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 [...]
Soil Health Challenge Winnebago County Land and Water Conservation Department (LWCD) is currently accepting applications for the "Soil Health Challenge" (A Soil Health Demonstration Farm Program) APPLICATION DEADLINE IS AUGUST 31, 2017!! The Winnebago [...]
The Fox Wolf Watershed Alliance and its project partners were awarded a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Grant to promote agricultural conservation practices in the Plum and Kankapot Creek Sub-Watersheds. The Plum and [...]
The Lower Fox Demonstration Farms Network has been busy in the agricultural conservation arena this spring. The network reports the following agricultural conservation efforts: The ZRX Roller/Crimper was used to plant [...]
Soil sample being collected from eroded streambank. Plum Creek is part of the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) and watershed management plan for total phosphorus (TP) and total suspended solids (TSS) in [...]
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 [...]
The Plum & Kankapot GLRI project team has been busy continuing efforts in the Plum & Kankapot Creek watersheds. The last few months of 2016 and the first few months of 2017 have been [...]
Did you know your local Land Conservation department partners with Wisconsin Land+Water organization to provide local programs to educate and inspire youth on conservation issues? The programs consist of the national student competition - [...]
What is it?A password protected, online discussion forum focused on using science and local experience to answer all of the latest conservation questions. Who can join?Currently, registration is open to Wisconsin and Minnesota farmers and [...]
Your local source for soil health and conservation agriculture news The Basin Buzz is a semi-annual newsletter printed and distributed by the Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance through our conservation agriculture initiatives. The newsletter [...]
