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Lecture 1: The Pheasant Branch Creek Corridor Rebuilding & Restoration Saga. Lecture 2: Growing a Prairie.

Virtual Event

First lecture: The Pheasant Branch Creek Corridor Rebuilding & Restoration Saga - Mark Wegner, City of Middleton Assistant Director of Public Lands-Forestry and Conservancy Lands Second Lecture: Growing a Prairie - The Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy - Hans Hilbert, Co-President, Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy Mark: This talk will shed light on the cleanup, planning, […]

$10.00

Cranes of Wisconsin

Virtual Event

Hillary Thompson, Biologist at the International Crane Foundation.  Wisconsin is home to both the most abundant and the rarest crane species in the world, the Sandhill Crane and the Whooping Crane! The International Crane Foundation works to ensure both species have what they need to thrive in our home state. We work to reintroduce the […]

$10.00

Grassland 2.0: Restoring Prairie and People to Livestock Agriculture

Virtual Event

Randy Jackson, Campbell-Bascom Professor of Grassland Ecology, Department of Agronomy, UW–Madison Grassland 2.0 is agriculture designed in the image of the original grasslands of the Midwest, the tallgrass prairie. Thoughtful management of perennial grasslands can restore the lost functionality of these ecosystems, create viable business opportunities that diversify production systems, buffer farms from volatile markets […]

$10.00

Invasive Plant Identification and Management: From Hand-Pulling to Biocontrol

Anne Pearce, Wisconsin First Detector Network Coordinator Invasive plants continue to impact Wisconsin's natural resources, economy, and even our own health! We'll highlight some up-and-coming invasive plants. Then we'll delve into management methods from hand-pulling to chemical control to biocontrol and discuss how to decide which methods to use in different situations. Register now! Registration […]

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Birds of the Arboretum – Spring Migration and Citizen Science

Virtual Event

Presented by Chuck Henrikson In the depths of winter we look forward to spring and the return of birds to the Arboretum.  There are not many resident bird species in the Arboretum in the winter months, but during spring migration the number of bird species jumps dramatically.  Some of the new arrivals stay all summer […]

$10.00

Exploring the UW Arboretum Grady Tract

Thursday, May 19, 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. $20.00, Limited to 20 people By popular demand, we return to the beautiful Grady Tract and Greene Prairie to see spring’s glory as Michael Hansen, the Arboretum Land Care Manager, leads us on an exploration of this much-loved part of the Arboretum. We’ll learn about the history of […]

$20.00

Managing Wisconsin Water Resources: Past, Present and Future

  Presented by Carl Sinderbrand and Paul Kent Water is one of those resources we often take for granted here in Wisconsin. Unlike Western states, which often face water constraints and shortages, we often have too much water.  Yet there are uses of water in Wisconsin, especially groundwater, that are not sustainable in terms of […]

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Exploring the UW Arboretum Longenecker Gardens

Join David Stevens, living collections curator of the Longenecker Horticultural Gardens, for an exclusive tour of Wisconsin’s premiere collection of woody plants. The Gardens, often referred to as a tree museum, were first established in 1935 and contain Wisconsin’s largest collection of woody plants with approximately 4,000 specimens representing over 2,600 taxa spread over 38 acres. David, the collection’s […]

$20.00

Impacts of Past and Present Climate Change on Alpine Insects in Western North America

Presented by Sean Schoville, Associate Professor of Entomology, and the current Director of the Center for Ecology and the Environment, UW-Madison Montane ecosystems of western North America provide a wonderful system to test a wide range of evolutionary and ecological processes, as environmental gradients across elevation and isolation among mountains provides opportunities to repeatedly study […]

$35.00

Darners and Skimmers and Pondhawks, Oh My! The Life History of Damselflies and Dragonflies

   Presented by Bob Honig; retired environmental consultant In the presentation, you'll hear about how these insects make their living. You'll learn details of mating and reproduction and find out answers to such questions as: Is it possible to breathe and poop via the same orifice? Can dragonflies prey on birds? What backyard pond features […]

$35.00