It’s that time of year again – as July gives way to August, we’re spiffing up our research station and ordering tubs of Babcock ice cream for our annual open house and ice cream social. …
Outreach
Limno-Week: Four Center for Limnology Public Events in Three Days!
Summer is our field season, which means you’ll see a lot more “UW-Limnology” boats out on Wisconsin waters. But it’s also when we ramp up our outreach programming. This is an especially busy week as, …
All Aboard! 4th Annual Hasler Lab Open House
Join us FRIDAY, JUNE 12th for the Hasler Lab Open House! If you’re …
Center for Limnology on YouTube
Just in case you didn’t know, the CFL is on YouTube chronicling our adventures both in the field and in the lab. Here’s a new trailer for the WiscLimnology channel that we hope you’ll enjoy! On …
Dishing Out Science (and Ice Cream) at Trout Lake Station Open House
by Meredith Smalley BOULDER JUNCTION, Wis. — The first of August was a gorgeous day in northern Wisconsin: temperatures were in the mid-70s, the waters of Trout Lake were remarkably calm and clear, and the mosquitoes, …
CFL at the Shedd: 10,000+ “Migrate” to Aquarium on World Fish Migration Day
When the doors to Chicago’s world-famous Shedd Aquarium opened the Saturday before Memorial Day, Center for Limnology researchers were scrambling to get last-second details in place. Thousands of “fish passports,” a half dozen posters and …
CFL at the Shedd Aquarium: World Fish Migration Day, May 24th!
At the break of dawn this Saturday, May 24th, Center for Limnology researchers and your trusty blogger will hit the road for Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium. Once there, we will help Shedd researchers and volunteers set …
Experts to Discuss Mining in the Penokee Range at Public Forum, June 5th
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 5/15/14 CONTACT: hinterthuer@wisc.edu Minocqua, WI – A final decision won’t be made for years but, already, the proposal to build an open-pit iron mine in Iron and Ashland counties has created a …
Video: State of the Yahara Lakes – 2013
As we enter field season here at the Center for Limnology and people all over Madison are pulling their tackle boxes out of the garage and their boats out of storage, we’d like to showcase …
Maggie Turnbull Brings Search for Habitable Planets to “Science on Tap”
A typical work day for Maggie Turnbull might involve watching the birds in her backyard, heading out for a long cross-country ski, or working at the farmer’s market she helped found in Antigo, the small …