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A Greener Madison: Green Infrastructure
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This is a newsletter of ideas about protecting our lakes- and about the wider issues of creating livable cities. It's focused on local issues in Madison, WI, but sometimes spotlights wider concerns. Is about "working with the grain" of natural systems, rather than against it. The old concept for building cities was "grey infrastructure"- where the "grey" refers to concrete, pavement, and other structures that prevent rain from soaking into the ground. But once everything was paved, new problems emerged.
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A Greener Madison: 2011 Plant Dane! Cost-Share Program: Order Now
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This is a newsletter of ideas about protecting our lakes- and about the wider issues of creating livable cities. It's focused on local issues in Madison, WI, but sometimes spotlights wider concerns. Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Cost-Share Program: Order Now. Cost-share program provides native plants. At reduced prices to help you establish rain gardens. Native plantings and prairie restoration. And food for birds. Plants are $1.80 each. Each species ordered must be ordered in multiples of four. Keeping nut...
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A Greener Madison: Clean Water Act Definition of "Waters of the United States"
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This is a newsletter of ideas about protecting our lakes- and about the wider issues of creating livable cities. It's focused on local issues in Madison, WI, but sometimes spotlights wider concerns. Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Clean Water Act Definition of "Waters of the United States". The Obama Administration is committed to protecting waters on which the health of people, the economy and ecosystems depend. There is a 60-day public comment period for the guidance. The above is quoted from the EPA website.
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A Greener Madison
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This is a newsletter of ideas about protecting our lakes- and about the wider issues of creating livable cities. It's focused on local issues in Madison, WI, but sometimes spotlights wider concerns. Monday, May 16, 2011. Today, we learned that Governor Scott Walker intends to issue an Executive Order to completely restructure the DNR in a way that will protect polluters and prevent public input. Of all the attacks we've seen on natural resources so far this session, this one takes the cake – by far.
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Friends of Monona Bay: Beach
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Friends of Monona Bay. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). About Friends of Monona Bay. Photos:"Take a Stake" paddling. Photos: Problems of Bay. Monona Bay Neighborhood Assn. Rain Gardens in Dane Co. Friends of Lake Wingra. Cleanup of shoreline by City. Other blogs about local water issues. Does road salt make winter driving safer? Given the lack of progress since Madison first tried to reduce road salt use, it's time to look for new ways of viewing the problem. As soon as a convers.
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Friends of Monona Bay: Pollution into the bay, weeds out
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Friends of Monona Bay. Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Pollution into the bay, weeds out. Here's a stunning example of the harmful effects of construction site erosion. Construction causes 19% of the phosphorus in our lakes. Phosphorus fertilizes weeds in the lake. Gambling with our lakes. Madison's romantic riverboat. Weed cutting in Monona Bay, July 23, 2013. Where phosphorus in the bay came from. The Ghidorzi construction site on S. Park St. It still looks like this. Muddy pollution leaving the site. And th...
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Odana Pond: The raindrop's journey: A stormwater trail through the Arboretum's west watershed
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About the ponds in the Odana Hills Golf Course, in Madison, Wisconsin. Tuesday, October 29, 2013. The raindrop's journey: A stormwater trail through the Arboretum's west watershed. By David S. Liebl, Chair, UW-Madison. Arboretum Storm Water Committee. Reprinted from NewsLeaf, Dec. 2007. This aerial photo shows one path of storm water runoff (dotted line) through the West Wingra Watershed (solid line). To comply with current storm water regulations requiring new commercial construction to detain and treat...
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Odana Pond: Photo Gallery
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About the ponds in the Odana Hills Golf Course, in Madison, Wisconsin. You can click on a photo to enlarge it. All photos (so far) by David Thompson- submissions wanted! Our banner photo thanks to Craig Wilson. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Conserving our waters- websites. Rain gardens in Dane Co. My Fair Lakes- Dane Co. Friends of Lake Wingra. How water gets to Odana Pond. Click here for slide show. The raindrops journey: A stormwater trail through.
