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Don’t Judge a Lake by Its Color: Understanding What Water Clarity Really Means Kyungdoe “Doe” Han1,2 1Friends of Lake Wingra, PO Box 45071, Madison, WI 53744 2Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 1415 Engineering Dr., Madison, WI 53706 Most people assume that a crystal-clear, blue lake is the ultimate sign […]

Photo by Lisa Grueneberg Give back to the lake that gives you hours of recreation all summer! Hop on a Wingra Boats canoe or your own watercraft to pick up trash in the lake as part of your Earth Day celebration. Saturday, April 26, 10am-noonWingra Boats, 824 Knickerbocker St. Co-sponsored by the Friends of Lake Wingra

A survey is now available for you to review different concepts for the Vilas Park Master Plan. The survey will ask for your preferences for the location of the shelter, the future of Vilas Park Drive, the layout of parking, playgrounds, lagoon management, and park amenities. You can also share what concepts you think are missing. If you’d

A lot has happened around our watershed this year, both on the surface and behind the scenes. What new things are you most excited about? We completed our second year of frog and toad citizen science monitoring! Our volunteers heard six different species. See when we heard them and how it compares to last year