Beaches in Madison had to close due to toxic algae blooms fewer times last year than they had since at least 2017. That’s because less phosphorus and other pollutants made […]
Road Salt Finding Ways into Madison Lakes
Well we may not be having a white Christmas, but winter in Wisconsin means snow, and snow means salt on the roads. But after the snow melts, all that salt […]
The Yahara CLEAN Compact In Action
Madison’s trademark lakes have suffered in recent years. Swimmers have largely abandoned once-popular beaches, due to thick films of poisonous turquoise slime caused by blooms of blue-green algae. The main […]
Don Sanford, “On Fourth Lake: A Social History of Lake Mendota&#...
The Ho-Chunk called it Wonk-sheek-ho-mik-la, “where the man lies.” In 1834, Surveyor Orson Lyon called it Fourth Lake. We call it Lake Mendota. 9,847 acres, 26 miles of shoreline along […]
