Monthly PSA: Pet Waste
Not only is it an unpleasant sight on yards and sidewalks, pet waste is one of the many contributors of stormwater pollution. During rain and snow melts, pet waste left on lawns, sidewalks, trails, [...]
Schultz Legacy Farms of Van Dyne Awarded 2022 Mathias-Lesczynski Water Quality Award
Lake Winnebago Quality Improvement Association (LWQIA) recognizes farmers who are leaders in conservation with their annual Mathias-Lesczynski Water Quality Award. The award is named after long time employee of the Fond du Lac County Land [...]
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. [...]
Pet Waste Pollution and the Easiest Solution
Not only is it an unpleasant sight on yards and sidewalks, pet waste is one of the many contributors of stormwater pollution. During precipitation events, pet waste left on lawns, sidewalks, trails, and beaches [...]
Leave Your Leaves on Land
It's fall in Wisconsin. Red, yellow, and orange leaves cover our trees and land. But when it comes to surface water, there's a downside to those beautiful fall leaves we can't wait to see when [...]
Why does the lake look like pea soup and what’s being done about it?
The combination of high temperatures and recent storms resulted in the Winnebago Pool Lakes looking like what many described as ‘pea soup’. The green, paint-like film is a blue-green algae bloom, also known as cyanobacteria. [...]
Fox Demo Farms Field Day for Conservation Partners
Register Today! Fox Demo Farms Field Day for Conservation Partners October 10, 2017 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM (tentative) Greenleaf Volunteer Fireman’s Park 1588 Fair Rd. Greenleaf, WI 54126 $10 registration fee (bus transportation [...]
2018 Cover Crops Conference – Save The Date
The 2018 Wisconsin Cover Crop Conference will take place on February 27 (9am-4pm) at the Holiday Inn in Stevens Point. This will be a statewide conference geared toward helping Wisconsin farmers use cover [...]
Progress Report: Wisconsin’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources recently published a 2015 - 2016 progress report to the Wisconsin Nutrient Management Strategy. This report highlights the progress being made statewide on nutrient and sediment loading to Wisconsin [...]
Crop Rotation Systems for Soil Erosion Reductions & Increased Water Quality
May 9, 2017 RSS New Study Shows Diversified Crop Rotation System Could Be Adopted Widely Across Corn Belt And Increase Corn-Soy Yields While Slashing Soil Erosion and Water Pollution Farmers Could See Soil Erosion [...]