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 […]
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Friends of Lake Wingra receives – Besadny Grant!
Besadny Check presentation at Wingra Park (L to R): Susan Frett, Friends of Lake Wingra Volunteer Coordinator; Ben Yahr, Friends of Lake Wingra Board Chair; Barb Roeber, daughter of Buzz
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Badger Volunteers & Friends of Lake Wingra
This fall, Friends of Lake Wingra has made some great new friends, the Badger Volunteers! Badger Volunteers is a program organized by the Morgridge Center for Public Service at UW.
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Rake your leaves out of the street!
Friends of Lake Wingra asks you to do your part for Lake Wingra this fall and rake your leaves out of the street. Fall is a beautiful time in Wisconsin,
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Greening of the Monroe Street Festival
This year the Monroe Street festival had a “green” theme. This was an effort by Friends of Lake Wingra, Wisconsin Environmental Initiative and the Edgewood College Sustainability Leadership program and
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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
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Lake Wingra Watershed Leaf Pilot – Year 2
Fall is just around the corner and that means it is time to start thinking about how to manage all the leaves that fall around the watershed. Did you know
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Monarchs and Milkweed at Science Thursday
Last Thursday evening was the last Science Thursday of the season at Wingra Boats. Susan and David presented about Monarch butterflies and Milkweed plants to an enthusiastic group of kids
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Wingra Boats Watershed Plan Presentation
Last Monday evening Friends of Lake Wingra was invited to present the Lake Wingra Watershed Management Plan at Wingra Boats. The plan (which may be
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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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