Long summer days are never quite long enough when you live in Wisconsin. Summer days on the lakes pass even more quickly! Donate today to help keep our lakes clean for summers to come.
Lake-O-Gram: Volume V, Issue V
Executive Director of Clean Lakes Alliance, James Tye, featured in In Business magazine
Congratulations to our Executive Director, James Tye, for being selected as one of the top 25 most influential people in Madison by In Business magazine.
Become a Lake Buddy
A Lake Buddy is someone who sponsors a kid or kids participating in our annual lake education programs. We are currently soliciting support for our annual Lake Explorer Camp. There are three options for giving:
$50 (one kid)
$100 (two kids)
$250 (five kids)
Lake-O-Gram: hello June!
Despite the cold start, summer has (unofficially) begun! We’re excited to share a full calendar of ways to engage with the lakes, and give some updates on how we’re making waves in the watershed.
We are also glad to share that, on Friday, the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance voted to restore funding to the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program. This program is important for land acquisitions that are necessary for us to meet our goals in reducing phosphorus runoff to waterways.
5 ways for 5 lakes
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Clean Lakes Alliance (CLA) continues to work on your behalf to achieve healthy lakes, healthy communities in the Yahara watershed. Here’s a snapshot of how we help and how you can join in.
Lake-O-Gram: Get Out, Join In
Happy May!
This month, we invite you to get out and join in. May 5th, May 7th, May 11th, May 12th, May 14th… before the month is half over, there are already FIVE different opportunities to engage with the clean lakes community.
We encourage you to join us on Tuesday, May 5th at Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center for the 4th Annual Save Our Lakes Community Breakfast. At this event, we will release the State of the Lakes Annual Report, which reports on water quality in lakes Mendota, Monona, Waubesa, Kegonsa and Wingra and gives the latest updates on phosphorus reduction in the watershed.
You can meet us at Bernie’s Beach for a clean-up day, say hello at the water@uwmadison symposium, hear some new research at Yahara Lakes 101, or kick back at The Boathouse. Now is also a good time to become a 2015 Friend of Clean Lakes – DONATE TODAY.
Happy May — we hope to see you out there.
Read the May 2015 Lake-O-Gram here.
Shifting drivers: media coverage of challenges to Yahara lakes
You may have seen media coverage of the latest study that has come out of UW-Madison’s Water Sustainability and Climate research group that analyzes the impacts of management efforts to improve water quality in our lakes. This study does not highlight a new setback; rather, it confirms that the very real challenges of climate change, increasing urbanization and increased manure production must be considered in policy-making and strategic planning.
Lake-O-Gram: Volume V, Issue 2
Farmers, agribusinesses, other partners gather to learn about nutrient management, precision ag
The 3rd Annual Watershed-Wide Conference presented by Yahara Pride Farms was a huge success with a full room of over 100 attendees learning about nutrient management and precision agriculture. Read below for highlights from our speakers’ presentations.
Yahara Watershed partners bring in $1.6 million federal grant
MADISON, Wis. (January 2015)
The US Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service awarded $1.6 million to Dane County Land & Water Resources Department. The grant was awarded through a new Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). Clean Lakes Alliance is a partner on the project. Other partners include Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District, Sand County Foundation, UW-Madison, and Yahara WINs.
