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Dane County plans to spend $750,000 this year to test out paying farmers to plant cover crops in an attempt to curb runoff from heavy rains and snowmelt.
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Read More »Dunn County group aims to slow watershed’s fertilizer runoff
A coalition of farmers, conservation groups and others in Dunn County is working to improve the water quality in a watershed encompassing 1,900 square miles in Wisconsin.
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Read More »Fox Cities investing in urban runoff management (UPDATE)
The proliferation of stormwater ponds over the years has cost taxpayers and developers millions of dollars in the Fox Cities, but officials say they are working as intended.
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Read More »DNR creates new software to track runoff potential
The state Department of Natural Resources has developed new software for identifying terrain susceptible to agricultural runoff.
Read More »Sand mining company to pay $80K for runoff
An Illinois-based sand mining company has agreed to pay an $80,000 fine in response to allegations that it failed to prevent untreated rainwater from running off a mine site in western Wisconsin.
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Read More »EPA releases 5-year plan to improve Great Lakes (UPDATE)
The Obama administration has announced an updated five-year plan for restoring the Great Lakes, calling for accelerated efforts to address toxic pollution, invasive species and farm runoff and restore plant and wildlife habitat.
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Read More »Milwaukee, Racine nab Lake Michigan water quality grants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Milwaukee a $1 million Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant to improve Lake Michigan water quality.
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Read More »Watershed protection goal of pact
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Coca-Cola signed a five-year agreement Friday to restore watersheds that have been damaged or altered by development, wildfires and agriculture as part of an initiative to slow runoff and replenish groundwater on federal lands.
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Read More »Bills target water runoff efforts
The state in the past 10 years has spent only about a fifth of the estimated $500 million needed to control water runoff from farm fields, construction sites and other areas.
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Read More »Uniform erosion standards not uniformly welcomed
Dane County is in danger of losing authority that for almost 11 years has let it tailor its erosion-control standards to protect resources such as lakes Mendota and Monona and trout streams.
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