The Catch
IF EVERY WRITER HAS A MUSE, then Nancy Langston’s is surely Lake Superior. An environmental historian who has written three books about people’s connection to natural places, Langston fell in love with...
View ArticleFollowing the Trail of Stress in Bears
THIS PAST SEPTEMBER, Karl Malcolm scoured the forested mountaintops of Southwestern China for evidence of Asiatic black bears, hiking with a team of Chinese naturalists and an interpreter through...
View ArticleFive things everyone should know about . . .The Tension Zone
1. You will not suddenly develop migraines upon entry. Rather, a “tension zone” describes a geographic area that marks a change from one type of vegetation to another, with species from both areas...
View ArticleHunting for Beginners
LAST FALL I spent an afternoon near Baraboo sitting in a tree stand across from a woman with a rifle. Perched in another crook was our hunting mentor, Karl Malcolm MS’08 PHD’11, then a CALS doctoral...
View ArticleSloths Thrive at Chocolate Source
Like many and much more nimble Neotropical fauna, sloths are running out of room to maneuver. As forests in South America and Central America are cleared for agriculture and other human uses,...
View ArticleProtecting our Pollinators
People and bees have a long shared history. Honeybees, natives of Europe, were carried to the United States by early settlers to provide honey and wax for candles. As agriculture spread, bees became...
View ArticleCatch up with … Barbara Heindl
As a double major in wildlife ecology and biological aspects of conservation, Barbara Heindl dreamed about one day helping to save a species from the brink of extinction. Now she’s pursuing her passion...
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Lucas Joppa grew up in northern Wisconsin 30 miles from the nearest stoplight, without a TV or computer. He spent his free time in the woods and became “hugely interested” in how various wild species...
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The Grow Dozen: Alumni who are making a difference in forestry and related...
Thomas Albrecht BS’76 Forest Science Albrecht, a forester for the Department of Natural Resources in Shawano County for more than 30 years, oversees forest management on public lands and helps private...
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The Fox, the Coyote—and We Badgers
Once upon a time during the last few years, a red-haired girl new to the University of Wisconsin–Madison crested Bascom Hill and cast her eyes upon the cozy arrangement of buildings and lawns, the...
View ArticleCatch up with … Lucas Rapisarda BS’15 Community and Environmental Sociology...
Lucas Rapisarda spent his early years in Illinois before his family moved to Bristol, Wisconsin, a village in Kenosha County. Along the way, he went to great schools and received a well-rounded...
View Article‘There Is No Reason to Fear Bats’
It would be hard to find someone more enthusiastic about bats than Amy Wray. She’s so fascinated by these winged mammals that she’s devoted her academic career to studying and understanding them. A...
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