Wingra Creek Cleanup
Take a Stake in Our Waters, Wingra Creek Clean Up Both paddlers and walkers are invited to help clean up Wingra Creek. Sponsored by Friends of Lake Wingra, Strand Associates, …
CMC Rain garden project workday
From Laura Green at the Catholic Multicultural Center: There’s a bit more work to be done: We are having one last, major work session to complete building the rain garden. …
FoLW at Jazz in the Park
Come visit us at Jazz in the Park- Saturday, June 14, Wingra Park 3:00-6:00 More details to come!
SW Bike Path Stewardship
Lake Wingra water quality is severely degraded by nutrient-containing soils and sediment that enter the Lake via the City of Madison storm water drains. Three storm drains discharge into Lake …
Construction Site Monitoring
Construction site erosion due to improperly installed/maintained erosion-control measures is a serious problem. Soil that is transported off a construction site as sediment-laden runoff can eventually reach storm sewers which …
Rain Gardens
Homeowners in many parts of the country are catching on to rain gardens – landscaped areas planted to wild flowers and other native vegetation that soak up rain water, mainly …
EMPACT Beach Water Quality Study
FOLW, with partners from the Madison Department of Public Health (MDPH), Madison Information Services, State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH), US Geological Survey (USGS), and the University of Wisconsin Extension, are …
Intensive Street Sweeping Project
FOLW volunteers met with Roger Goodwin, Director of the City of Madison Streets Department, twice to discuss the possibility of extending the City’s intensive street sweeping program to one or …
Windows on Wingra
Windows on Wingra (WOW) is an ongoing series of seasonal events that provides opportunities for members of the watershed community to learn about and contribute to the health of Lake …