Jason Fishbach got the gardening bug thanks to a drought, a dry lakebed and a handful of green beans. Tonight at 6:30pm he will share the tips and tricks of gardening in Wisconsin for Science …
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The Art of Science: Exploring Our Relationship With Water
Several months ago, Kelly O’Ferrell, the Hasler Lab coordinator here at the Center for Limnology had the brilliant idea to beautify the cinder-block hallways by turning our stairwell into a rotating exhibition of local …
What We Lose If We Lose Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine
Wisconsin governor, Scott Walker, recently unveiled a budget plan that would put an end to Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine. The publication has existed for nearly 100 years in one form or another and serves to …
A Resolution for 2017: Speak Out for Science
Happy New Year! We here at the CFL hope you had a fantastic holiday season and are rested and recharged for 2017. We’re excited to see what the year will bring but, before we start …
This Thanksgiving Put More Science in Your Diet with Science on Tap “Shorts”
We here at the Center for Limnology want to wish all of our readers safe travels as they head toward the tables of friends and family this week. But we also want to make sure …
Training Scientists to Be Better Science Communicators
The sun rises over the skyline. A boat speeds across the open water. Music by The Who blasts in the background as a young scientist looks through an iridescent green test tube. These lines don’t …
Summer Intern Reflects on the Trout Lake Experience
We had the pleasure this summer to welcome Anna Krieg to a summer spent living, working and playing in Wisconsin’s Northwoods. To say the lake-studded landscape was new to the Arizona resident would be an …
6th Annual Trout Lake Open House – August 4th!
BOULDER JUNCTION, WI – The UW-Madison Center for Limnology will host its 6th annual open house at the Trout Lake Research Station on Friday, August 4th. From 1 to 5pm, visitors will get a first-hand …
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 …
Science on Tap Adds New Short-Format Series to Its Video Archives
On the first frigid Wednesday night of February, 2013, Science on Tap-Minocqua held its first event at the Minocqua Brewing Company in northern Wisconsin. On February 3rd, we’ll mark the 3-year anniversary with a talk …