Happy Friday! It’s time again for Water We Talking About – when kids send us freshwater-related questions and we track down real-life scientists to answer them. This week, though, Madeline from Madison threw us a curve ball – she didn’t send a question, she sent a video full of all sorts of facts about zebra …
When zebra mussels were finally found in Lake Mendota in the fall of 2015, most aquatic ecologists in Wisconsin had the same thought – “What took them so long?” These notorious little bivalves were firmly planted on the radar of resource managers and scientists, since they had already overrun the Great Lakes and had been moving into …
Happy Holidays from us here at the CFL and the brilliant folks at the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute (especially Tim Campbell), who put together a delightful ode to some less-than-delightful residents of our inland waters. Enjoy! On the twelfth day of Christmas, a canal brought to me: Canals have been a significant source …