Welcome to MyLakeWingra.org... the living, breathing, environmentally growing Lake Wingra in Madison, Wisconsin ...
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Lake Wingra Located within a largely urban watershed, Lake Wingra provides a recreational (and often spiritual) retreat for people, as well as extensive natural habitats for diverse biological communities. But the urban environment and associated large public use create unique challenges in managing the lake to protect and enhance it as a healthy ecosystem. A community organization, Friends of Lake Wingra, was formed in 1998 with the mission to “promote a healthy Lake Wingra through an active watershed community.” I compiled existing information from a variety of sources on plant and animal species that live in and around Lake Wingra in order to provide a framework for using biodiversity as an indicator of ecosystem health. I organized this information into an online interactive field guide to Lake Wingra (http://mylakewingra.org) to serve as an educational tool as well as a foundation for organizing ongoing biodiversity research on the lake and its watershed. This online guide, which is designed to be updated and expanded as new information is available, currently provides species names and photos for 25 species of birds, 27 fishes, 9 aquatic insects, 8 mammals, 27 aquatic plants, 97 trees, and 19 zooplankton. This project was made possible with the help of the Edgewood College Ebben Fund student grant for research. <<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>
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