Category: Healthy Ecosystems
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Posted on February 7, 2017
Forest ‘islands’ offer refuge to wintering birds
The polar vortex of 2013 and 2014 brought the coldest winter many parts of the Midwest had experienced in decades. In Dane County, Wisconsin, it […]
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Posted on February 6, 2017
Beyond eating: Indirectly, deer change the landscape
It is widely known that the white-tailed deer is a nonstop eater. Unless it is sleeping or fleeing from a predator, the keystone North American […]
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Monsanto donates Middleton plant research facility to UW-Madison
A $10 million commercial biotech plant laboratory in Middleton, Wisconsin, first opened in 1982 with the help of University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists, will soon become […]
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Posted on January 27, 2017
Cover crops in Wisconsin – Audio
/RSS FeedMatt Ruark, Assistant Professor Department of Soil Science UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences mdruark@wisc.edu (608) 263-2889 FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://waterwaynetwork.org/ 3:01 – Total […]
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Posted on January 24, 2017
Potato industry commits $5M to support UW-Madison potato and vegetable research program
Wisconsin’s potato industry has had a strong, decades-long partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s potato researchers, one that has helped place Wisconsin among the top […]
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Posted on November 7, 2016
Variable tree growth after fire protects forests from future bark beetle outbreaks
Do severe wildfires make forests in the western United States more susceptible to future bark beetle outbreaks? The answer, in a study published Nov. 7 […]
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Posted on October 18, 2016
Buckthorn Baggie kills invasive trees without chemicals
Every startup should have an origin story. Apple and its essential garage. The Wright brothers: two bicycle mechanics who invented one incredible flying machine. The […]
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Posted on October 6, 2016
Media advisory: Kemp Natural Resources Station dedicates new Connor Forestry Center
Media representatives are invited to attend the grand opening for the new Connor Forestry Center classroom building at the UW-Madison Kemp Natural Resource Station at […]
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Posted on August 12, 2016
Wisconsin Bird Atlas draws on citizen science – Audio
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Benjamin Zuckerberg, Assistant Professor Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences bzuckerberg@wisc.edu (608) 263-0853 FOR MORE INFORMATION: https://news.cals.wisc.edu/2016/06/24/for-the-birds-power-of-citizen-science/ 3:04 […]
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Posted on August 2, 2016
Giant forest fire leads to exodus of spotted owls, long-term study finds
As climate changes and wildfires get larger, hotter and more frequent, how should public lands in the American West be managed to protect endangered creatures […]
