Pipe Farmers Expand on their Success with Soil Health
Dave Simon no-till planting corn into a rye cover crop in 2021. Article submitted by Zach Laughlin, Fond du Lac County LWCD Dave’s roller crimper in a shed [...]
Survey For Gardeners; Help Needed!
What Is Working with Invasive Species and Gardening in Wisconsin? The UW Madison-Division of Extension Natural Resources Institute Aquatic Invasive Species Program and Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources are conducting a survey for gardeners [...]
Have Staff Working Outside This Year? Intro To Invasive Plants Workshop Can Help
Learn Skills to Identify Common Invasive Plants, Including Ones that Pose Risk Are you or your staff working outdoors this spring or summer? Join the Ontario Invasive Plan Council for an informative workshop to [...]
Ice-Out officially called for Lake Winnebago – April 6, 2022
Ice out on Lake Winnebago was officially called by the Army Corps of Engineers on April 6, 2022 as determined by MODIS satellite imagery. Ice out (aka ice off) is when ALL ice is [...]
Terrells & Samers Project Update – March 2022
Contractors were busy this winter working on the Terrells Island and Samers Bay restoration project and substantial progress was made. Phase 1 of the project is now almost complete with approximately 1,400 feet of [...]
Winnebago Waterways Awarded Healthy Lakes Grant
The Winnebago Waterways Program at Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance was recently awarded a Healthy Lakes and Rivers Grant by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. This grant enables our staff to cost-share certain shoreline best [...]
Signs for Habitat Protection
Volunteers will soon be installing new signs in Lake Winnebago that mark important habitat (just south of TJ's Harbor) to keep people out of critical habitat areas from April 15 through September 15. These [...]
Lake Winneconne Offshore Breakwall
Article submitted by Chad Casper, Director, Winnebago County Land and Water Conservation Department The Stabenow Wetland is located in Winnebago County on the east shore of Lake Winneconne. Over 1,700 feet of wetland frontage [...]
Winnebago County Soil Health Challenge
Article provided by Winnebago County LWCD. Written by Sheila Smith, Agronomist The Winnebago County Soil Health Challenge (SHC) is a program sponsored by the Winnebago County Water Quality Improvement Program (WQIP). The SHC is [...]
Salt Watch in the Fox-Wolf Basin
Fox-Wolf Volunteers have been Monitoring our streams for Chloride this Winter Salt Watch is a program of the Izaak Walton League that works to mobilize volunteers across the nation to monitor their local stream for [...]