 Not only are mosquitos pesky parasites that leave itchy bites, they can spread a number of dieases such as West Nile Virus (WNV), Zika, and Encephalitis.
Why did we have so many late season mosquitoes this year? Many of us know mosquito larvae mature and hatch from still water, and we expect them in early summer. Join Lorre Kolb, University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, as she interviews PJ Liesch, Extension entomologist, Insect Diagnostic Lab. You'll learn about the "Floodwater Mosquito", our pesky late season neighbor that's kept us itching and scratching so late in the season;
Interview: The end of mosquito season?
West Nile virus (WNV) is an arbovirus that is transmitted by a bite of an infected mosquito. An estimated 80% of people infected by WNV never experience symptoms. Most of the remaining 20% will experience relatively mild illness, with symptoms such as fever, headache, muscle pains, a skin rash, swollen lymph nodes, and photophobia. Less than one percent (approximately one of every 150 people) infected with WNV become seriously ill. Severe symptoms include a sudden onset of a high fever, neck stiffness, extreme muscle weakness, tremors, convulsions, or disorientation.
In nature, mosquitoes become infected with WNV by feeding on infected birds and can transmit the virus to other animals, birds, and humans. The Wisconsin Division of Public Health monitors dead birds for WNV as an early warning system to indicate that the virus may be present in an area. For more information...
Stormwater retention ponds have received much press of late regarding their potential as breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Concerned parties are raising questions about whether the benefits of these ponds are worth the potential risks associated with mosquitoes that rely on water for hatching grounds. The answer usually depends on the type of pond and how well it is managed. The following resources provide additional information on stormwater management and mosquitoes;
Members
of the agriculture community are invited to participate in Farmers For Lake
Country's 3rd Annual Field Technology Day on Tuesday, October 16, 2018, from
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. The FREE event, which will be held rain or shine,
features a complimentary lunch provided by event sponsors. For the first
time, programming will be presented at the Heiliger Huegel Ski Club located at
5482 WI-167 in Hubertus, Wisconsin.
The
theme of this year's event is, "Cover Crop/No-Till - A Systematic Way of
Farming." A morning session on this topic will be presented by Derek
Van De Hey of New Horizons Farm of Brown County and the afternoon talk will be
given by Tony Peirick of T&R Dairy of Watertown. In addition, demonstrations
on pollinator crops and helicopter aerial seeding of cover crops will be
featured throughout the morning.
Advance
registration is requested. For more information and to register, please
contact Tall Pines Conservancy at 262-369-0500, visit www.farmersforlakecountry.org
or e-mail tom@tallpinesconservancy.org.
Doug, Dan, and Dave Rebout are the three brothers who
make up Roger Rebout and Sons Farm, a 4,000 acre corn and
soybean operation just outside of Janesville. They also have a
small dairy and raise around 200 Holstein steers annually on a
multi-faceted farm they inherited from their father and now
share with their sons.
In 2014, the Rebouts partnered with University of WisconsinDiscovery
Farms to become the first operation in Discovery
Farms’ southeast core cluster.
As part of this collaboration, NRCS provided financial assistance
through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program
(EQIP) to install edge-of-field monitoring in paired watersheds
on two Rebout farm fields.
Learn more about their trials and successes.
Madison,
Wis. – September 27, 2018 – Farmers and forest landowners will
want to plan ahead and sign up early for USDA conservation funding. Angela
Biggs, USDA−Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) State Conservationist
in Wisconsin, announced farmers and forest landowners interested in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
need to apply by November 16, 2018, for funding in 2019. Applications are being
taken at all USDA Service Centers in Wisconsin.
EQIP is the primary program
available to farmers for farm and woodland conservation work, offering payments
for over 110 basic conservation practices. Last year, Wisconsin received over
$35 million in funds for EQIP practices.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is releasing a set of standard indicators and associated laboratory procedures to assess soil health. These measures – recommended through a multi-organizational collaboration among soil health experts in the federal, university, public and private sectors – are being developed to improve conservation planning and implementation across the United States.
Review and comment on the draft Technical Note in the Federal Register by December 13, 2018. Learn more about the basic principles of soil health on the NRCS website.
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Dr. Tamlin Pavelski, University of North Carolina, the WI DNR, and citizen scientists around
the world are conducting research for NASA using satellites to read lake
levels. By monitoring lake levels using satellites, the Pavelski's team hopes
to look at fluctuating water levels and water storage
capacity on a large scale. find out more about their project
"Citizen Scientists and Satellites" here.
Ken
and Lori Hebbe on Lake Five in Colgate, WI have been monitoring the lake
levels using a water gauge at the end of their dock for the past three years.
Their citizen monitoring will determine a baseline to the fluctuating
water levels and act as a reference point for future studies. Lake Five is
one of the 24 monitored lakes in Wisconsin.
Beyond
Wisconsin, the three-year project will include over 200 lakes in Minnesota,
Washington, New England, Bangladesh, France, India, and Pakistan.
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Bark Lake is a 65 acre lake located in Washington County. It has
a maximum depth of 34 feet. Fish include Panfish, Largemouth Bass, Northern
Pike and Walleye. The lake's water clarity is low due to high tannin content.
