Article submitted by Emily Dufeck, Winnebago County LWCD Fall is a season for cover crops, and the Fox-Wolf Farmer Champions in the Rat River Watershed have their cover crops planted! Lydell Pethke planted his [...]
Here in the midwest, we look forward to fall as a time to enjoy the cool (but not cold) temperatures, the beautiful colors of the changing leaves, and celebrating harvests. Farmers are busy in [...]
The Outagamie County Land Conservation Department sponsors two conservation contests annually for students in the county. The Conservation & Environmental Awareness Speaking Competition is for students in grades 5-12. [...]
In September 2022, Lydell Pethke, one of our Rat River Farmer Champions, hired Buttles Custom Ag to complete a low-disturbance manure (LDM) application on 89.95 acres at a rate of 12,000 gallons/acre after harvesting [...]
On September 22nd, 2022, Dan Rieckmann, one of our Rat River Farmer Champions, hosted a field day to showcase the use of drones for cover crop planting. Dan hired American Drones to aerial seed [...]
As cooler fall days are upon us, Fox-Wolf's Trash Free Waters program is wrapping up volunteer cleanup efforts for the season. The 2022 season kept the program busy! Our annual Fox-Wolf Watershed Cleanup event [...]
***November 2022 update: The 2022 Workshop is full. If you are interested in attending or receiving winter sow instructions to do at home, please email Katie Reed at katherine@fwwa.org. We cannot guarantee supplies/seeds. Thank [...]
The Winnebago Waterways Program facilitates regional coordination and implementation of recovery efforts for the Winnebago Lakes and surrounding watersheds. Priority implementation projects are outlined in the Winnebago Waterways Lake Management Plan and the draft [...]
Subscribe to receive updates Project Overview The Winnebago Waterways Program (WWP) at Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance (Fox-Wolf) is working to address phosphorus and sediment pollution [...]
There are a variety of agricultural soil health practices in use on Northeast Wisconsin farms that provide a water quality benefits such as cover crops, no-till/minimal-till, and low disturbance manure application. Recognizing the water [...]
