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[audio:https://news.cals.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/john_harrington_goats.mp3|titles=John Harrington on goats for brush control] John Harrington, Professor Department of Landscape Architecture UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences jaharrin@wisc.edu (608) 263-4587 Goats […]

Children are packing on pounds during a season once associated with outdoor activity and exercise. Addressing that problem means confronting a number of factors that are contributing to poor health in our children.

Over three weeks this summer, a building made of straw bales and stucco will rise from the wind-swept Montana plains–and you can follow the progress on a website updated by UW-Madison students

As part of a capstone experience for her undergraduate degree, Katie Selin created a plan for environmentally friendly student housing and community space at the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College.

Over three weeks this summer, a building made of straw bales and stucco will rise from the wind-swept Montana plains–an undertaking that is equally an exercise in green construction, an opportunity to assist with a much-needed early childhood learning center on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, and cultural partnership and immersion experience for undergraduate students.

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Therese Gripentrog was so impressed with the expansive and varied landscape of her high school, JFK Prep in St. Nazianz, that she pursued a career in landscape architecture. Now she helps others enjoy their surroundings as a regional landscape architect with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

As anyone who has driven across rural Wisconsin can tell you, tower silos are one of the most prominent features on the landscape. Up to 100 feet high, these domed towers are the traditional method of storing forage to feed livestock during the winter. In recent years, however, huge plastic “sausages” have sprouted throughout farm country.

University of Wisconsin-Madison forest scientists are heading into Canada to determine how fires in the great boreal forest alter its uptake and release of carbon dioxide. Their findings will help policymakers understand the region’s role in global warming.

David Mladenoff, a University of Wisconsin-Madison landscape ecologist, and William Baker, a landscape ecologist at the University of Wyoming, have edited Spatial Modeling of Forest Landscape Change, a new book from Cambridge University Press. The book presents a variety of approaches researchers are taking in applying computer models to studies of large, forested landscapes.