A hallmark of Yahara WINS is challenging the status quo. The project’s structure of watershed adaptive management allows for creativity and flexibility in how we approach water quality challenges, which are becoming increasingly vital in the face of a changing climate. Lessons from these projects are expanding the options we can use to protect our rivers and streams.
Mike Gilbertson and Martye Griffin joined Erin Houghton at NEW Water in Green Bay to share how “Wisconsin utilities and farmers work together to improve water quality” on The Clean Water Pod, a podcast hosted by Jeff Berckes of New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission. Erin talked about watershed management for the Fox River,
The origins of a collaboration between Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District and Rock River Coalition and an illumination of their successes.
A record number of farmers in the watershed signed up for cost-share for conservation practices through Yahara Pride Farms (YPF) in 2020, which receives funding from Yahara WINS.
WINS innovation grant study finds that aeration of beef cattle manure reduces the phosphorus content of liquid manure by 90%.
This project involved the use of a farm implement called a roller crimper to streamline the transition between cash crops and cover crops.
A project funded with a Yahara WINS grant tested out a method for mitigating phosphorus in urban stormwater retention basins. Many practices in Yahara WINS are focused on preventing phosphorus from entering water bodies, but once phosphorus has already made it into a waterway, it can keep fueling algae growth unless removed or transformed. In