A few weeks ago, a letter arrived in our mailbox here at Hasler Lab from a reader of this blog. It was … not the most positive message. In fact, it stopped just short of “mean Tweet” territory. Here, in its entirety, is the letter: It seems to me that your blog is no different …
Readers of this blog may be startled to log on today and find no inquisitive young mind querying aquatic scientists about our inland waters. Maybe it’s because we’re on the COVID-19 version of summer break. Maybe we haven’t been advertising enough. Whatever the reason for the sudden drought of new questions, we know it’s NOT …
by Sydney Widell When talk show host Larry Meiller ventures up to the Northwoods, it’s usually to camp or fish. But on Wednesday, June 6th, the legend of Wisconsin airwaves spent the evening with Science on Tap-Minocqua at the Minocqua Brewing Company, where he reflected on his 51 year career at Wisconsin Public Radio. Meiller …
MADISON – For more than 120 years, scientists at the UW-Madison’s Center for Limnology have studied the waters around Madison, the state and the world. They’ve helped build much of our knowledge about how freshwater ecosystems work and, on Friday, June 24th, they’re opening the doors to the lab for our 5th annual open house …
Summer is our field season, which means you’ll see a lot more “UW-Limnology” boats out on Wisconsin waters. But it’s also when we ramp up our outreach programming. This is an especially busy week as, from Wednesday, June 10th through Friday the 12th, our faculty, students and staff will be speaking to public audiences everywhere from …
by Meredith Smalley BOULDER JUNCTION, Wis. — The first of August was a gorgeous day in northern Wisconsin: temperatures were in the mid-70s, the waters of Trout Lake were remarkably calm and clear, and the mosquitoes, for the first time this summer, were nowhere to be found. It was the perfect day for Trout Lake Station‘s …