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Whether you’re looking for practical ways to protect our water, highlights from recent events, or inspiring community successes, you’ll find it here.
Is it safe to swim? Blue-green algae: How to reduce the risks to humans and pets
Blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, are responsible for harmful algal blooms. This is because some cyanobacteria can produce toxins that cause adverse health [...]
Time to Transplant! Your Winter-Sown Native Plants Are (almost) Ready
Almost Time to Transplant Your Winter-Sown Native Plants Your patience paid off. Let’s get planting! You did it! All those milk jugs and [...]
Annual Drain Campaign Returns This Weekend – Reminder to Drain All Water at the Launch
Join Fox-Wolf, WI-DNR, and More Partners Statewide To Protect Your Lakes Story Written In Partnership with WI DNR The annual Drain Campaign, June 6th-8th, [...]
The Storm Drain Leads Where?! Why What You Do at Home Matters Downstream
When it rains, most of us don’t give much thought to where the water goes. It spills off rooftops, runs down driveways, pools at [...]
Watershed Moments: One Bag At A Time
A story from the 2025 Fox-Wolf Watershed Cleanup It’s a strange thing to search for what others have left behind. Stranger still to do [...]
Watershed Moments: Start Small, Leave a River Behind
Jack & Susan Groh: A Watershed Moment on the Fox River On a cloudy April morning, the Fox River moved slow and quiet. [...]
Watershed Moments: Notes In Chalk, Messages In Action
At Voyageur Park, one family is leading by example It started with a piece of glass Chelsea Bishop was walking with her son, Prince, [...]
Is Lake Winnebago Flooding? Or Is It Low?
Here’s Why the Water Looks Different This Time of Year Have you looked out at Lake Winnebago lately and thought, “Why is the water [...]
Project Update: Plum Creek Streambank Restoration Phase 1
An update on the Village of Wrightstown Plum Creek Project! Background In 2021, Fox-Wolf was awarded a grant from Great Lakes Restoration Initiative [...]