"Our mission is to optimize opportunities
for sustainable economic growth, healthy communities and a healthy environment
in the Town and Country RC&D area through the support and coordination
of our region's agencies, municipalities and organizations."
May 7th and 8th , 2010
At the Waukesha County Expo Forum Building
The Waukesha County Water Conservation Coalition is excited to
announce that they will be hosting the Southeast Wisconsin Water
and Energy Efficiency Expo May 7th and 8th!
Friday, May 7th will focus on business, commercial, and municipal
efforts, methods, techniques and products that can help promote
the efficient use of water and energy. keynote speaker for Friday
is Richard Meeusen, CEO of Badger Meter.
Saturday, May 8th will focus on residential, and family methods,
efforts, and techniques that can be used to help reduce water
and energy use. Saturday's keynote speaker is gardening expert
Melinda Myers.
This family friendly event will have an all day fun-packed 'kids
zone' for children on Saturday. Children will have the opportunity
to rotate through a series of activities and sessions that will
increase awareness of our groundwater and energy resources. The
festivities of Saturday will include many hands-on activities,
games, and entertainment.
Speakers, presentations, exhibitors, activities and more are
being scheduled to make this expo educational, informative, and
fun.
For EXPO information brochure including tentative agenda, click
here.
For sponsorship and exhibitor application packet, click
here.
ONLINE REGISTRATION: Please note that sponsors, exhibitors, and
registration for Friday can register online by clicking
HERE.
Town and Country RC&D
is participating on the Plan Advisory Committee which is developing
recommendations for communities in our area to better coordinate
their use and protection of our ground and surface water resources
.
To see progress so far, go to the web site of the SE Wisconsin
Regional Planning Commission.
www.sewrpc.org
Our Water Issue Team is part of this group which
works to advance residential, commercial, industrial and municipal
water conservation in Waukesha County and beyond
A
statewide law, Has now been adopted to restrict the use
of excess Phosphorus in lawn fertilizers. Starting in 2010, this
will no longer be on store shelves!! We supported the Wisconsin
Association of Lakes in the passage of this new legislation.
Farms are exempted from these regulations, as are gardens, tree
and shrub applications, and lawn areas where a soil test indicates
that phosphorus is needed in the soil. Also exempted are organic
soil enhancers such as compost that are beneficial for the soil
and naturally low in phosphorus.
Because the storm sewers and roadside ditches in our local communities
feed into our lakes and rivers, this ban is important throughout
our community, not just for lakefront property. As communities
in our area pass these ordinances, we shall turn a patchwork into
a solid blanket of protection for local waters.
The RocK River Coalition has aPowerPoint
presentation available, and if you would like more information
or a presentation to your community, contact Lisa Conley (262)
567-5947
SENSE OF
PLACE PROJECT
(SOP)
River/Lake/Environmental Partnerships, Communications, Schools
in the Milwaukee River, Fox River, Root/Pike Rivers and Rock
River Basins
A Sense of Place Project
Is
a celebration of a community's place in history,
in space, its natural resources and its people.
A Sense of Place Project
Consists of
Existing events, like local festivals, new events,
small or large, held under the SOP theme
Project goals can include:
Deeper engagement of area residents in awareness and protection
of their natural resources.
Building cross-generation awareness and respect by fostering
communication between older and younger people.
Increasing partnering among community organizations, citizens,
businesses, and schools.
Providing a school curriculum that more deeply involves students
in the learning process.
Increasing knowledge of a community’s history and its
cultural and natural resource base.
