Category: Healthy Ecosystems
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Posted on July 10, 2015
Watch for tree leaf diseases – Audio
/RSS FeedBrian Hudelson, UW-Extension Plant Disease Diagnostician Plant Diagnostic Lab Department of Plant Pathology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences hudelson@wisc.edu (608) 262-2863 Diagnosing spots […]
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Posted on July 8, 2015
New curators dig in at UW–Madison’s public gardens
Plants brought new curators to a pair of public gardens at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, but it’s people that Ben Futa and David Stevens are […]
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Posted on June 24, 2015
Nutritional Sciences students visit Milwaukee
Students in Nutritional Sciences 421 spent a week traveling around Wisconsin this summer. The class, a collaboration between the Global Health Institute and CALS, is […]
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Plant prowess: CALS scientists from a wide range of disciplines help forge the future of a growing field
It may look jury-rigged, but it’s cutting-edge science. In a back room in the university’s Seeds Building, researchers scan ears of corn—three at a time—on […]
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Insects for all: Daniel Young presides over a prodigious collection of bugs that will soon be available online
Life’s astounding diversity is rarely more apparent than on a warm summer night when the porch light glows and we are ensconced behind a protective […]
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Posted on June 19, 2015
Ash borer marches on – Audio
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Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) on the move PJ Liesch, Director, Insect Diagnostic Lab Department of Entomology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences pliesch@wisc.edu Phone […]
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Posted on May 22, 2015
Tolerance of wolves in Wisconsin continues to decline
Wolf. The very word can conjure an image of a venerable pack of canines passing quietly through moonlit woods. Or, it can evoke anger over […]
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Posted on May 21, 2015
Monitoring Russia’s “rewilding”
Doing fieldwork in the remote wilderness of Russia isn’t for the faint of heart. There are long distances to travel on deeply rutted roads, bleak […]
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Posted on May 19, 2015
Meet the scourge: Researchers help communities address the emerald ash borer
It is an insect little bigger than a grain of rice. But the invasive emerald ash borer may as well be Godzilla for all the […]
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Posted on May 5, 2015
Vera Swanson conducts conservation research in Thailand
CALS undergrad Vera Swanson spent four months of the 2015 spring semester assisting with conservation research and conducting field work in the remote rivers and […]
