Vernon County aims to strengthen community sustainability and reduce flood risk through practical conservation education and outreach. This 2026 Sustainability and Conservation Education and Outreach Plan responds to this goal and is intended to narrow the gap between technical conservation priorities and community level understanding and action by using a more active, partnership-oriented approach to […]
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Measuring runoff from agricultural fields can inform conservation practices that prevent erosion, harm to the environment, and economic fallout. Engineering students built a runoff monitor prototype using a water sensor that measures the height of the liquid in which it is immersed. […]
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To support flood mitigation efforts in Vernon County, a group of engineering students built a stream height measuring device prototype that is affordable and easy to replicate on a large scale. This tool can measure the height of a water source, transit data from a sensor into a microprocessor, and then output the data into […]
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