News
Groundwater Status Report 2012
A report by Edgewood College graduate student Maribeth Kniffin about springs in the Lake Wingra watershed and how change to the watershed have affected their flow rates. The report summarizes the hydrology, groundwater storage and groundwater recharge of the Lake Wingra Watershed and the aquifers beneath it. Looking at all aspects of human interactions with water resources, the report then discusses water consumption and disposal, shallow and deep aquifer connections and a few key groundwater policies established in the State of Wisconsin and City of Madison. Download the report here.2011 Spring Newsletter
Get our 2011 Spring Newsletter here. Highlights: FOLW wins 2011 lake stewardship award, watershed education project, Odana infiltration field salt issue, goose management, and watershed boundary signs.Madison Community Foundation Funds Vilas Beach Cleanup
The Madison Community Foundation recently awarded the City of Madison and Friends of Lake Wingra $21,500 for a Vilas Beach Improvement Project. The project will focus on storm-water management, erosion control, native vegetation planting and goose control, all to reduce high bacteria levels and limit beach closings. Read MoreStormwater Management Initiative
The goal of this initiative is to find ways to use Madison's Stormwater Utility to more effectively protect and improve water quality through innovative stormwater management practices and partnerships. This draft document describes the initiative in more detail.Lake Wingra: A Vision for the Future
Friends of Lake Wingra is proud to present the culminating document of a three year process of developing a vision for the future of Lake Wingra. You can download a pdf of the document now. Hard copies have been sent to our mailing list. You can also pick up a copy at upcoming FOLW events.
Lake Wingra in the News
This article from the Wisconsin State Journal discusses reasons for the dramatic improvement in Lake Wingra's water clarity over the last two years.Lake Wingra Data
UW-Madison Center for Limnology has created a special link to their Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) data on Lake Wingra, just for us!
Recently Added Documents
- The 2010 Fall Newsletter includes a description of the upcoming watershed management planning initiative and an effort to clean-up Vilas Beach, plus accounts of little known inhabitants of Lake Wingra and its environs, including carnivorous plants and coyotes.
- A plan for cleaning up Vilas Beach was funded by the Madison Community Foundation.
- A proposal for a Madison stormwater utility board.