Meet our Rat River Farmer Champions
Our Rat River Farmer Champions are part of our Increase Adoption of Soil Health Conservation Systems in the Rat River Watershed project. Three farmers from the Rat River Watershed in Winnebago County have teamed up [...]
Winnebago Waterways Recently Held Healthy Lakes Workshop
The Winnebago Waterways Program at Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance recently held a Healthy Lakes and Rivers Train the Trainer workshop at The Lodge in the Calumet County Park along the east shore of Lake Winnebago. [...]
Farmer Champion Highlight: Dan Rieckmann
Dan Rieckmann, Rat River Farmer Champion On March 25th, 2022 Shelia and Emily from Winnebago County Land and Water Conservation Department met with farmer Dan Rieckmann to get to know him and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Fox Cities and Green Bay Leaders in No Mow May
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 [...]
Rain Barrels – Save $ and Protect our Water Resources!
Rain Barrels - Catching rain when it falls benefits you and our local waters! The Fox Valley area receives an average of 22.23 inches of rain from April through October. Rain runs [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]