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Gardening with Native Plants: Winter Reading December 2, 2024
December is the first month of meteorological winter and brings the shortest days of the year, often with cold and snow. Gardens are quiet this… Read more
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Art on View: Illustrating Wisconsin's Wild Lakes June 30, 2024
“Illustrating Wisconsin’s Wild Lakes,” original illustrations by Rebecca Jabs for John Bates’s book Wisconsin’s Wild Lakes, will be on view in the Steinhauer Trust Gallery… Read more
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Tu Agua Project Builds on WATER Project’s Community Engagement Framework May 1, 2024
Situated near the low point of the Lake Wingra watershed, the Arboretum receives millions of gallons of stormwater each year from surrounding neighborhoods and commercial… Read more
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Research on Effective Community-Centered Environmental Outreach Informs UW Arboretum Programs March 18, 2024
Environmental outreach can help neighbors learn to address environmental issues, such as urban stormwater, that affect their communities. Residents who are well-respected within their social… Read more
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Arboretum and Community Partners Discuss Ways to Reduce Salt Contamination in Lake Wingra May 31, 2023
This spring, two meetings at the Arboretum brought together stakeholders from the Lake Wingra watershed with the overarching goal of reducing the amount of salt… Read more
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Dragonfly Education and Research at the Arboretum June 1, 2022
Dragonfly citizen science began at the Arboretum in 2018 with the Dragonfly Monitoring Project. Volunteers monitor nine sites across the grounds and have submitted over… Read more
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Protecting Lake Wingra Calls for Collaboration September 15, 2021
As the saying goes, “it takes a village” to be truly ready for the next big rainstorm. At least, that’s how the Arboretum sees it. Read more