Category: Healthy Ecosystems
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Posted on December 14, 2014
Pecatonica without the “P”
Conservation experts and farmers alike are pretty pleased with the news from Pleasant Valley. A seven-year pilot project in this 12,000-acre sub-watershed of the Pecatonica […]
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Posted on December 12, 2014
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems turns 25 – Audio
/RSS FeedCenter for Integrated Agricultural Systems turns 25 Michael Bell, Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems Department of Community and Environmental Sociology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and […]
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Posted on December 3, 2014
How wolves die: Illegal killing may have increased in recent years, says UW wildlife ecologist
Tim Van Deelen, a UW-Madison professor of wildlife ecology, specializes in the management of large mammals, including population estimation and dynamics, hunting, interaction of deer […]
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Posted on November 11, 2014
New curriculum helps engage Native American kids in science
In any other classroom, mention of planting “Three Sisters” might cause confusion. But in Becky Nutt’s science class at Oneida Nation High School, located on […]
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Posted on October 23, 2014
Wisconsin’s new ‘bug guy,’ insect detective arrives on campus
His favorite insect is one he has actually never seen alive in the wild. It lives on snowfields and glaciers in the American West, aptly […]
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Posted on October 16, 2014
Climate change alters the cast of winter birds
Over the past two decades, the resident communities of birds that attend eastern North America’s backyard bird feeders in winter have quietly been remade, most […]
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Posted on September 26, 2014
Managing irrigated manure – Audio
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Manure irrigation management Rebecca Larson, Assistant Professor Department of Biological Systems Engineering UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences ralarson2@wisc.edu (608) 890-3171 2:58 – Total […]
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Posted on August 22, 2014
Native pollinators step up – Audio
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Native pollinators step up Rachel Mallinger, Research Assistant Department of Entomology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences remallinger@wisc.edu Phone (608) 262-4060 3:06 – Total […]
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Posted on August 19, 2014
Poll: More boaters taking steps to prevent aquatic invasive species in Wisconsin
Wisconsin boaters and anglers report complying more often with steps aimed at preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS) in 2013 than they did […]
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Posted on August 15, 2014
Fall is best time to care for lawns – Audio
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Doug Soldat, Assistant Professor Department of Soil Science UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences djsoldat@wisc.edu (608) 263-3631 Lawn care is a year round task. […]
