Native plants support our birds, bees, and butterflies. Plants that are native to southern Wisconsin are adapted to our local climate and soils, so they thrive with less babying than many other garden plants. Because of Covid-19, we will not have a sale in the big tent this year. Order native trees, shrubs, ferns, grasses, […]
Indigenous Perspectives on the Rights of Nature
“We have to take care of all of creation because it is us.” That’s Simone Senogles, who was arrested earlier this week for protesting Line 3, a pipeline expansion proposed by Enbridge to bring nearly a million barrels of tar sands per day from Alberta, Canada to Superior, Wisconsin. Today, Simone and Casey Camp-Horinek join […]
Wisconsin DNR Closes 40 State Parks
Photo by Kyle Glenn on Unsplash. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will close forty parks and outdoor recreation areas throughout Wisconsin, mostly in the southern part of the state. The change takes effect tomorrow. Since Governor Tony Evers issued his Stay-At-Home order late last month, Wisconsin’s parks have served as a way […]
Yahara Lakes 101: Suck the Muck at Token Creek
Dane County’s “Suck the Muck” project has received a lot of exciting attention over the past year for their legacy sediment removal in Dorn Creek where they have removed three to four feet of sediment since 2016. Now on the second phase of the project, Dane County will begin the program in Token Creek. In […]
Nature Photography Workshop at Pope Farm Conservancy
Join us for a late-summer photography workshop at Pope Farm Conservancy! Our photography partners from PhotoMidwest will be at the conservancy to provide tips and advice on taking great nature photos. We’ll learn how to capture the beauty of late summer in the early morning light. The prairies and oak savanna will be at their […]
Yahara Lakes 101 with Claire Gervais, MD
At Clean Lakes Alliance, we believe that healthy lakes will lead to a healthy community. But what are the real health implications of poor water quality? In this month’s Yahara Lakes 101 talk, we’ll hear from Claire Gervais, MD about pollutants commonly found in runoff and their health risks to the community. The presentation will […]
