=41388 Help Monitor Salt Pollution in the Fox-Wolf River Basin This Winter! Winter brings snow, ice, and slippery sidewalks. Sodium chloride (salt), widely used on roads, parking lots, and sidewalks to keep us safe, can also harm our streams and wildlife when overused. Fox-Wolf is partnering with the Izaak Walton League to gather more data [...]

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]]> A Tough Update—But Our Work Isn’t Finished https://fwwa.org/2025/04/22/climate-smart-grant-term/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=climate-smart-grant-term Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:01:53 +0000 https://fwwa.org/?p=38556 A message from Fox-Wolf's Executive Director Fox-Wolf Friends, I want to be open with you about some challenging news. Recently, we learned that the USDA terminated two major Climate Smart grants we were managing. This decision wasn’t based on our effectiveness, results, or any kind of fiscal mismanagement or wrongdoing. Instead, it came [...]

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]]> Registration Open: Winter Parking Lot Maintenance Workshops – October 10 or 11, 2019 https://fwwa.org/2019/09/05/registration-open-winter-parking-lot-maintenance-workshop/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=registration-open-winter-parking-lot-maintenance-workshop Thu, 05 Sep 2019 11:00:12 +0000 http://fwwa.org/?p=4667 Winter Parking Lot Workshop Workshop will provide information, useful tips and suggestions on: Material Application Rates Calibration of Equipment Factoring & Understanding the Weather Storage of Materials De-icing & Anti-icing Techniques Two Dates/Locations to Choose from: OCTOBER 10, 2019 9:00 - 2:00 DePere Community Center Oak Room 600 [...]

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]]> Making progress in the Plum & Kankapot Creek watersheds https://fwwa.org/2019/04/15/making-progress-in-the-plum-kankapot-creek-watersheds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=making-progress-in-the-plum-kankapot-creek-watersheds Mon, 15 Apr 2019 18:10:35 +0000 https://fwwa.org/?p=15204 The Plum Creek and Kankapot Creek watersheds, located near the villages of Kaukauna and Wrightstown in northeast Wisconsin, were identified in the Lower Fox River Total Maximum Daily Load (2012) plan as one of the highest contributing watersheds to the Lower Fox River for sediment and phosphorus pollution. Sediment and phosphorus loading from the [...]

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]]> NEWSC: Sediment & Erosion Control Field Guides are HERE! https://fwwa.org/2019/04/15/newsc-sediment-erosion-control-field-guides-are-here/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newsc-sediment-erosion-control-field-guides-are-here Mon, 15 Apr 2019 18:09:58 +0000 https://fwwa.org/?p=15198 The Northeast Wisconsin Stormwater Consortium's Building and Development Committee has finalized its update to the Sediment and Erosion Control Field Guide.  These newly printed guide books are hot off the printing press and are available for purchase through NEWSC. The new guides have been updated from the older, 2012 version, to include updates [...]

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]]> Bait Shop Initiative expanding into Shawano County https://fwwa.org/2019/02/06/bait-shop-initiative-expanding-into-shawano-county/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bait-shop-initiative-expanding-into-shawano-county Wed, 06 Feb 2019 16:04:41 +0000 http://fwwa.org/?p=14106 The 2019 year is kicking off well for aquatic invasive species (AIS) prevention as more initiatives and campaigns are becoming introduced into new areas. In Shawano County, the bait shop initiative is in the works of being implemented by the Connecting Our Waters Program. The bait shop initiative is a program that is implemented [...]

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]]> Local Groups to hold public meetings on toxic coal-tar pavement sealants. https://fwwa.org/2019/01/11/local-groups-to-hold-public-meetings-on-toxic-coal-tar-pavement-sealants/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=local-groups-to-hold-public-meetings-on-toxic-coal-tar-pavement-sealants Fri, 11 Jan 2019 20:47:53 +0000 http://fwwa.org/?p=13645 A coalition of environmental organizations will be hosting several presentations in Northeast Wisconsin in early 2019 on an important environmental and public health issue you may never have heard of. They’ll be discussing the health and environmental risks associated with coal tar-based pavement sealants, and actions individuals and communities can take to protect themselves [...]

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]]> Coming Soon…DATCP’s updated Wisconsin’s Runoff Risk Advisory Tool https://fwwa.org/2019/01/09/coming-soon-datcps-updated-wisconsins-runoff-risk-advisory-tool/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coming-soon-datcps-updated-wisconsins-runoff-risk-advisory-tool Wed, 09 Jan 2019 15:43:53 +0000 http://fwwa.org/?p=13516 The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) recently sent out a PRESS RELEASE regarding a new, updated version of the Wisconsin Runoff Risk Advisory Tool. This tool was developed to give producers the ability to assess runoff risks prior to the spreading of manure on agricultural fields. The use of the [...]

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]]> Clean Boats Clean Waters wraps up in Shawano/Menominee Counties https://fwwa.org/2018/11/26/clean-boats-clean-waters-wraps-up-in-shawano-menominee-counties/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=clean-boats-clean-waters-wraps-up-in-shawano-menominee-counties Mon, 26 Nov 2018 19:41:13 +0000 http://fwwa.org/?p=12562 With the cold Wisconsin weather rolling in, the boating season has finally come to an end. This means that all the Clean Boats, Clean Waters (CBCW) volunteers and employees that were out all summer are ready to sit back on yet another successful season of preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS). A brief [...]

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]]> Northeast Wisconsin Stormwater Consortium: Members doing amazing things! https://fwwa.org/2018/11/16/northeast-wisconsin-stormwater-consortium-members-doing-amazing-things/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=northeast-wisconsin-stormwater-consortium-members-doing-amazing-things Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:29:29 +0000 http://fwwa.org/?p=12459 2018 was an amazing year for two members of the Northeast Wisconsin Stormwater Consortium (NEWSC). The Town of Greenville and the City of Oshkosh both installed new, innovative techniques for stormwater control. The image (right) is the final draft of a project sign providing information about the new [...]

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