Tag: Forest and Wildlife Ecology
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Posted on December 27, 2016
From space to the field: Farmers test new technology to better predict crop yields
Images captured from satellites orbiting 440 miles above the Earth tell a powerful, richly detailed story about crop yields—revealing the lushness or deficits of fields […]
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Posted on October 21, 2016
A classroom in the woods – Audio
/RSS FeedA classroom in the woods Scott Bowe, Superintendent Kemp Natural Resources Station UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences sbowe@wisc.edu 715-358-5667 2:58 – Total Time […]
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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 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 […]
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UW2020: WARF Discovery Initiative winners include CALS-led projects
Fourteen research and infrastructure projects – including four with CALS participants – have been selected by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of the Vice Chancellor […]
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Posted on July 20, 2016
Putting the sloth in sloths: Arboreal lifestyle drives slow motion pace
Although most of the terrestrial world is covered in trees, there are precious few vertebrates that make the canopy their home and subsist solely on […]
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Posted on June 24, 2016
For the birds: The Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas draws on the power of citizen science
Slipping into a patch of woods in western Dane County, Jim Berkelman ignores the swarming mosquitoes and strains to sort through the early- morning chatter […]
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Posted on May 20, 2016
Photos from Log-A-Load for Kids Charitable Harvest event at Arlington ARS
This past Tuesday, UW-Madison Arlington Agricultural Research Station hosted a Log-A-Load for Kids Charitable Harvest event that brought around 400 local elementary and middle school […]
