Wetland Coffee Break: Science to the Sidewalk: Relational care of people and nature
Dr. Kristen Voorhies joined us for an insightful and dynamic presentation on how formal scientific knowledge and community-held knowledge can work together.
Wetland Coffee Break: Northern lowland hardwood forests: Learning from experience, managing for change
Presenter Martha Sample shares how altered hydrology, emerald ash borer, and a changing climate are affecting northern lowland hardwood forests, and how more coordinated monitoring, reporting, and information sharing could help people manage these shifting ecosystems.
Wetland Coffee Break: Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge: An urban gem, 14 years old and growing
The Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge is located in Walworth County, Wisconsin, and McHenry County, IL. It is designated as an urban wildlife refuge serving nearly 12 million people who live within an hour and half drive of the refuge. The work of many land partners...
Wetland Coffee Break: Zoogeography and ethnobiology of Wisconsin’s fishes: A historical perspective
Join avocational ichthyologist Madeleine Cleveland to take a look at the people and places that influenced Wisconsin fish fauna.
Wetland Coffee Break: Native wetland plant restoration pilot project: Fish Creek Slough Estuary in Ashland, Wisconsin
Learn about the ecological impacts on Fish Creek Slough from historic and present-day human presence, invasive species dynamics, and the emerging challenges of climate change.
Wetland Coffee Break: Tackling aquatic invasive species with surveys, drones, and soil cores in the Pheasant Branch Conservancy
Presenters Evelyn Webb Williams and Tom Bernthal share how multiple types of data, both current and historical, were used to inform and develop an Aquatic Invasive Species plan.