University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: winter lakes

Help Keep Our Freshwater Fresh! Salt Smarter, Not Harder.

Yesterday, I rounded the corner of the block in my neighborhood and immediately pulled my dog off the sidewalk. Spread out before us was a carpet of chalky white salt crystals stretching across nearly a dozen square panels of concrete. Why was it there? I’m not sure. We’ve had alarmingly little precipitation this year and …