A view of the Jersey Valley flood control dam, which failed in 2018’s record floods. Environmental historian Joshua Nygren looks to Driftless Area dams like this one as a case study to examine the long term impacts of midcentury conservation programs. Sydney...
Photo Credit: A poster for the Coon Creek Community Watershed Council’s May 3rd Coon Creek Confluence. Coon Creek Confluence to celebrate water, conservation, and community by Sydney WidellCoon Creek Community Watershed Council TIMBER COULEE, Wis.– Our third annual...
Photo Credit: Prairie strips bloom in the headwaters of the Bad Axe Watershed. Prairie plantings and other edge of field interventions that help reduce runoff and flooding are among the practices that have historically been supported through Farm Bill programs....
Photo Credit: Joint Council Meeting attendees introduce themselves at the Hill Country Watershed Alliance Joint Council Meeting Feb 18 at the Viroqua Eagles Club. Photo: Sydney Widell, Coon Creek Community Watershed Council Joint Council Meeting Highlights Tools for...
Photo Credit: Carol Nikolaus and Sara Freedman pause next to a willow sapling they planted near the banks ofRulland’s Coulee Creek. Photo: Sydney Widell. New roots on Rulland’s Coulee: Coon Creek farmers are “bringing the land back to life” by Sydney WidellCoon Creek...
Credit: Council member Mike Breckel reads Process, the first zine in the Walking with Water zine collection at the June 2024 Council Meeting. Free copies of Place, the second zine in the series, will be released at our Nov. 6 meeting. Photo Credit: Sydney Widell....
