Exploring the Challenges of the Yahara Lakes
Spring 2010
January 26 -- North Mendota Parkway: Urbanization and Water Quality Issues
- Brian Standing, Senior Planner, Dane County Planning and Development; Presentation (PDF)
Panel Discussion
- Eileen Bruskewitz, Dane County Board of Supervisors; Presentation (PDF)
- Don Hoffman, Board Chair, Town of Springfield
- Eileen Kelly, Planning Director, City of Middleton
- Kenneth Potter, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Chair, Water Resources Management Program
February 16 -- Agricultural Sustainability in the Yahara Watershed
- Gordon Stevenson, Runoff Management Section Chief, Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources; Presentation (PDF)
- Patrick Sutter, Dane County Conservationist; Presentation (PDF)
- Laura Ward Good, Wisconsin Phosphorus Index Project Coordinator, UW-Madison Department of Soil Science; Presentation (PDF)
- John Welch, Dane County Recycling Manager; Presentation (PDF)
February 23 -- Yahara CLEAN: Partnering to Improve Water Quality in the Yahara Lakes
- Susan Jones, Watershed Management Coordinator, Office of Lakes and Watersheds, Dane County Land and Water Resources Department; Presentation (PDF)
- Richard Lathrop, Research Limnologist, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Presentation (PDF)
- Rob Montgomery, Montgomery and Associates; Presentation (PDF)
- John Panuska, UW-Madison Biological Systems Engineering; Presentation (PDF)
- Susan Josheff, Basin Supervisor, Water Division, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Presentation (PDF)
March 9 -- Public Health Issues in the Yahara Lakes
- Mark Werner, Wisconsin Department of Health Services; Presentation (PDF)
- Jon Standridge, former public health microbiologist (retired) with the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene; Presentation (PDF)
March 23 -- Controlling and Preventing Invasive Species in the Yahara Lakes
- Jake Vander Zanden, Associate Professor, Center for Limnology and Departent of Zoology, UW-Madison; Presentation (PDF)
- Ron Martin, Office of Lakes and Watersheds, Dane County Land and Water Resources Department; Presentation (PDF)
April 6 -- Water Levels in the Upper Yahara Lakes: Surface and Groundwater Influences
- Kenneth Potter, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Chair, Water Resources Management Program; Presentation (PDF)
- Jeremy Balousek, Urban Conservation Engineer, Dane County Office of Land and Water Resources; Presentation (PDF)
- Sue Josheff, Basin Supervisor, Division of Water, Wisconsin Dept of Natural Resources; Presentation (PDF)
- Peter Hughes, Assistant Center Director, Wisconsin Water Science Center, US Geological Survey; Presentation (PDF)
April 27 -- Managing Water Levels in the Yahara Lakes
- Megan Correll, Attorney, Bureau of Legal Services, Wisconsin Dept of Natural Resources; Presentation (PDF)
- Kevin Connors, Director, Dane County Land & Water Resources Department; Presentation (PDF)
- Ken Johnson, Water Programs Supervisor, South Central Region, Wisconsin Dept of Natural Resources; Presentation (PDF)
May 4 -- Sharing a Vision for the Future of the Yahara Lakes: Citizens Making a Difference
- Jim Welsh, Director, Natural Heritage Land Trust; Presentation (PDF)
- Don Hammes, Chair of the Wetlands Committee, Wisconsin Wildlife Federation and Advisor to the Friends of Cherokee Marsh
- Jim Lorman, Chair, Friends of Lake Wingra and Professor, Edgewood College; Presentation (PDF)
- Yahara Partnership Framework (PDF)