Category: Around CALS
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Posted on September 24, 2010
‘Tree doctor’ Bruce Allison administers to campus’ historic trees
As a board certified master arborist and owner of Allison Tree Care, Inc., Bruce Allison has a wealth of experience to share with CALS students […]
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Posted on September 15, 2010
Video shows how Phil Townsend tracks tiny beetles from outer space
Phil Townsend spies on beetles smaller than a match head from 760 miles away. The CALS forest ecologist is using satellite remote sensing technology to […]
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Posted on September 10, 2010
Bernie Schermetzler, CALS’ keeper of the past, retires
If you’ve ever needed an old campus photo, you may have talked to Bernie Schermetzler. The same is true if you had a photo that […]
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Posted on August 31, 2010
Kemp’s 50th anniversary connects the station’s beneficiaries and benefactors
145 alums, friends and neighbors joined Kemp family members to celebrate the station’s 50th birthday
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Posted on August 27, 2010
New CALS News site includes podcasts, videos and Tweets
Check it out at news.www.cals.wisc.edu
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Posted on August 23, 2010
Reading the plant world’s blueprint for surviving drought
A team of Wisconsin researchers has identified in living plants the set of proteins that help them withstand water stress.
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Posted on August 6, 2010
GardenFit program helps kids pare summer weight gain
After spending the morning spreading hay mulch and bark at Madison’s East High Youth Farm, a group of middle-schoolers lined up for a well-deserved lunch. […]
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Posted on July 30, 2010
Potato field day emphasizes protecting groundwater supply
If you’ve spent any time in Wisconsin’s Central Sands, you know that there is enormous concern about the area’s groundwater — both quality and quantity. […]
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Posted on July 26, 2010
After two great days, 2010 Farm Tech Days is called on account of rain (and mud)
CALS and Extension staff were key players in every phase of the event
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Posted on July 22, 2010
Babcock’s prize-winning cheese artist makes 20 varieties.
His Gouda ranked 4th in the world this year.