FOLW Library
Category: Education and Outreach
"Love Your Lakes Don't Leaf Them" brochure
"Love Your Lakes, Don't Leaf Them" brochure produced for My Fair Lakes (Dane County) fall leaf clean-up campaign. Print it out and give them to your neighbors and friends!
Citizen Stewardship Plan
We believe that protecting and improving the health of Lake Wingra will require that citizens understand what supports a healthy lake and how it relates to the ecological, social, and economic well-being of the watershed community as a whole. To improve the health of the Lake, citizens will need to support and participate in many kinds of activities at the individual, neighborhood, and government levels. This plan contains outreach philosophies, strategies, and recommended actions for future outreach.
Community Stewardship in the Lake Wingra Watershed
Article published in LakeLines journal of the North American Lake Management Society, summarizing history of Friends of Lake Wingra and our approach to citizen-based integrated watershed managment.
Invasive Species Plan
This management plan addresses a critical need for participation and collaboration of citizen and partner groups in the control of invasive species in the Lake Wingra watershed. The plan includes values and management principles as well as a range of management actions to combat invasive species in Lake Wingra and its surrounding watershed. The plan also includes the results of a risk analysis of the most widespread and troublesome invasive species in the Lake Wingra Watershed as a means to prioritize control efforts.
Lake Wingra Health Goals (June 2007 draft)
"Lake Wingra Health Goals: Where We Want to be in 2030"
June, 2007, draft of community vision of what Lake Wingra can be (based on our best scientific understanding) and should be (based on public desires)
Report of 2003 Partner Meeting
Full report of Partner Meeting sponsored by Friends of Lake Wingra on April 25, 2003.
Storm Water Management Plan
Storm water, because of its fundamental role in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, is a primary component of our watershed management plans. This document describes the importance of good storm water management practices, identifies existing critical management problems, and suggests short and long term solutions that can be implemented by the municipalities and residents of the Watershed.
Wingra Water Trail Map
This guide to Lake Wingra will help you to better understand the lake's ecology and watershed impacts on the lake, while demonstrating how you can best enjoy the lake in a healthy, friendly way.
Wingra Watershed News 3(1) Spring/Summer 2006
Wingra Watershed News, Spring/Summer 2006, includes articles on promoting infiltration of stormwater ("A Healthy Lake: Keeping Rain Out of the Drain"); Featured Partner: American Indian Science and Engineering Society; Wingra dragonflies; etc.
Wingra Watershed News Vol 2, No 1 (Spring 2005)
Spring 2005 Newsletter, featuring article on urban geese, Featured Partner (Martha Samaple), and much more.
Wingra Watershed News Vol 2, No 2 (Fall 2005)
This issue includes articles on sedimentation of Lake Wingra, carp, the fall leaf campaign, and the Southwest Bike Path project.
Wingra Watershed News Vol 3, No 2 (Fall/Winter 2006)
Wingra Watershed News, Fall/Winter 2006, includes articles on "Creating a Vision for a Healthy Lake Wingra," carp exclosure, Matt Krueger (and his rain barrels) as Featured Partner.
Wingra Watershed News Vol 4, No 1 (Spring/Summer 2007)
Includes articles on carp, Lake Wingra health goals, urban forest; Pete Jopke (Dane County Watershed Project Manager) is our Featured Partner.
wingra watershed news vol 4, no 2 (Fall/Winter 2007)
Fall/Winter 2007 Wingra Watershed News (Vol 4, No 2). Featured article: "Toward a Community Vision of a Healthy Lake Wingra"; updates on carp management, City budget, etc. Featured partners: Bob Glebs and Tyler Leeper and the Wingra Canoe and Sailing Center.