by Sydney Widell – Kevin Gauthier glances behind him and to both sides before he loads his shotgun and raises it carefully to his shoulder. His gaze follows the steel line of the barrel up into the treetops. Exhaling, he squeezes back gently on the trigger. After the sound of the explosion fades, the forest …
by Meghan Chua With a background in engineering and environmental science, alumnus Paul Schramm had the perfect mix of skills to work on a water quality measurement project that brought new possibilities into the field of limnology. Schramm first started working on a prototype of Fast Limnology Automated Measurement (FLAMe) platform in 2014 as an …
by Sydney Widell As Dan Benson was enjoying the view of Upper Buckatabon Lake from his dock one morning, he noticed something in the water he’d never seen in the 20 years he’s lived on the water. The morning was calm and the lake was glassy. But some 250 feet off shore, a stretch of …
BOULDER JUNCTION, WI – On Friday, August 3rd, the UW-Madison Center for Limnology will host its 8th annual Open House at Trout Lake Station, our research facility in Wisconsin’s beautiful Northwoods. Join us from 1 to 5 pm for a chance to get a first-hand look at what research is going on at the station this summer, …
by Sydney Widell Mike Smale, Kevin Gauthier and I have been driving through Wisconsin’s northern forests for nearly an hour when Kevin rolls to a stop in a clearing. Ahead of us, blocking the road, is a gated checkpoint. Kevin rummages in his wallet for his access card. When he finds it, the gate swings upward, …
A new study says that, despite dozens of locks and dams and backwater habitats that slow it’s flow, the Upper Mississippi River isn’t good at retaining the nitrates that run into its waters from intensively farmed states like Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa. Published July 12th in Environmental Research Letters, the study finds that only12.5% of …
For the last several years, the Center for Limnology’s Trout Lake Station has hosted an “artist-in-residence” program each summer. Our summer science communication intern spent a day with one of the 2018 artists, Mary Burns. You can learn more about the program (and see some beautiful aquatic-inspired art) at the Drawing Water website. …