Floating docks at Grand Crossing Park in Monona are mired in the muck of the Yahara River due to low water levels. A lack of ...

Due to the lake being located by the University of Wisconsin, researchers and people in general have always paid a lot of attention to Lake Mendota compared to other lakes, Skwirut said. “One of the ...

Recently thawed Lake Mendota has become home to migrating swans, ducks and geese. Their yearly return marks the beginning of the nesting season and provides cultivation benefits to the lake ecosystem, ...

We examine change in Lake Mendota (Madison, Wisconsin) over the last two centuries by pairing analyses of a sedimentary archive with the site’s > 100 yr limnological record. We show that ...

you'll be able to take advantage of some uniquely Midwestern activities like ice fishing on Lake Mendota. Winter hiking at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum and ice skating at The ...

Divers and researchers have now identified up to 11 ancient canoes in Lake Mendota, or Tee Waksikhominak, the Wisconsin Historical Society announced in a press release on Thursday. "What we ...

One of the star attractions of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus ... Open since Oct. 5, 1928, and perched on the shores of Lake Mendota, the union is perhaps best known for its terrace ...