BY SUSAN SWANSON, DIRECTOR, STATE GEOLOGIST WISCONSIN GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY & UW-MADISON DIVISION OF EXTENSION
Frederick’s Spring at Pheasant Branch Conservancy
The Greater Madison Area is well known for its lakes, but the region is also rich with springs, where shallow groundwater naturally flows to the surface. The Yahara lakes and the broad wetlands that surround them, such as Cherokee Marsh or the Waubesa Wetlands, are also partly fed by groundwater. But in a spring, the groundwater emerges in a concentrated, visible form, often lifting and suspending sand from the bottom of a pool, flowing from a fracture in a rock outcrop, or even creating a stream depending on the volume of water.
Date: Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 Time: 7 – 8 a.m. coffee and conversation, 8 – 9:30 a.m. breakfast and program Location: Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center (1 John Nolen Dr., Madison)
Please join us for our Clean Lakes Community Breakfast on Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023! We will continue the tradition of bringing together our watershed’s premier scientists, business and organizational leaders, heads of government, and officials from the Ho-Chunk Nation to learn more about the lakes (originally known as Teejop) and new opportunities for continued collaboration and progress.
Clean Lakes Alliance and its fellow Yahara CLEAN Compact members will highlight the latest science and Renew the Blue stakeholder guidance that will direct future cleanup actions.
About our keynote speaker
Samantha Skenandore is a Federal Indian and Tribal Law-experienced attorney for Quarles, and an enrolled member of the Ho-Chunk Nation. She previously served as an elected Associate Justice for the Ho-Chunk Nation Supreme Court. As a rights-of-nature proponent, she supports advocating for laws that protect land and water.
Thank you sponsors!
Presented by: Foley and Lardner LLP Major sponsors: Alliant Energy, CG Schmidt, Lands’ End, Hovde Properties, Johnson Financial Group, Madison Gas and Electric, UW Health, WKOW 27 News
