We just had to share this amazing story from Science magazine about how Daniel Schindler, a Center for Limnology alum and one of the world’s foremost experts on Pacific salmon, found himself in the middle of a fight over a mine. By Warren Cornwall – It’s hard to think small in Alaska. The largest of …
Sorry for the corny headline, but we just had to share that there are a whole lot of opportunities to come join us at Hasler Lab. You, too, could have an office on (usually) beautiful Lake Mendota! But deadlines are coming up soon, so start working on those applications. Here’s the rundown: Assistant Professor of …
This summer, I led a workshop for journalists (my other gig is with the Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources) on the legacy of the Clean Water Act. We were in Cleveland, Ohio and Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells, the CEO of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District was giving a tour of a massive green infrastructure project …
The health of U.S. waters are often steered in whichever way the political winds are blowing. In 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under leadership appointed by the Obama administration, expanded the definition of what waterways deserve federal protections, bringing many more wetlands and smaller waterways into the fold. Yesterday, the Trump administration delivered on …
In her final post as our summer science communication intern at Trout Lake Station, Bethany Prochnow got a look at some of the Northwoods tiniest residents – and an experiment attempting to harness their power…
Our summer science communication intern is back at it again. This week, Bethany Prochnow headed out into the field with a team of researchers looking for a tiny invasive crustacean…
Bethany Prochnow heads out with a couple of CFL students on a fish-finding mission:
by Cathy Higley – On July 24, 2019 graduate student Ben Martin pulled up a plankton sample from the deepest part Plum Lake that contained 2 live spiny water fleas – the new invasive species was soon verified for Plum Lake. At this time densities are expected to be low, but needs further monitoring. Martin …
Our friends at the Fisheries Blog do good work – you should check them out. Here’s a post from past CFL postdoc, Solomon David, on how nature documentaries seem to ignore freshwater systems and why they should be paying more attention. by Solomon David – Big-budget nature documentaries are chronically ignoring freshwater biodiversity relative to …
Trout Lake Station’s summer scicomm intern doesn’t restrict herself to only following our water-related endeavors. Find out why Bethany was tromping through the woods before dawn!