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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...

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Following 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...

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Five 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...

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Hunting 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...

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Sloths 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,...

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Protecting 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...

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Catch 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...

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Catch 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...

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‘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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