Small landscape changes can mean big freshwater gains

Gardner Marsh at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum is pictured in an aerial view during an autumn sunset on Oct. 5, 2011. On the horizon is the UW-Madison campus and downtown Madison skyline. The photograph was made from a helicopter looking northeast. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)
Gardner Marsh at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum is pictured in an aerial view during an autumn sunset on Oct. 5, 2011. On the horizon is the UW-Madison campus and downtown Madison skyline. The photograph was made from a helicopter looking northeast. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)

University of Wisconsin study finds that small adjustments in agricultural and “working” landscapes can have large benefits in improving water quality.