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2002 Monitoring Schedule for Lake Wingra and Wingra Creek
Click here to view water quality data for Lake Wingra or Wingra Creek
At the heart of the Friends of Lake Wingra's mission is the goal of building community through active stewardship of the natural resources in the Wingra Watershed. We see the Friends as a learning organization where knowledge and ideas from many disciplines are brought forth to be shared with our community. We hope you will join us in observing the lake ecosystem, as our trained volunteers lead these citizen monitoring teams. Contact Jenifer Filbert at 347-1427 with any questions regarding FOLW's citizen monitoring events.
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June
15 (Saturday). Meet at 9:00 at the Dam on Wingra creek (where
the lake and creek meet, near St. Mary's).
We'll walk to Quann Park and do a habitat survey along the
creek. When we get to
Quann Park we'll measure Flow, Turbidity, Temperature and maybe also
dissolved oxygen if time allows.
This will take until noon at least.
Canoes are not necessary, although anyone who brings a canoe
could paddle from the dam to Quann to get a different perspective on
habitat. So bringing
canoes is entirely optional, but everyone should bring shoes they
can walk in. THIS WILL
OVERLAP with the Wingra creek cleanup.
So at 9, people can pick which they want to do. Note from Jenifer Filbert - "After 12:00, I plan on eating a picnic lunch (bring your own) and then continue walking the other direction to Olin Park to finish surveying the remainder of the creek. I plan to bring my digital camera to get lots of pictures all along the creek. Anyone who wants to keep walking / paddling the rest after 12:00 can join me." |
| July 6 (Saturday). 9:00 a.m.–noon. Meet at Quann Park at 9 a.m. (canoes not needed). Creek monitoring only. |
| July 19 (Friday). Noon-3:00 p.m. Meet at Wingra boathouse in Wingra Park. Secchi Monitoring on the lake* (water clarity). Creek monitoring to follow at Quann Park from 3-6 p.m. Satellite date. |
| Aug 4 (Sunday). 9:00 a.m.-11:00. Meet at Wingra boathouse. SECCHI monitoring on the lake* (water clarity). Creek monitoring will be done around this date as well - Date and time TBA. Satellite date. |
| Aug 17 (Saturday), 9:00 a.m.-11:00. Meet at Quann Park. Creek monitoring only. |
| Sept 8 (Sunday). 9 a.m.-11:00. Meet at Quann Park. Creek monitoring only. |
| Sept 21 (Saturday). 9a.m.-11:00. Meet at Wingra boathouse. Secchi monitoring only*. Creek monitoring will be done sometime around this date - Date and time TBA. Satellite date. |
Lake monitoring
is done in canoes, and includes monitoring water clarity, color and perception. "Secchi" is the name for the piece of equipment that is used to measure lake water clarity. It is simply a plastic disk painted black and white that we lower into the water on a measured rope until it disappears from sight.
Satellite Dates
| Mon,
June 17 |
Sun,
Aug 4 |
Sat,
Sept 21 |
| Wed,
July 3 |
Tues,
Aug 20 |
Mon,
Oct 7 |
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Fri,
July 19 |
Thurs,
Sept 5 |
Wed,
Oct 23 |
These are dates when the Landsat satellite will be taking pictures of Lake Wingra from outer space. Our data will contribute to a UW Remote Sensing research project on mapping lake characteristics from satellite images. A single Landsat image, centered on the Madison lakes, covers most of south-central Wisconsin and includes approximately 665 lakes.
By collecting field observations on Lake Wingra and some other lakes, we are helping to "calibrate" the satellite's view of the landscape. It is then possible to use the satellite data to estimate the water clarity of the hundreds of other nearby lakes that are not directly sampled.
During the past three years, sampling on Lake Wingra and other selected lakes statewide has helped develop these methods for estimating lake water clarity. While continuing to refine these methods, UW scientists on the project are now testing ways to use the satellite data to monitor otherfactors, such as chlorophyll-a concentration and suspended solids within the lakes.
Contact Jenifer Filbert at 347-1427 with any questions regarding FOLW's citizen monitoring events.