Life under the Ice

(Ho-Nee-Um Pond in Winter – photo by Richard Hurd) by Rex Merrill Anyone can walk on water, as long as it’s frozen. The real miracle is how the molecular structure of water makes life possible. The polar structure of water molecules allows them to stick together as a liquid over the wide range of temperatures

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Greening Monroe Street

Friends of Lake Wingra has been working with Wisconsin Environmental Initiative, Edgewood College Sustainability Leadership Program and other partners over the last few months on a plan to implement some tactical urbanism style ideas on Monroe Street during this year’s Monroe Street Festival which is October 10th from 10am-5pm. What is tactical urbanism?  It is

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