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Evaluating the effectiveness of breakwall restoration projects in the Winnebago Lakes
The water quality (e.g., total phosphorus, water clarity) and biological conditions (e.g. algal community, aquatic plants, fishes) within the breakwall at [...]
Terrells Island and Samers Bay – Habitat Restoration
Terrells Island and Samers Bay Project Overview Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance (Fox-Wolf), Butte des Morts Conservation Club [...]
AIS Spotlight – Hydrilla
Every month, we will put a spotlight on an aquatic invasive species (AIS) in a re-occurring monthly article. This month, Hydrilla! Check it out! [...]
Lake Winnebago Spring Refill Call – Army Corps Public Notice
From the Army Corps public notice: "Recent basin conditions have caused inflows to rise significantly higher than outflows. At this time all gates at [...]
Learn your native plants – April
One of the things we’ve heard over the last two years is that once native plant projects are installed, that it can be hard [...]
2019 Lake Winnebago Bottom Trawl Assessment – WDNR Fisheries Update
The Wisconsin DNR recently released a report that provides a summary of results from their 2019 bottom trawling surveys in Lake Winnebago. According to [...]
2020 Watershed Heroes Impact Awards
Congratulations to our 2020 Watershed Hero Impact Awardees. We appreciate all of our 2020 nominations. The Watershed Hero nomination committee had many worthy candidates [...]
Lake Management Planning Project – February 2020 UPDATE
The goal of the Lake Management Planning project is to develop a regional framework for cooperation to restore and protect the health [...]
National Invasive Species Awareness Week: February 24th-28th
The last week of February is the National Invasive Species Awareness Week focused on education, awareness, and planning for the upcoming field season for [...]