Tag: forest and wildlife ecology
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Posted on January 22, 2018
Lake Michigan waterfowl botulism deaths linked to warm waters, algae
Since the 1960s, tens of thousands of birds living on the Great Lakes have died during periodic outbreaks of botulism. The outbreaks have only become […]
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Posted on January 16, 2018
UW–Madison professor led fight to ban pesticide DDT 45 years ago
Forty-five years ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a press release. “The general use of the pesticide DDT will no longer be legal in […]
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Posted on January 2, 2018
Decades-past logging still threatens spotted owls in national forests
Logging of the largest trees in the Sierra Nevada’s national forests ended in the early 1990s after agreements were struck to protect species’ habitat. But […]
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Posted on November 27, 2017
Celebrate the sandhill crane success story, says Stan Temple
In the world of wildlife conservation, it is important to celebrate success stories, and the story of Sandhill Cranes has surely been one worth celebrating. […]
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Mapping cropland: UW-Madison plays critical role in worldwide map
A global collaboration has just released a satellite-based map of world croplands that “found” 625 million to 875 million acres that were not known to […]
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Posted on November 20, 2017
Wisconsin 4-H inducts Scott Craven into Hall of Fame
UW-Madison Emeritus Professor of Forest and Wildlife Ecology Scott Craven was inducted into the Wisconsin 4-H Youth Development Hall of Fame during a ceremony at […]
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Posted on November 13, 2017
Forestry Club’s 2017 Christmas tree sale set for Dec. 1-3
The UW Forestry Club will be holding their 44th Annual Christmas Tree Sale Dec. 1-3 in the UW Stock Pavilion. Tree species include Fraser Fir, […]
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Posted on October 30, 2017
Curt Meine and Keefe Keeley co-edit new book on Driftless Area
Curt Meine, adjunct associate professor in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, and Keefe Keeley, a Ph.D. candidate in the UW-Madison’s agroecology program, are […]
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Posted on September 25, 2017
Stan Temple introduces first of Aldo Leopold’s lost radio talks
In 1933, Aldo Leopold was named chair of game management in what is now the UW-Madison Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology. Just weeks after […]
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Posted on September 18, 2017
WKOW climate change documentary featuring CALS faculty available online
“Our Wisconsin: The Climate Change Effect,” a documentary that aired Sept. 14 on WKOW, is now available to view online. In this installment of the […]