The Butte des Morts Conservation Club, Winnebago County Land and Water Conservation Department, Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance, and WI DNR will be continuing construction efforts for the Terrell Island Breakwall Removal and Samers Bay Breakwall [...]
Over the course of November 2021, we hosted 4 winter sow workshops. We got to partner with the girl scouts, 4-H, and a variety of other volunteers! The goal of this project is to [...]
The Winnebago Waterways Program distributes a monthly e-newsletter with updates about projects from our staff as well as other regional partners doing amazing work [...]
Rat River Watershed Soil Health - Project Background The Winnebago Lakes drain over 5,900 square miles of land from the Upper Fox and Wolf River Basins. The surface water runoff that comes from [...]
Invasive Phragmites and Japanese Knotweed Populations To Be Mapped in Winnebago and Waupaca Counties For many years, populations of invasive Phragmites and Japanese knotweed have been increasing throughout Northeast Wisconsin. With severe consequences to [...]
Organisms in Trade: How Our Aquariums and Water Gardens Can Introduce New Animals and Plants Every few months, we put a spotlight on a different pathway aquatic invasive species can reach new waterways. The [...]
The Town of Calumet has been experiencing flooding in their township for years. Due to the natural landscape of living near the Niagara escarpment, steep slopes and runoff are common. The recent increases in [...]
This information was shared by Adam Nickel, Senior Fisheries Biologist with the WDNR. WDNR Oshkosh fisheries staff have began a new walleye movement sonic tagging study on the Winnebago System. The study includes tagging [...]
The Winnebago Waterways were invited on the WDNR trawler for their last sampling day of the year. We were joined by another volunteer from Shadows on the Wolf out of Fremont to help the [...]
Emily Henrigillis of the Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance was recognized by DNR Assistant Secretary Todd Ambs, UW-Madison Division of Extension Dean Karl Martin, and Wisconsin Lakes Board Vice President Derek Kavanaugh for completing her training [...]
