Photo caption: A female lance-tipped darner ovipositing (laying an egg) into a grass stem adjacent to Grassman Pond – this grass will go dormant and fall into the water allowing the egg to hatch and…
Each summer, the City of Madison Engineering Division has a Communications Public Information Officer intern. In 2023, Alli Kohlstadt, a civil engineering student at University of Wisconsin-Platteville shared her perspective on the Engineering…
The City of Madison is proud member of Wisconsin Salt Wise, also a founding member of the statewide group that encourages limited salt use to help our area waterways. This week is National Winter Salt Awareness Week (Jan. 22-26, 2024), so …
Written by: Engineering Conservation CrewContrary to its common name, aromatic aster flowers have no distinct aroma, however crushing up their leaves will create a balsam-like smell! This is one of the last aster species to bloom in the fall. Some…