Building partnerships in the watershed
Contact person:
Ruth Johnson, Rock River Basin Planner, w 920-387-7869/
h 920-349-3055,
Focus: “Coming Home – To the Rock River
and Mayville”
Theme: “How the Rock River and Horicon Marsh affects
you – How you affect the River & the Marsh”
Objectives
Educating area school children and residents about
their place in the watershed and the value of a healthy
lake/river system to their personal and economic health
and quality of life
Including residents in developing objectives, recommendations,
implementing a strategy to protect the river/lake/marsh
watershed system
Partners: DNR, USFWL, Mayville Mainstreet, Mayville
School teachers, Chamber of Commerce, UWEX, Community
Cable, Cultural Waters, Rock River Headwaters, Lake Sinissippi
Assoc. Alan Fuller Professional Singer/song writer
Funding: Various Grants
DNR Lake Planning Grant: $3000
Superior Landfill Funding: ~ $2500
Wisconsin Humanities Grant:~$9000
USFWL Challenge Grant “Year of the Refuge”:
$5000
G. Events in Mayville’s Sense of Place Project
2003 Summer School Classes focused on Sense of Place
(art, writing, videoing interviewing of elders by students,
radio script of Horicon Marsh history. Ended with Sense
of Place Celebration - all summer school kids and parents/participants
Audubon Days: Reprise Sense of Place Celebration and
SOP Project Display/Public Input in Conservation Tent
Area Libraries displayed Art from the SOP project
Story Teller’s Workshop: About 20 people attended/wrote
their river/marsh ‘stories’
H. Products
Publication on Sense of Place (Story Tellers writings;
School art project; historical photos)
Videotape oral histories of community elders
CD of Sense of Place Celebration
Professional Logo
Hands-0n Watershed Model for educational purposes
Publication on Sense of Place: All products included
II. WAUPUN SENSE OF PLACE PROJECT 2004-2006
Focus: “Coming Home – To the Rock River
and Waupun”
Theme: “How the Rock River and Horicon Marsh affect
you – How you affect the River and the Marsh”
Objectives:
Educating area school children and residents about
their place in the watershed and the value of a healthy
lake/river system to their personal and economic health
and quality of life
Including residents in developing objectives, recommendations,
implementing a strategy to protect the river/lake/marsh
watershed system
Partners: Waupun School District; Historical Society,
DNR, USFWL, Cultural Waters
Funding Grants: USFWL ~ $5000 (shared with all 3 communities)
; DNR Lake $3000; Wis Humanities Grant ~$7000 (shared
with all 3 communities)
Events/Projects: Accomplished/Planned
2004 Summer School Classes focused on Sense of Place
(canoeing/art/writing/etc). Ended with Sense of Place
Celebration
Area School-wide Writing contest Public & private
schools and home schooled children
National Truckers Jamboree: Sense of Place Canoe Races
Waupun ‘Volksfest’ festival: Sense of Place
Display at Masonic Temple, included ‘polling’
of area residents on major resource concerns in watershed
DNR Voyager Canoes: All District 5 graders involved
in Education day at the Mill Pond. Education stations:
Water Quality, Journaling; Forestry; Watershed/Horicon
Marsh plus
“Lewis & Clark, the Fur Trade and the Rock River
(Voyager canoe trips)
Story Teller’s Workshop: 12 adults participated
Sense of Place Displays at Area libraries and Historical
Society
Area-wide Video of Rock River/Horicon Marsh and 4 communities
(see Horicon lead below)
Area-wide publication of Rock River/Horicon Marsh and
4 communities (see Horicon lead below)
Area writer and Waupun library, held a ‘student
artist’ contest to help illustrate her new book
“The Marsh King”
III. HORICON SENSE OF PLACE PROJECT 2004-2006
Focus:”Coming Home – To the Rock River
and Horicon”
Theme: How the Rock River and Horicon Marsh affects you
– How you affect the River and the
Marsh”
Objectives:
Educating area school children and residents about
their place in the watershed and the value of a healthy
lake/river system to their personal and economic health
and quality of life
Including residents in developing objectives, recommendations,
implementing a strategy to protect the river/lake/marsh
watershed system
Partners: Community Promotion Organization, Mayor,
DNR, USFWL, Historical Society, Local Cable Committee,
Lake Sinissippi Association
Funding: USFWL(see Waupun above), Wis Humanities Grant
(see above).
Events/Projects, Accomplished/Planned
Area wide Video of Rock River/Horicon Marsh in relationship
to Waupun, Horicon, Hustisford and Mayville
Area wide publication of Rock River/Horicon Marsh in
relationship to Waupun, Horicon and Hustisford
Developing Grade School Curriculum for Sense of Place
Story Teller’s Workshop: 8 adults participated
Fall Pumpkin Fest with Bonfire and Story Telling
Area writer and Horicon library, held a ‘student
artist’ contest to help illustrate her new book
“The Marsh King”
IV. HUSTISFORD SENSE OF PLACE PROJECT 2004-2006
Focus:”Coming Home – To the Rock River
and Hustisford”
Theme: How the Rock River and Lake Sinissippi affects
you – How you affect the River and the
Lake ”
Objectives:
Educating area school children and residents about
their place in the watershed and the value of a healthy
lake/river system to their personal and economic health
and quality of life
Including residents in developing objectives, recommendations,
implementing a strategy to protect the river/lake/marsh
watershed system
Partners: Hustisford Historical Society, Hustisford
School District, DNR, USFWL, Lake Sinissippi Association
Funding: DNR Lake Grant $3000, USFWL (see Waupun above),
Wis Humanities Grant (see above)
Events/Projects, Accomplished/Planned
Elementary School (2004/2005) conducting classes/special
field trips/projects on Sense of Place
Story Teller’s Workshop: 12 adults and 1 child
participated
Area-wide Video of Rock River/Horicon Marsh and 4 communities
(see Horicon lead above)
Area-wide publication of Rock River/Horicon Marsh and
4 communities (see Horicon lead above)
