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 [...]
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 [...]
The 2022 Fox-Wolf Watershed Cleanup was our biggest cleanup to date! Because of the hard work of over 1,600 volunteers in the Fox-Wolf River basin, on Saturday, May 7th, over 8,000 pounds of trash [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Have you heard of Now Mow May? No Mow May, which encourages folks to hold off mowing their lawn during the month of May, got its start in Appleton! Appleton was the first city in [...]
REDUCE THE IMPACT OF LIGHT POLLUTION ON MIGRATORY BIRDS - Dim the Lights for Birds at Night! Light pollution attracts and disorients nocturnally migrating birds, making them more likely to land in areas where [...]
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 [...]
