by Riley Steinbrenner Week Four On June 23rd, Susan Knight and I made our way down to Madison to help at the Center for Limnology’s Open House at Hasler Lab. Activities included identifying plant species–with help of macrophyte experts Susan and Carol Warden–research expeditions on Lake Mendota, scoping out aquatic bugs and zooplankton, learning about …
by Cheryl Reitan & Adam Hinterthuer Duluth, MN – In September of 2014, fifty-eight scientists gathered to discuss the most pressing research needs in the Great Lakes region. Even though the five lakes contain nearly one-fifth of all the world’s available fresh water and supply that water to more than 35 million people across two …
by Riley Steinbrenner Last week, I canoed out on Nichols Lake with Carol and Linden in search of spiny water flea tails! Click the right arrow under the picture to scroll through the slides. [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”11″ gal_title=”Linden Carol 6/8″]
by Riley Steinbrenner Week One One of the first things I did up north was walk on water–well, on a bog, that is! TLS Interim Director Susan Knight took CFL outreach/communications specialist Adam Hinterthuer and me out to “Why Not” bog (because, why not?), which is located across from Firefly Lake and nearby Crystal Lake. …
A cool, wet Spring and booming populations of algae-munching daphnia couldn’t hold-off the inevitable – Madison’s lakes have been beset by cyanobacteria blooms the last few day. We dusted off this older post to explain what’s going on and precautions you should take during blooms: The Bloom Begins (Originally published June 21, 2017) — It …
by Riley Steinbrenner This week, I ventured with Pete and Raina out into the woods! Click the right arrow under the picture to scroll through the slides. [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”7″ gal_title=”Pete Raina 6/7″]
by Riley Steinbrenner At the last Science on Tap session of the summer at Minocqua Brewing Company Wednesday night, Michael Wiemann of the USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory talked about his journeys into the “wonderful world of wood.” Wiemann, a wood technologist and botanist, started his career working to help create an identification key …
by Riley Steinbrenner It’s hard to believe it’s already been almost two weeks since I arrived at Trout Lake Station! After battling the big waves of Johnson Lake with Susan and Adam, I realized I never formally introduced myself. So… Hi there! My name is Riley and I am a rising senior at the University …
Somewhere along the way, someone lost a pair of Oakley sunglasses. Maybe they were blown off on a full-throttle boat ride. Or slipped from a shirt pocket while wrestling a fish on board. Whatever the cause, the sleek, black glasses with the reflective lenses sank eight meters (about 24 feet) and settled on top of …
by Riley Steinbrenner Just outside of Minocqua, Wisconsin, we drove up to the Johnson Lake boat launch and you could see them clear as day. No, not the different species of macrophytes, or aquatic plants, we were after, but wind-driven white caps. White caps may be a promising sign of catching some gnarly waves in …