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• Land Care Report: Monitoring and Restoring Noe Woods April 30, 2020

  Entering the Arboretum on McCaffrey Drive from Seminole Highway, visitors are greeted by a high canopy of large oaks and other tree species and then… Read more

• Arboretum 2020 Research Fellowship Recipients Announced April 30, 2020

  The Arboretum is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 Research Fellowships. Five graduate students were granted fellowships for projects that investigate… Read more

• Director’s Note, May 2020 April 30, 2020

  To the UW–Madison Arboretum Community, I hope that you are safe and healthy, and that the hope and promise of this season and the natural… Read more

• Steve Ackerman Named Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education at UW–Madison March 2, 2020

  UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank has named Steve Ackerman as the next Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (VCRGE). News story» The vice chancellor… Read more

• Cancel Earthworms January 23, 2020

  “In the absence of worms, North American hardwood forests develop a thick blanket of duff—a mille-feuille of slowly decomposing leaves deposited over the course of… Read more

• Invasive 'Jumping' Worms Are Now Tearing Through Midwestern Forests January 2, 2020

  “The writhing worm in ecologist Brad Herrick’s hand is still fairly new in town, but it’s taken only a few years for its kind to collectively damage swaths of… Read more

• Environmental Researchers, Educators "Speed Date" to Build Partnerships November 26, 2019

  At the emcee’s signal, participants flock to different tables. They quickly get down to discussing their common interests, intent on discovering whether to meet up… Read more

• The Impact of Urban Land Use on Aquatic Diversity November 4, 2019

  Equipped with waders and nets, members of professor Dan Preston’s UW–Madison aquatic ecology lab set out this summer to learn what is living in and… Read more

• Heat Kills Invasive Jumping Worm Cocoons, Could Help Limit Spread June 20, 2019

  New Arboretum research shows that temperatures of about 100 degrees Fahrenheit kill the cocoons of invasive jumping worms. But this is just an early step… Read more

• Ecological Monitoring: Process and Purpose May 30, 2019

  Ecosystems are dynamic, with vegetation and animals changing seasonally and over long time periods. Ecological monitoring is an important scientific practice of taking systematic, repeated… Read more

• Rainwater Chemistry: What’s in Precipitation, and Why Does It Matter? May 30, 2019

  Chemicals are integral to human technology and enterprise. While chemicals such as ammonia, mercury, and nitrogen are also part of natural processes, they can occur… Read more

• The University of Wisconsin Arboretum listed in the National Register of Historic Places April 2, 2019

  “The Wisconsin Historical Society has announced the listing of the University of Wisconsin Arboretum in Madison, Dane County, in the National Register of Historic Places… Read more

• Arboretum Research Fellowship Recipients Announced March 26, 2019

  The Arboretum is pleased to announce the 2019 recipients of Research Fellowships. Five graduate students were granted fellowships for projects that range from botany… Read more

• John Curtis: The Original Restoration Ecologist March 6, 2019

  Bring up conservation in Wisconsin and you’ll often hear the name John Curtis, along with such innovators as Aldo Leopold. A professor of botany, Curtis was a… Read more

• The Crazy Snake Worm Invasion You Haven’t Heard About February 21, 2019

  Earthworms may seem harmless, but they have the power to transform some of America’s forests—and not in a good way. Named for the way they… Read more

• Tracking Dragonflies, Citizen Scientists Gain Insight to Arboretum’s Wetlands October 11, 2018

  This past summer, volunteers congregated at the Arboretum to begin the Arboretum’s first-ever effort to systematically track dragonfly populations. Read the full UW News… Read more

• Citizen Scientists Help Monitor Dragonflies at the Arboretum September 30, 2018

  How many species of dragonflies call the Arboretum home, and where do they live? What are the most common species? More than twenty budding citizen… Read more

• A Living Legacy of Research at the Arboretum August 15, 2018

  Established on what was previously farmland, the UW–Madison Arboretum was initially a place to study the inner workings of Wisconsin’s prairies and recapture what the… Read more

• Herrick Selected as an “Invader Crusader” June 28, 2018

  The Wisconsin Invasive Species Council has recognized Arboretum ecologist Brad Herrick as a 2018 Invader Crusader. The awards are presented to… Read more

• The Arboretum Issue of the Isthmus April 19, 2018

  This week’s Isthmus issue is about the Arboretum. The Isthmus staff delved into many aspects of the Arb to bring you stories about research, citizen science,… Read more