Farmer Champion Highlight: Lydell Pethke
Lydell Pethke of Ledgerock Farms On April 13th, 2022 Shelia from Winnebago County Land and Water Conservation Department met with farmer, Lydell Pethke of Ledgerock, to get to know him and his [...]
Fox Demo Farms Adds Value to Ag Conservation
The Lower Fox Demonstration Farms Network (“Fox Demo Farms”) is a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) project designed to showcase and demonstrate leading edge conservation practices that improve Great Lakes water quality by reducing [...]
Farmer Champion Highlight: Larry Engel
Larry Engel, Farmer Champion in Rat River Watershed On March 25th, 2022 Shelia and Emily from Winnebago County Land and Water Conservation Department met with one of our new Farmer Champions, Larry [...]
An Update from Our Fox Farmers Conservation Champions
Beginning in 2019, Fox-Wolf and Outagamie County Land Conservation Department partnered with three agricultural producers in the Plum Creek and Kankapot Creek Watersheds through a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) grant. These Conservation Champions [...]
Phosphorus from Lawncare Impacts Local Water Quality
The nutrient phosphorus is essential for all living organisms and naturally occurs in the environment. Because of this, it might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of pollution. [...]
Zebras in the Lakes: The Animated Story
Video From "Managing Great Lakes Invaders" Series Highlights Zebra, Quagga Mussels Zebra mussels have become the poster child of invasive species. It's difficult to find someone in Northeast Wisconsin that hasn't heard of these [...]
“What’s the Point”? Study finds Invasive Species Regulation Helps Reduce Risk by 85%
Ballast Water Regulation Reduced Invasion Risk by 85% since 2008 Original Story: Maya Sundaresan, Great Lakes Now The issue of invasive species has haunted the Great Lakes region for decades, but a recent study [...]
Navigational Aids & Boat Landing Fees
The Winnebago County Parks Department outlines several updates in their Annual Report for 2021. Here are a few highlights: The Parks Department began repairing buoys in-house in 2021. Nearly 20 buoys have been [...]
Wondering what Northeast Wisconsin soil temps and moisture levels are at this spring?
Check out the Upper Fox Wolf Demo Farm Network's live weather station data: CLICK HERE Farmers may find the information useful to determine local (near Omro) soil temps and moisture for their planting timing. [...]
Upper Fox and Wolf Stream Monitoring Volunteers needed!
Our partners at Wisconsin DNR are looking for water quality monitoring volunteers for the Upper Fox and Wolf monitoring program for the 2022 season. The UFW program has different monitoring sites than Fox-Wolf Watershed [...]