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Easily Overlooked, Wild Rice Has Big Cultural and Ecological Impact

Posted on June 3, 2021

by Cassie Gauthier — When you are at a lake, do you ever stop to consider the plants growing along the shoreline, or in the water as you drive past in your boat, or next …

Posted in Trout Lake StationTagged Gretchen Gerrish, Susan Knight, Trout Lake Station, WDNR, wild rice

In Praise of Plants: Researchers Talk About Lessons Learned from Decade-Long Survey on Wisconsin Lakes

Posted on August 5, 2020

by Cassie Gauthier – When you think of a beautiful natural area, what do you imagine? Maybe you think of a lake at the top of a mountain with clear water and tall pine trees …

Posted in Learn Your Lakes, Trout Lake StationTagged aquatic plants, Carol Warden, Eurasian watermilfoil, invasive species, Susan Knight, Wisconsin lakes

Water We Talking About? Jellyfish in Wisconsin?

Posted on May 1, 2020

Once again, we’ve made it to another Friday! And that means it’s time for Water We Talking About? Kids have questions and we track down a scientist with an answer. Today Lukas asks about a …

Posted in Trout Lake Station, Water We Talking About?Tagged freshwater jellyfish, kids ask scientist, scicomm, Susan Knight, Water We Talking About?, Wisconsin lakes

The Mystery of the “Fairy Rings” on Howe Lake

Posted on August 17, 2018

by Sydney Widell — Howe Lake is hard to get to. It lies at the end of a narrow, rutted-out dirt road, ten miles from the nearest town. And it’s not just physical distance that …

Posted in Trout Lake StationTagged aquatic plant, Howe Lake, Huron Mountain Club, Susan Knight

Forget “Needle in a Haystack,” Try Finding Littorella in a Lake

Posted on June 25, 2018

by Sydney Widell  If you’ve never heard of Littorella, you are definitely not alone. Incredibly rare, this grassy aquatic plant only graces the beds of a few select lakes in Northern Wisconsin.  Today, Susan Knight, …

Posted in Field Samples, Outreach, Trout Lake StationTagged aquatic plants, Kemp Natural Resources Station, littorella, rare plants, Susan Knight, Trout Lake Station

Battling the Big Waves of Johnson Lake

Posted on June 3, 2017

by Riley Steinbrenner Just outside of Minocqua, Wisconsin, we drove up to the Johnson Lake boat launch and you could see them clear as day. No, not the different species of macrophytes, or aquatic plants, …

Posted in Notes from the Northwoods, Trout Lake StationTagged aquatic plants, Johnson Lake, Minocqua, Susan Knight, WDNR

Notes from the Northwoods: Putting Aquatic Plant IQ to the Test

Posted on July 13, 2016

This summer, Anna Krieg, an undergraduate at Arizona State University, will spend a few months in a much wetter habitat as the CFL’s summer outreach intern at our Trout Lake Station. These are her Notes …

Posted in Notes from the Northwoods, Trout Lake StationTagged Anna Krieg, aquatic plants, macrophytes, Susan Knight, Trout Lake Station, WDNR

Open House Recap: Ice Cream, Boat Rides & a Thunderstorm

Posted on August 10, 2015

Trout Lake Station’s 5th Annual Open House and Ice Cream Social was humming along Friday, July 31st. With an hour to go, 332 people had toured the station, getting a look at everything from seed …

Posted in Outreach, Trout Lake StationTagged Carol Warden, scicomm, science communication, science open house, Susan Knight, Tim Kratz, Trout Lake Station Open House

Notes from the Northwoods: Can Native Bugs Take Out Invasive Plants?

Posted on July 6, 2015

by AnnaKay Kruger Joe Bevington leans over the side of the boat and eyes the dense weeds in the water below us, watching green, long-feathered arms of Eurasian water milfoil move indolently with the current. …

Posted in Invasive Species, Notes from the Northwoods, Trout Lake StationTagged AnnaKay Kruger, aquatic invasive species, Eurasian water milfoil, Susan Knight, Trout Lake Station, WDNR

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