Wisconsin’s annual campaign that reminds boaters to drain all lake and river water, clean equipment, and check watercraft for aquatic invasive species experienced a slight change this year due to Covid-19. This week, the [...]
There has been a lot going on in our region, in our world, since we've had to reschedule our annual Fox-Wolf Watershed Cleanup event from May to August. With our volunteers' safety in [...]
Covid-19 slowed us down one sampling month however we will be able to still get a great monitoring year out of 2020! Connecting Our Waters and our partners have been working to expand the [...]
AIS Coordinator Chris Trains Volunteers for River Monitoring As the summer gets going, the warm weather brings plenty of water recreation activity opportunities. Boating, angling, and kayaking are just a few options people enjoy. [...]
For those of you following along, Connecting Our Waters started a native plant growing program in the fall of 2019. Seeds were collected from the Wild Ones headquarters and shoreline projects around Shawano County [...]
Are you ready to join the fight against invasive species? Are you looking for a fun, outdoor volunteer opportunity? Become a Clean Boats, Clean Waters (CBCW) volunteer watercraft inspector! The CBCW program is a [...]
We are working hard to keep our program running during these uncertain times. The water quality monitoring training we had originally had planned for April has been replaced with one on one training in [...]
Connecting Our Waters, a partnership of the Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance and the Waterways Association of Menominee and Shawano Counties, exhibited at the American Marine and Motorsports Boat & Outdoor Sports Extravaganza from February 20 through February 23. We [...]
The wild ones plant sale is just around the corner! You can find the list of available plants on their Facebook page. Plant orders are due by April 24th, 2020 to Jean Barkow. You [...]
Purple loosestrife is an exotic perennial weed invading wetlands, shorelines, and roadside ditches across the Midwest. After introduction to North America in the early 1800s, purple loosestrife likely traveled to the Great Lakes region [...]
