Category: Healthy Ecosystems
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					Posted on October 21, 2025 
					What is the worth of clean water?The village of Walton, New York, faced a daunting task in 1972: It had to build a $5.8 million wastewater treatment plant with an annual […] 
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					Journals that informed Aldo Leopold’s ‘A Sand County Almanac’ are now more accessibleIt’s a rare opportunity for the public to glimpse the original, handwritten notes and journals of an influential environmentalist, let alone one as renowned as Aldo […] 
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					Posted on October 17, 2025 
					CALS scientists further the legacy of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation 100 years after its foundingHector DeLuca left his mark on the UW–Madison campus — literally. The professor emerit and former chair of biochemistry has three buildings that bear his name, […] 
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					Posted on October 8, 2025 
					A UW study, backed by citizen science, uncovers the reasons birds make so many different soundsBirds make sounds to communicate, whether to find a potential mate, ward off predators, or just sing for pleasure. But the conditions that contribute to […] 
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					Posted on September 30, 2025 
					Antibiotic pollution could accelerate amphibian decline by turning a potential solution into a threatFrogs, toads, salamanders and other amphibians are disappearing as fast as—or faster than—any other class of animals around the world, succumbing to a variety of […] 
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					Posted on September 24, 2025 
					UW–Madison’s agricultural research stations help Wisconsin farmers stay on leading edgeFor an enhanced multi-media experience, read this story at https://news.wisc.edu/growing-the-future/. Rodrigo Werle wonders if anybody is ever happy to see him. He is, after all, […] 
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					Posted on September 16, 2025 
					Six facts about herbicide resistance that may seem like science fictionSynthetic herbicides were introduced to agriculture shortly after World War II. Affordable, reliable, and effective, they rapidly became the mainstay for weed management. Today, however, […] 
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					Posted on September 11, 2025 
					Celebrate new, locally grown crops at Farm to Flavor event on Oct. 5Food lovers are invited to help celebrate the development of tasty, local crops at the upcoming “Farm to Flavor” event set for 3:00-6:00 p.m. on […] 
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					Posted on July 30, 2025 
					UW Spooner Ag Research Station hosts Twilight Garden Tour Aug. 21The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Spooner Agricultural Research Station will host its annual Twilight Garden Tour on Thursday, August 21, from 4:00 p.m. to dusk. The […] 
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					Posted on July 14, 2025 
					UW–Madison’s Potato Research Field Day showcases innovations and honors Senator Cabral-GuevaraOn Thursday, July 10, 2025, the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences hosted its annual Potato Research Field Day at the Hancock […]