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 …
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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 …
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 …
The Lasting Legacy of “Tug” Juday: 1918-2013
This Monday, March 18th, the Center for Limnology lost a dear friend. Eugene Thurston “Tug” Juday passed away at Grace Lodge in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, which is also the city where he was born. While Tug …
Wordless Wednesday – Take 5
Another week, another winner in the Center for Limnology “Wordless Wednesday” photo caption contest! This week’s winner gets the gold for a clever combination of username “Ahab” and the following caption: “I’d rather harpoon a …