In 2017, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Fox Wolf Watershed Alliance (FWWA) a new Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) grant that will provide additional funding for agricultural conservation practices [...]
THE PROBLEM The banks of Plum Creek and its tributaries, located in northern Calumet and southern Brown and Outagamie Counties, are highly susceptible to active bank slumping and erosion. Increased erosion and sedimentation within [...]
Interseeding is the method of planting a cover crop into a primary crop where the primary crop is still growing. The goal of this method is to establish cover crops earlier in the growing [...]
If you live in the area surrounding the Lower Fox River, or the Fox Valley as many people call it, hopefully you have heard about some of the agricultural practices that are being [...]
Efforts to continue to improve water quality in the Lower Fox River and the Bay of Green Bay continue to move forward. Through various collaborations and funding sources, agricultural producers in the region are [...]
Farmers in Northeastern Wisconsin and the state, along with nutrition and environmental experts, explain how "sustainable farming practices" can improve land, water, animal and human health. Come along on the journey as we [...]
Over 130 people attended the 3rd annual Fox Watershed Farmer Roundtable on January 26, 2018, nearly doubling attendance since the first Farmer Roundtable in 2016! The majority of attendees included farmers and crop consultants [...]
Building on the successes of two previously awarded Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) grants, the Fox Wolf Watershed Alliance was recently awarded a new United States Environmental Protection Agency - GLRI grant. This [...]
In the Forest Junction area of northern Calumet County lying within the Plum Creek watershed a landowner was having an issue with a reoccurring gully running through his property. A gully is an erosion issue created by [...]
The Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance is proud to announce that a new sign, highlighting the agricultural conservation efforts of our Great Lakes Restoration Initiative partners, will be placed in the City of Kaukauna in the [...]
