Check out your loons. Our favorite spring pastime. As you can see from the link and pursuing individual bird migrations Loon # 55480 is currently hanging out at Eagle Lake in SE WI and a number of other birds have left the Gulf of Mexico.
We had a great, informative member meeting on Saturday. Thanks to everyone able to attend and to those unable, we hope you check our web page and Facebook for updates. We will have a table at the Eagle Showcase this Saturday. Come see us.
Today is International World Water Day. Celebrate this day for sustainable management of freshwater resources worldwide.
On March 10, the DNR is inviting comments for your personal vision for the future use of the Mukwonago River Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest during a public workshop. You are invited and encouraged to comment at this meeting. Please attend this very important meeting about your watershed, particulars on the DNR site. Read more about Friends’ Vision for the Mukwonago River Unit[…]
A massive federal study of water use in the Great Lakes Basin points to a looming problem with aquifers that, although far below the surface, are critical sources of water for many communities in Southeastern Wisconsin. These aquifers have fallen hundreds of feet, the study found, in the Milwaukee area and even further in Northeastern Read more about US Geologic Survey studies Great Lakes water budget[…]
Join the fun and include your favorite birds in those counted. What is the GBBC? The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are across the continent. Citizen science, a way for you to Read more about Great Backyard Birdcount This Weekend![…]
A 1000 Friends of Wisconsin survey reveals the dire need for continuing public education about water issues in Wisconsin. See the results in a Journal/Sentinel Op Ed piece by Sweet Water.
Incredible landscape architect interviewed on designing with water in American Society of Landscape Architects. Lecture at UWM February 11, 4:30 pm, Architecture and Urban Planning Building, Lecture Hall 170. Interview with Herbert Dreiseitl on designing with water in The Dirt. Dreiseitl. The Promise Of Water.
A Portland pioneer in the market for renewable energy certificates is taking the same concept to wetland restoration. BEF builds a new model for water offsets. Through the program, the foundation has active water restoration projects in Oregon and Montana. The projects are vetted by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
2010-11 Newsletter See what the Friends of the Mukwonago River has been active with this past year. We have been doing the behind the scenes work to make your organization sustainable over the next 10 years, protecting and enhancing our pristine river system. We are growing the organizational infrastructure, enhancing our member database, doing watershed Read more about The Friends 2010-11 newsletter hot off the presses![…]
Milwaukee show opens Friday, January 28th, 5:00-8:00 pm. Union Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Watershed: Art, Activism, and Community Engagement addresses the shifting ecological and political dimensions of water. Check out this exhibition.
Article from the Harvard Business Review suggests that it’s a resource that very few of us think actively about managing. Maybe we need to. Andrew Winston and Will Sarni suggest businesses ask themselves about their relationship with water.