We’ve got a busy week ahead of sharing science to the wider world. Check out what’s on tap! Science on Ice at the Frozen Assets Festival – Saturday, February 3rd (11am to 3pm) Ever wonder …
Clean Lakes Alliance
Field Samples: What Do Fish Do When People Move Into the Neighborhood?
Field Samples is a Q&A with presenters at our weekly Wednesday seminar. Today one of the CFL’s newest grad students, Martin Perales, will talk about his summer project exploring the impacts of lake development on fish populations. …
Science on Ice at the Frozen Assets Festival
We here at the Center for Limnology are dedicated to outreach. The more everyone knows about our lakes, the better off we’ll all be. That’s why we love events like the Clean Lakes Alliance’s Frozen …
Website Aims to Get Madison Lakes on the Map and in the Forecast
MADISON, WI – Imagine packing the car, herding your family on board and heading to the lake – only to find green, scummy water or a closed beach at your destination. Up until now, it’s …
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, …
Fish Fry Day Redux: Sneaking and Spawning
We’re swamped here at the CFL, so apologies for the slow posting. Today, though, we’ve dug up a classic post on one of the aquatic rites of spring – the crazy sex life of bluegill. …
Clear-Water Phase: Are We Missing Lake Mendota’s Window?
Over the last two weeks, Lake Monona, Lake Waubesa, and Lake Kegonsa have all entered into their annual rite of spring’s clear-water phase. Lake Mendota, however, remains a murky mystery. Why are the downstream Yahara …
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 …
Yahara Pride Tackles Runoff at Its Source
The latest issue of Madison’s Capital Times has an excellent cover story exploring a new effort to reduce the amount of phosphorus that ends up in Madison lakes. As the article points out – each …
A Look at Our Lakes on Earth Day
Happy Earth Day! Wisconsin, of course, is where it all began, thanks to former U.S. senator Gaylord Nelson’s vision. As we here at the blog mulled over an appropriate topic for an Earth Day post, …