A new study is highlighting the power of long-term research when it comes to helping scientists understand ecological processes. In one Wisconsin lake, researchers at the UW-Madison’s Center for Limnology were able to both interpret …
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Seeing Science Through a New Lens: Meet Maddie, Trout Lake Station’s Summer Science Communication Intern
by Madelyn Gamble – As a rising senior majoring in Journalism and Environmental studies, I was extremely excited to come across the science communication intern opportunity here at Trout Lake. I am passionate about environmental …
Undergrads: Spend Your Summer Out on Lakes and In The Lab with Us!
Attention Undergrads! See that photo above? That’s how you could spend your evenings this summer after a day’s work on our beautiful lakes! That’s right, the Center for Limnology is currently hiring for our summer …
Boat Frozen to Trailer? Just Another Day in the Field for North Temperate Lakes LTER!
On the last day of November, Carol Warden and Paul Schramm, research specialists for the North Temperate Lakes Long-Term Ecological Research project (NTL-LTER), headed out to the deepest part of Trout Lake to deploy a …
Summer Intern Hopes Her Virtual Work Leads to Real-Life Connections to Wisconsin Lakes
Although Cassie Gauthier never got to visit Trout Lake Station and had to do all of her work from her parent’s house this summer, she still managed to share so much of what we do …
Why Did These Freshwater Scientists Spend Their Winter Plowing a Bog?
As March gives way to April, spring is springing throughout Wisconsin. Boats are again braving the waves of lakes down south, while ice is slowly melting away in the half-frozen lakes of the Northwoods. As …
Assessing How Long Chemicals Linger in Lakes
Our summer science communication intern is at it again – this time looking at a project tracking how long chemicals we use to keep lakes weed-free lingers in the environment. Enjoy!
Trout Lake Research Rewind: Mega Buoy & Mini Mammals
by Riley Steinbrenner Week Eight Launching Mega Buoy If you ever walked up to the station’s main lab at any time during the beginning of summer, a giant conglomerate of solar panels, wires, metal framing …
Off The Reel: Sampling “Trout Tower” with Sydney & Camryn
by Riley Steinbrenner It was 7:50 when I woke up one Friday morning to my phone’s alarm blaring the most obnoxious tone available via iOS. EEE-EEE-EEE. After realizing I indeed wasn’t on a submarine at …
Off The Reel: A “Bog Baptism” with Kaela
by Riley Steinbrenner Her first day on the job, I found my housemate Kaela Amundson—a microbiology undergraduate at UW-Madison—hunched over a blacktop counter in the station’s main lab next to a cranking, electric-mixer-sized machine that …