The Swale Tale How an unusual Door County landscape is helping researchers learn how Great Lake water levels affect groundwater and forests in coastal areas Landscapes tell a story. That can be obvious to the casual observer traveling around the state, whether it’s taking a scenic fall drive through the Driftless Area in southwest Wisconsin, …
Student Stories from the Field: A Summer with Freshwater@UW From monitoring water quality in Lake Michigan tributaries to coring trees in Door County, the students in the Freshwater@UW Summer Research Opportunities Program had a summer full of discovery. This year, the program supported 31 undergraduate students as they explored water chemistry, emerging contaminants, groundwater, fisheries, and …
New video captures wild rice revival project in Lake Winnebago The waters of Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin’s largest inland lake, were once teeming with wild rice – so abundant that historical accounts describe boats struggling to pass through the beds. This native aquatic plant, known as “mayom” in the Mohegan language and “manoomin” in the Ojibwe …