Wetland Coffee Break: Establishing a citizen science salamander and ephemeral pond monitoring program in Wisconsin
What are ephemeral ponds, and why are they important to amphibians and other critters?
Wetland Coffee Break: Bryophyte floristic quality assessments of Wisconsin peatlands
Join Keir Wefferling to learn what these non-vascular plants, like mosses, liverworts, and hornworts, can tell us about the health of Wisconsin peatlands.
Wetland Coffee Break: Getting the most out of chemical control of wetland invasive plants with herbicide-additive systems
This presentation will demonstrate ways to get the most out of chemical control by taking advantage of herbicide-additive systems and detail the essentials of target plant anatomy and physiology as they relate to invasive species suppression.
Wetland Coffee Break: Celebrating wetlands through poetry: The art and craft of Mary Linton
Join us for this special Wetland Coffee Break to honor Mary’s memory and celebrate her craft as a poet.
Wetland Coffee Break: All-female salamanders “rule” an ephemeral pond
Gregory T. Burns discusses his multi-year citizen science amphibian-focused research of vernal pools (ephemeral ponds) in east central Wisconsin, including the first definitive discovery of the all-female salamander biotype in southern Wisconsin.
Wetland Coffee Break: Starhead Topminnow: The rare star of the backwaters of the Lower Wisconsin Riverway
Young ichthyologist Madeline Cleveland shares her knowledge of this state endangered species’ natural history, the threats it faces, and conservation efforts being made to preserve it.