Bark Lake forms the headwaters of the Bark River in Washington
County, which flows southwest through Waukesha County and ultimately joins
the Rock River in Jefferson County. The lake's watershed is about 3,400 acres
with about half of that being under urban land uses. The Bark Lake boat launch is located
at 819 E Shore Drive, Hubertus, WI, 53033
While
serving as a popular recreational lake with fascinating native species
like American lotus, the lake is home to a number of invasive species
including curly-leaf pondweed, Eurasian water-milfoil, purple loosestrife,
and spiny naiad.
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The City of Madison is hosting Winter Salt Certification Trainings this fall. Join
managers, applicators and others involved in the world of winter maintenance to
learn about simple practices that can save you time, budget and protect our
waters.
All trainings meet the
requirement for the City
of Madison Winter Salt Certification Program, including the new
organizational certification. Winter maintenance businesses aspiring to
become certified organizations should confirm that at least 30% of field staff
who conduct winter maintenance activities have been to training. Additionally,
businesses should prepare to track salt use during the 2018/2019 winter season.
For more information on the organization certification and program
requirements, visit https://www.cityofmadison.com/live-work/sustainability/winter-salt-certification/get-certified.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources encourages you to participate in our Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit program questionnaire. The department will use the collected information to draft the next general permit in accordance with applicable state and federal MS4 permit standards. Participation in the questionnaire is voluntary. The department invites permittees, regional storm water groups, consultants, and others interested in the MS4 general permit to participate in the questionnaire. It will close on October 5, 2018.
Access the questionnaire here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WIDNR_MS4Permit
Urban
Nonpoint Source & Storm Water (UNPS&SW) Management Program Planning
Grant Application Instructions
Final guidance relating to storm water is now available on the Proposed DNR Program
Guidance web page. The Department received no comments on the proposed
guidance during the 21-day public notice period.
This guidance document replaces the previous version of the Urban Nonpoint
Source & Storm Water (UNPS&SW) Program Planning Grant Application
Instructions. The updates were made to address feedback from grantees and their
consultants, to clarify common questions and scoring criteria, and to make the
application and instructions more user-friendly.
These application instructions together with the revised UNPS-Planning
application form 8700-299a will posted on the DNR’s Urban
Nonpoint Source and Storm Water Management Grant Program web page on
January 15, 2019.
Draft guidance concerning storm water is now available for review and comment on the Proposed DNR Program Guidance web page. "Non-Channel Erosion Mat – Technical Standard 1052” and "Channel Erosion Mat – Technical Standard 1053” are open for comment until October 9, 2018.
The proposed changes to "Non-Channel Erosion Mat – Technical Standard 1052” and "Channel Erosion Mat – Technical Standard 1053” include minor updating of formatting, references, and terminology.
The Department is soliciting comments from the public on this draft guidance. Once the 21 day notice period is complete, all comments will be considered by the Department. After considering all public comments, revisions may be made to the guidance document and final guidance will be made available to internal and external stakeholders. Comments related to this draft guidance document should be sent to: DNRTechnicalStandards@Wisconsin.gov.
Draft guidance concerning storm water is now available for review and comment on the Proposed DNR Program Guidance web page. "Modeling Post-Construction Storm Water Management Treatment” guidance is open for comment until October 3, 2018.
The proposed “Modeling Post-Construction Storm Water Management Treatment” guidance has been updated. As models and technical standards get updated so does the need for associated modeling guidance, which was last updated in May 2015. The updates include making the guidance consistent with the recent updated technical standards (e.g. vegetated swale and permeable pavement), expanding the guidance to clarify how to model certain conditions using WinSLAMM, and treatment credit using WinSLAMM for a storm water pond with an outlet on its bottom (i.e., dry pond).
The Department is soliciting comments from the public on this draft guidance. Once the 21-day notice period is complete, all comments will be considered by the Department. After considering all public comments, revisions may be made to the guidance documents and final guidance will be made available to internal and external stakeholders. Comments related to this draft guidance document should be sent to: DNRGUIDANCEDOCUMENTS@Wisconsin.gov. Please indicate in the subject line which guidance the comments pertain to.
A recording of the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Program Updates Webinar is now available on the Department of Natural Resources’ Municipal Storm Water Permits web page. Held on September 12, 2018, the webinar provided a statewide summary of 2017 MS4 annual reports and proposed MS4 general permit revisions relating to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Remand and eReporting Rules.
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The WWOA Board of Directors cordially invites you to the 52nd Annual WWOA Conference, October 16 through October 19, 2018.
We are at a new venue this year, the Grand Geneva Resort in Lake Geneva, WI. The Conference Program is full of exciting information
on what will prove to be a great conference.
Tuesday starts the fun with an array of activities.
- Golf Outing and Sporting Clays Events along with the Bicycle Ride
- Two Pre-Conference Workshops taught by the WDNR
- Meet and Greet with cook-out and refreshments
- Conference Program
2018 Annual Conference Hotel Reservations are now OPEN
October 16 - October 19, 2018, Grand Geneva Resort. For more information on Room Rates,
Click Here
7036 Grand Geneva Way, Lake Geneva, WI 53147
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