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Reporter for The Capital Times.

Box elders are removed from the banks of the Pleasant Valley Branch during a volunteer work day coordinated by Southern Wisconsin Trout Unlimited in March. The roots of the native tree are weak, allowing the stream bank to more easily fall into the water and disrupt fish habitat.
Posted inEnvironment, Murky Waters, Water Watch Wisconsin

Landowners, volunteers unite to clean up ‘impaired’ waters

by Jessica VanEgeren May 14th, 2014June 20th, 2014 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org

Efforts to clean up lakes Mendota, Monona, Kegonsa and Waubesa are employing conservation practices that originated in Dane County back in the 1970s — just on steroids.

Posted inEnvironment, Murky Waters, Water Watch Wisconsin

Case study: How one developer plans to curb runoff into Madison’s lakes

by Jessica VanEgeren May 7th, 2014June 20th, 2014
These seedlings are an example of the digester's potential to spawn side businesses. They are being grown by UW-Madison graduate student Brian Zimmerman and Madison resident Taylor Jacque, in a greenhouse powered by the waste heat from the community digester near Waunakee.
Posted inEnvironment, Murky Waters, Water Watch Wisconsin

How to make a digester profitable: Veggies and poker chips

by Jessica VanEgeren April 30th, 2014June 20th, 2014
The community digester located near Waunakee is the stateÕs first to process manure from more than one farm. Roughly 100,00 gallons of manure from 2,400 cows on three nearby farms is pumped daily through underground pipes to the digester. Its purpose is to keep phosphorus from polluting the Yahara watershed.
Posted inEnvironment, Murky Waters, Water Watch Wisconsin

Manure digesters seen as best hope for curbing lake pollution, but drawbacks remain

by Jessica VanEgeren April 30th, 2014July 3rd, 2019

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