by Steven Awve – Most people work a 9-to-5 job. But for some of the smallest creatures in our lakes, the workday begins at sundown. Their shift is still 9-to-5, but the AM’s and PM’s …
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Meet Steven Awve, Trout Lake Station’s 2025 Summer SciComm Intern
by Steven Awve – Growing up in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, my family made yearly trips to the Northwoods, a tradition that’s been part of my life for as long as I can remember. My dad and …
A Day in the Life of the Long-Term Research Crew
by Audrey Hoey-Kummerow – Arriving at Allequash Lake early in the morning, I was filled with excitement and curiosity. I was about to get a front-row seat to the work that goes into being part …
Monitoring Manoomin with the Wild Rice Crew
by Audrey Hoey-Kummerow – During the two-day celebration of Trout Lake Station’s 100-year anniversary, Sagen Quale, an Agroecology master’s student at UW-Madison, gave a talk about her research on manoomin, which is the Ojibwe word …
Meet Audrey: Trout Lake Station’s Summer Science Communication Intern
We are thrilled to, once again, host an aspiring undergraduate science communicator on station this summer. We’ll let Audrey introduce herself and look forward to following her adventures on our northern lakes! by Audrey Hoey-Kummerow …
Fieldwork Photo Essay: Restoring a Food Web by Removing Invasive Fish, Adding Native Species
Trout Lake Station summer science communication intern, Maddie Gamble, spent time with the station’s pelagic food web crew. She put together this photo essay about their work. All words and pictures: Maddie Gamble (NOTE: All …
Monitoring Manoomin: A Collaborative Study on Wild Rice Lake
When you think of science what comes to mind? Is it data or measurements? Research? What about people? Science is so much more than research and numbers–it’s about people and places, too. Our wild rice project here on station is a testimony to that.
Fieldwork Photo Essay: Long-Term Ecological Research on Wisconsin Lakes
Trout Lake Station summer science communication intern, Maddie Gamble, spent time with the station’s long-term ecological research field crew. She put together this photo essay about their work. All words and pictures: Maddie Gamble
Flipping Rocks on a Friday, Mason Polencheck Hunts for Mudpuppies
By Maddie Gamble – Earlier this summer, I headed out on South Trout Lake with University of Wisconsin undergraduate Mason Polencheck on a mission – to find at least one, single mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus). Mudpuppies …
Seeing Science Through a New Lens: Meet Maddie, Trout Lake Station’s Summer Science Communication Intern
by Madelyn Gamble – As a rising senior majoring in Journalism and Environmental studies, I was extremely excited to come across the science communication intern opportunity here at Trout Lake. I am passionate about environmental …