Paddling evening on Lake Wingra
We had our first social event for the summer on Thursday evening June 25th. The board of Friends of Lake Wingra and a few family members and past board members […]
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Busy month for Friends of Lake Wingra!
June has been a busy month for us around the Wingra Watershed! We started off the month by participating in the Annual Wingra Creek Cleanup. Thanks to our advisor David
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Rainy but Fun Jazz in the Park
Last Saturday was the 24th annual Jazz in the Park event at Wingra Park. Friends of Lake Wingra participated by setting up a tent where curious attendees could check out
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Successful Rain Garden Promotion Effort!
One of our watershed residents, Liz McBride, recently took up the cause of promoting the installation of rain gardens during a recent street reconstruction process. Liz learned that the City
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Earth Week Events in the Lake Wingra Watershed
There are some great opportunities to help out throughout the Lake Wingra Watershed for Earthweek! Wednesday April 22 5-7 pm Cleanup of Odana Rain Garden and surrounding woods. This location
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LA 451 Open Space Planning & Design Projects
The students from Sam Dennis & Kate Braun’s Landscape Architecture 451 “Open Space Planning and Design” class have created some really interesting designs for redesigning Monroe Street as a Green
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13th District Alder Forum Workshop – Monroe Street Reconstruction
Last week Friends of Lake Wingra and the Edgewood College Sustainability Leadership Program co-hosted an interactive forum where attendees got to meet and interact with the candidates (Sara Eskrich &
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New Volunteer Coordinator
Hi! My name is Susan and I am the new Volunteer Coordinator for Friends of Lake Wingra. I am also a graduate student in the new Environmental Conservation Professional
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Protect the Complete Streets Law
Among the cuts proposed in the recently revealed budget for the next two years in Wisconsin is a complete repeal of the state’s “Complete Streets” law. This law currently works
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2015 Grants!
Friends of Lake Wingra is pleased to announce … We are offering grants of up to $4,000 for construction of a stormwater management features at schools, place of worship, or