water Archives » Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance https://fwwa.org/tag/water/ Protecting and restoring the waters of Wisconsin's Fox-Wolf River basin. Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:25:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://fwwa.org/new/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/cropped-flow-forward-fav-32x32.png water Archives » Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance https://fwwa.org/tag/water/ 32 32 Join Fox-Wolf and Help Monitor for Chlorides(Salt) https://fwwa.org/2025/10/23/join-fox-wolf-and-help-monitor-for-chloridessalt-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=join-fox-wolf-and-help-monitor-for-chloridessalt-3 Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:01:22 +0000 https://fwwa.org/?p=41388 Help Monitor Salt Pollution in the Fox-Wolf River Basin This Winter! Winter brings snow, ice, and slippery sidewalks. Sodium chloride (salt), widely used on roads, parking lots, and sidewalks to keep us safe, can also harm our streams and wildlife when overused. Fox-Wolf is partnering with the Izaak Walton League to gather more data [...]

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]]> Protecting Our Waters: Fox-Wolf’s Chloride Monitoring Program https://fwwa.org/2025/01/31/chloride-monitoring/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chloride-monitoring Fri, 31 Jan 2025 16:55:54 +0000 https://fwwa.org/?p=37076 Help Protect Our Waters: Fox-Wolf’s Chloride Monitoring Program Did you know that just one teaspoon of salt can permanently pollute five gallons of freshwater? Unlike other pollutants, chloride from road salt doesn’t break down—it stays in our waterways, impacting aquatic life and even our drinking water. That’s why the Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance is continuing [...]

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]]> Join Fox-Wolf and Help Monitor for Chlorides(Salt) https://fwwa.org/2024/10/28/join-fox-wolf-and-help-monitor-for-chloridessalt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=join-fox-wolf-and-help-monitor-for-chloridessalt Mon, 28 Oct 2024 15:10:45 +0000 https://fwwa.org/?p=28211 Join the Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance, partners, and volunteers this winter to monitor for chlorides in streams throughout the Fox-Wolf River Basin! Road salt (sodium chloride) is everywhere during winter months. It keeps us safe on roads and sidewalks, but it can also pose a threat to fish, wildlife, habitats, and more. Overall it impacts both [...]

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]]> What’s That Plant? Know What’s In Your Water Garden https://fwwa.org/2023/05/11/whats-that-plant-know-whats-in-your-water-garden/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-that-plant-know-whats-in-your-water-garden Thu, 11 May 2023 23:29:34 +0000 https://fwwa.org/?p=30577 Ensuring Your Water Garden Doesn't Harbor Invasive Plants As you're choosing your plants for your water gardens and backyards this spring, be sure you aren't accidentally growing an invasive plant that could do harm to our lakes and rivers! But don't take our word for it! Here's some tips from Melinda Myers, nationally known [...]

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]]> Ice-Out officially called for Lake Winnebago – April 6, 2023 https://fwwa.org/2023/04/27/ice-out-officially-called-for-lake-winnebago-april-6-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ice-out-officially-called-for-lake-winnebago-april-6-2023 Thu, 27 Apr 2023 19:31:37 +0000 https://fwwa.org/?p=30514 Ice out on Lake Winnebago was officially called by the Army Corps of Engineers on April 6, 2023 as determined by MODIS satellite imagery. Ice out (aka ice off) is when ALL ice is gone from the lake surface as observed by satellite.  This is important because ice out marks the date that the [...]

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]]> PSA: Carpet Cleaning https://fwwa.org/2023/02/07/join-fox-wolf-and-help-monitor-for-chloridessalt-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=join-fox-wolf-and-help-monitor-for-chloridessalt-2 Tue, 07 Feb 2023 20:24:34 +0000 https://fwwa.org/?p=29763 Nothing feels better than walking across clean carpet, except maybe wading through clean water on a warm summer day. Unfortunately, far too often dirty wash water from carpet cleaning is dumped down the driveway and finds its way through the storm drain system to our local waters. Stormwater drains do not go and get [...]

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]]> Ice-Out officially called for Lake Winnebago – April 6, 2022 https://fwwa.org/2022/04/07/ice-out-officially-called-for-lake-winnebago-april-6-2022/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ice-out-officially-called-for-lake-winnebago-april-6-2022 Thu, 07 Apr 2022 17:53:31 +0000 https://fwwa.org/?p=26501 Ice out on Lake Winnebago was officially called by the Army Corps of Engineers on April 6, 2022 as determined by MODIS satellite imagery. Ice out (aka ice off) is when ALL ice is gone from the lake surface as observed by satellite. Ice out triggers spring refill of Lake Winnebago. MODIS Satellite [...]

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]]> Planning For Your Summer Water Garden? Gardener Extraordinaire Melinda Myers Has Tips https://fwwa.org/2022/02/09/planning-for-your-summer-water-garden-gardener-extraordinaire-melinda-myers-has-tips/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=planning-for-your-summer-water-garden-gardener-extraordinaire-melinda-myers-has-tips Wed, 09 Feb 2022 23:20:11 +0000 https://fwwa.org/?p=26007 Help Stop Invasive Plants from Slipping into Wisconsin By: Melinda Myers For many of us, winter is the start of the gardening season. We are busy browsing catalogs, reading garden articles, and looking for sources of new plants. As the planning process continues, the plant wish list keeps expanding. Once your list is complete [...]

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]]> Understanding Water Level Management for Lake Winnebago – Part 1 https://fwwa.org/2021/05/21/understand-water-levels-part-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=understand-water-levels-part-1 Fri, 21 May 2021 19:53:44 +0000 https://fwwa.org/?p=23859 The Army Corps of Engineers – Chicago District regulates water levels in Lake Winnebago by regulating outflow at the dams in Menasha and Neenah under the Federal Marshall Order of 1886. The Marshall Order is intended for flood risk management. The Order defines the limits of regulation for Lake Winnebago (referenced to the Oshkosh [...]

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]]> Spring Refill of Lake Winnebago – April 2021 https://fwwa.org/2021/04/22/spring-refill-of-lake-winnebago-april-2021/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spring-refill-of-lake-winnebago-april-2021 Fri, 23 Apr 2021 02:50:40 +0000 https://fwwa.org/?p=23825 The Army Corps of Engineers held their 2021 Spring Refill Meeting on Thursday, April 15th under the open pavilion at Jefferson Park in Menasha. During the meeting, the Army Corps provided an overview of their mission: Flood Risk Management. Here is some background information they shared in a handout: The Marshall Order was established [...]

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