The Wingra Watershed

1. Landscape and land use

Trees on Edgewood campus

Salt use and soil pollution (Sapon & Zellner 2006)

2. Climate and weather

Weather and urban heat islands (Budd, Davis, McMeen, Shafer)
Edgewood Campus heat island 2003-2004 student study (Giesfeldt)
Edgewood College campus heat island effect (Haines & Markgraf 2009)

3. People

Neighborhoods

4. Energy and Transportation

Lighting and light pollution
Edgewood campus tansportation ((Cremin and Hartog 2004)

Campus vehicle emissions (Braatz, Berndt, Schumaker, and Kittoe 2004)

Mazzuchelli energy use (2004-05 student study)

Mazzuchelli energy use (Krause & Rickleman 2006)
Campus lighting (Januchowski, Lohaus, McDonnell 2006)
Carbon footprint of transportation of the Edgewood College community (Majewski, 
       Pulvermacher, Helscher 2009)

5. Food

Tomatoes: local versus industrial (Collins 2005)

Community gardens (Ough and Young 2006)

6. Recycling

Edgewood campus recycling (Eddington, Hensgen, Pagel, Zimmer 2005)

Edgewood campus recycling (Enzler, Fischer, Teale 2006)

Edgewood campus recycling (Abel, Clum, Gluzinski, Stephens 2006)

 

Edgewood campus recycling (Accola, Conlin, Harris 2006)

Useful Resources
Friends of Lake Wingra
Madison and Midwest U.S. weather information
University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum
U.S. Geological Survey "Science in Your Watershed"
U.S. Geological Survey - Water Resources in Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Limnology
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey