Sharon, Author at Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance

Watershed Moments: Enough Water to Last

Sharon — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:00:11 +0000

ENOUGH WATER TO LAST Experiencing the reality of water scarcity Dennis Kittel uses a specialized net to search for microplastics. “When you live in Wisconsin, you don’t think about water,” said Dennis Kittel, citizen scientist and retired engineer. “You expect to go anywhere and find a bubbler. But in [...]

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Watershed Moments: A Place in the Watershed

Sharon — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:00:36 +0000

A PLACE IN THE WATERSHED Caring for places that are meaningful, even if we don't live there Amanda Kruger poses at Cave Point County Park, enjoying the views of Lake Michigan. “I’m most grateful for the sense of home. That I belong,” said Amanda Kruger, researcher. “I feel loved. [...]

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Watershed Moments: A Uniting Effort

Sharon — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:48:08 +0000

A UNITING EFFORT Improving water quality one relationship at a time Steve demonstrates how to monitor for invasive species at an Adopt-a-Launch site. They describe themselves as “three old guys who love to kayak,” but they’re on a mission to see the East River become a paddling destination that [...]

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Watershed Moments: Keep Perspective

Sharon — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:00:25 +0000

Jeff Mazanec finds perspective by taking time to enjoy local waterways. Sometimes it’s hard to know if you are really making a difference with your life. Other times, you remove sewage from the landscape, and there is no doubt. Jeff Mazanec, engineer, completed his first design project on the south shore of [...]

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Watershed Moments: Not an Expert

Sharon — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 11:00:12 +0000

Ryan Kudish, meterorologist, reports on local sustainability efforts. “I never touched a camera in my life before this segment,” admitted Ryan Kudish, meteorologist reporter for Local 5 news in Green Bay. But a year later, he’s getting pretty good at it. The segment in question, Sustainably Speaking, started in November 2023 when [...]

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Watershed Moments: Cleaning up the Past

Sharon — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:00:12 +0000

Retired professor Bud Harris devoted his career to improving water quality. Once upon a time, not so long ago, the Fox River had so much bacteria in the sediment that anaerobic activity produced hydrogen gas. Large bubbles rose to the surface as a reminder that something was really wrong. “The conditions of [...]

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Watershed Moments: The Best It Can Be

Sharon — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 11:00:20 +0000

Kevin Boyle getting ready to run all the way around Lake Winnebago. Lake Mendota tried, but it didn’t turn Kevin Boyle from a runner into a rower. “Tall runners make good rowers,” Kevin explained. “I was a runner in high school, and I was recruited to row at UW.” He loved rowing, [...]

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Watershed Moments: Terrible Well Water

Sharon — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 11:00:54 +0000

Jude Holland, local resident, volunteers for Fox-Wolf and other area groups. Jude Holland doesn’t drink from the well in her backyard – there’s way too much arsenic in the water. But she figured she could still use the water to irrigate her flower beds. “When I bought my home, I figured out [...]

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Watershed Moments: The Next Fan

Sharon — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:00:10 +0000

For their spring Packers Give Back day, staff from the Green Bay Packers participated in the annual Fox-Wolf Watershed Cleanup. What is the best gift a Packers fan can give to the next generation? Some might argue it’s to add their infant relatives to the infamously long waiting list for season tickets. [...]

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Watershed Moments: Collaborative Effort

Sharon — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:00:35 +0000

Jon Lamers hopes his sons one day want to be the 5th generation of farmers on his land. The closer a farm is to a river, the greater an impact it has on that surface water. The larger a farm is, the greater an impact it has. Local farmer Jon Lamers has [...]

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