We have rescheduled the tour of the gardens at Epic for September 8th. The tour times have also been changed to accommodate the facility and guide availability, and sunset. The bus will be parked at the UW-Madison Arboretum Visitor Center and we will start loading at 4:30 p.m. The bus will depart at […]
Curt Meine, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Aldo Leopold Foundation and Adjunct Professor, UW–Madison Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology There is a hidden story that connects the founding of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum with the fate of the Sauk Prairie in neighboring Sauk County. The story involves the Ho-Chunk Nation, European settlers and farmers, land, […]
Join us for a vibrant Oct. 13 fall colors trip and experience one of Wisconsin's best views from atop Rib Mountain. Then soar with us through a guided exploration of the acclaimed "Birds in Art Exhibition" at Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau. "With their stunning plumage, beautiful songs, and delightful mannerisms, birds inspire […]
Mike Carlson, M.S., J.D., Executive Director, Gathering Waters: Wisconsin's Alliance for Land Trusts Wisconsin is home to more than 40 nonprofit organizations known as land trusts. Land trusts work with private landowners to protect wildlife habitat, water quality, and other conservation values. Gathering Waters is the state association for Wisconsin's land trusts. The organization advocates […]
Presented by: Dave Mickelson, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Geoscience, UW–Madison and Badger Talks This talk describes how Wisconsin’s landscape came to be what it is today. Southwestern Wisconsin, the Driftless Area, was never glaciated and its deep valleys and narrow ridges result from millions of years of stream erosion. Limestone and sandstone abound. At times in […]
Presented by: Don Sanford, Author and Former Captain for Betty Lou Cruises in Madison Madison author Don Sanford spent more than a decade collecting stories, interviewing dozens of past and present Mendota “water rats” and searching for photos that help explain why this lake holds a […]
Photo credit: Don Greenwood Presented by: Mike Mossman and Lisa Hartman, retired Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Ecologists and Educators Nesting trumpeter swans were extirpated from Wisconsin in the 19 th century and DNR led a successful recovery effort beginning in 1987. Among the program’s many aspects, research played a critical role in the precarious […]
Photo credit: Dan Jackson Presented by: Dan Jackson, Master Naturalist, Educator and Record Reviewer for the Wisconsin Odonata Survey This presentation is designed to be a fun, informative introduction to the insect order Odonata, which includes dragonflies and damselflies. The presentation includes a discussion on the biology and life history of this order as well […]
Presented by: Steve Vavrus, Ph.D., Director of the Wisconsin State Climatology Office, Senior Scientist at UW–Madison’s Division of Extension and the Nelson Institute Like the rest of the world, Wisconsin is experiencing climate change and its impacts. The past two decades have been the state’s warmest on record, and the 2010s were Wisconsin’s wettest decade. […]
Presented by: David Drake, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, UW–Madison and Principal investigator of the UW Urban Canid Project. Since 2014, Drake and his collaborators have been live trapping and radio collaring red foxes and coyotes in the greater Madison area. This presentation will briefly cover urban canid ecology and the project’s […]