WAMSCO Annual Meeting – May 11, 2019
The Waterways Association of Menominee and Shawano Counties (WAMSCO) held their annual meeting on May 11th at the Belle Plaine Town Hall. The WAMSCO board put together a stellar line up of talks for [...]
Make Your Lawn Great Again
Connecting Our Waters conducted a survey focused on waterfront property owners whom have completed shoreline restoration projects. Almost all the people interviewed added an area of native plants to the edge of their waterfront [...]
Making progress in the Plum & Kankapot Creek watersheds
The Plum Creek and Kankapot Creek watersheds, located near the villages of Kaukauna and Wrightstown in northeast Wisconsin, were identified in the Lower Fox River Total Maximum Daily Load (2012) plan as one of [...]
Winnebago Waterways Program Connects with People at March Events
In early March, the Winnebago Waterways Program set up shop at Northeast WI Fishin' Show in Oshkosh. This two and a half day event featured vendors promoting their fishing gear, clothing, boats, ATVs, wildlife [...]
An Eroding Landscape: Coon Creek and Our Waters
Coon Creek erosion - Photo: NRCS By 1930, landowners and farmers in southwest Wisconsin's Coon Creek watershed were ready for a change. Enticing wheat prices in the mid to late 1800s had [...]
Coming Soon…DATCP’s updated Wisconsin’s Runoff Risk Advisory Tool
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) recently sent out a PRESS RELEASE regarding a new, updated version of the Wisconsin Runoff Risk Advisory Tool. This tool was developed to give [...]
Join Us on January 24th! 4th Annual Farmer’s Roundtable Event
The Alliance for the Great Lakes, along with a number of project partners, including the Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance, will be hosting the 4th Annual Farmers Roundtable Event on January 24, 2019. See below for [...]
Shoreline Restoration and you
Have you ever been frustrated with the presence of geese on your lawn? Has the presence of algae in front of your waterfront property caused you to not enjoy being at the cabin? Do [...]
SnapPlus Training, Shawano County, December 11th, 2018
On December 11, 2018 the Shawano County Land Conservation Department hosted a SnapPlus training for farmers throughout Shawano County. SnapPlus v.18 is nutrient management planning software specific for Wisconsin. Snap stands for Soil Nutrient Application Planner and is a program [...]