Perhaps we will be able to have similar maps soon for the Mukwonago River Watershed. Milwaukee Riverkeeper. These maps can be viewed using Google Maps or Google Earth and are a very powerful tool for identifying watersheds and the things within them. Know your watershed. Map your watershed. Participate in your watershed.
Thank you to Craig Helker for this story about the Mukwonago River in the December Bay View Compass. Craig is a water resources biologist for the Wisconsin Department of Resources. Tom Slawski, SEWRPC, principal author of the Mukwonago River Watershed Protection Plan, enumerates why the Mukwonago has remained so pristine, “There are limited numbers of Read more about Mukwonago River a Hidden Ecological Gem[…]
We have contracted with Cynthia Holt as the Friends’ Watershed Coordinator for the next six months. She will assist the Friends’ board in performing the tasks and deliverables under our River Protection and River Alliance Organizational grants. We are moving forward with many aspects of the organizational planning process and the infrastructure necessities to grow Read more about Cynthia Holt is our Watershed Coordinator[…]
Iowa has lost more than 90 percent of its original 6 million acres of wetlands. As a result, the state’s water quality, wildlife populations and residents have suffered. Ducks Unlimited supported this amendment to create a dedicated and constitutionally protected Natural Resources Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund. As an Iowan pointed out Tuesday: The west side Read more about Iowans voted Tuesday to raise taxes for conservation priorities.[…]
TNC’s $28M for Wisconsin conservation. Part of this money came from a land donation in Eagle by Newell and Ann Meyer, in the headwaters. “The land also contains springs that feed the Mukwonago River and is a habitat for sand hill cranes and other bird species. It’s also home to no fewer than 59 species Read more about Milwaukee Magazine on TNC’s $28M[…]
Friends’ partner TNC does wonderful work in the Mukwonago River Watershed. Some of this generosity came from local watershed folks, Newell and Ann Meyer with a land donation.
It has been released! Mukwonago River Watershed Protection Plan
Thank you to those who have already responded to our position need.
As landowners see the value in the preservation of their stewardship in perpetuity, they turn to land trusts to care for the land. A rise in the numbers of land trusts is changing the landscape.
The Friends of the Mukwonago River, a grassroots non-profit organization located in the Mukwonago area in Southeastern Wisconsin, seeks to fill a limited-term, part-time watershed coordinator role to assist its Board of Directors in: growing our organization, increasing its effectiveness, facilitating watershed protection and restoration projects, improving our funding base, reaching out to the community Read more about The Friends are seeking a Watershed Coordinator[…]
The International Day of Peace, observed each year on 21 September, is a global call for ceasefire and non-violence. This year the Secretary-General is calling on governments and citizens to focus on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. A wiki how to live in peace.
Along with its environmental degradation, stormwater issues, long commutes, suburban sprawl has fragmented our sense of community. Has it made us unable to trust? Have we lost social capital and replaced that with facebook and other social media? Wow!