The Village of Cross Plains will hold a public hearing on proposed changes to its Hillside Overlay Ordinance, which protects bluffs from development.

BECWA founding member Steve Born is being recognized with an Alumni Award from UW-Madison's Nelson Institute. Read his remarkable story of a life devoted to water.

By Michelle Harris & Andy Morton, BECWA Board of Directors On Earth Day, April 22, 2025, BECWA hosted a community Forum on the Health of the Black Earth Creek Watershed at the Wisconsin Heights Middle School Steproom. The Forum was an opportunity to communicate key points of BECWA’s 2024 Watershed Report ( BECWA.org/2024-watershed-report ) as well as to share information on several key watershed-related initiatives and topics. The Forum The 80+ forum attendees included waters

A 480-acre development proposed near Cross Plains has been advancing through approvals, raising concerns about its potential impact on the Festge Springs Complex and the cold-water trout fishery it feeds in Black Earth Creek.