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  1. Situated near the low point of the Lake Wingra watershed, the Arboretum receives millions of gallons of stormwater each year from surrounding neighborhoods and commercial areas. Challenges include erosion, impacts to infrastructure, and pollutants (salt, nutrients, trash, etc.) getting picked up in the stormwater and carried through Arboretum ...

  2. The Arboretum is an extension of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is used by students and researchers focusing on ecological restoration. While it is not a park, thousands of people visit the Arboretum each year to enjoy its seasonal beauty.

  3. January 31, 2021. The University of WisconsinMadison Arboretum is a teaching and research facility of the University of WisconsinMadison and the site of historic research in ecological restoration. In addition to its 1,260 acres (5 km 2) in Madison, Wisconsin (located about four miles from the main campus of the University of Wisconsin ...

  4. The UW Arboretum's Visitor Center (formerly called the McKay Center) is pictured in an aerial view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus during an autumn sunset on Oct. 5, 2011. From foreground to horizon are Curtis Prairie, Longnecker Gardens, Lake Wingra, and the UW-Madison campus and downtown Madison skyline.

  5. The Arboretum began in 1932 when the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents acquired 245 acres on the south shore of Lake Wingra. It was formally dedicated in 1934 and has since grown to 1,260 acres in Madison as well as a number of outlying properties throughout Wisconsin.

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