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Fall 2024 – Science, Scuba and Summer Vibes at Trout Lake Station
- From the Director Jake Vander Zanden
- Three Years In, Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center is Already Informing Management Approaches to Climate Impact
- Science, Scuba and Summer Vibes at Trout Lake Station
- Checking in on the Cascade Project After (Almost) 40 Years
- CFL Hosts Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography
- The Center for Limnology Gets Salty!
- Field Samples: Graduate Students and Postdoc – Jess Briggs, Lonnie Parry, Sarah Ramirez
- Catching up With Alumnus David Lodge
- “Collaboration is vital.” An Interview with Zach Feiner
- Unthreading the Mussel Mystery: Part 1
- Colorful Sites from 2024
Thank you for supporting the CFL Support the CFL. The generosity of our supporters allows the Center for Limnology to continue to train the next generation of limnologists, generate new knowledge about inland waters, and share this knowledge with diverse audiences. Please consider making a gift to the Center for Limnology online or contact CFL director Jake Vander Zanden at mjvanderzand@wisc.edu or 608-262-3014.
Past Newsletters
Summer 2024 – Trout Lake Station Newsletter
- From TLS Director Gretchen Gerrish
- Living Legacies at Trout Lake Station
- Celebrating 100 Years of Building Careers – and Community – at Trout Lake Station
- Lifetime Achievement Awards
- Connecting the Past and the Future: A New TLS Student Reflects on the LimnoCentennial
- LimnoCentennial Photos
- Trout Lake Station Welcomes our New “Wisconsin Idea” Lakes Limnologist
- Navigating Tomorrow’s Waters: Research Outbuilding Paves the Way for Year-Round Scientific Advancements
- Welcome Tom Swedberg
- Aquatica Reflections on Wisconsin Lakes Traveling Art Exhibit
Fall 2023 – Researching the Waters of Wisconsin and the World
- From the Director Jake Vander Zanden
- Small But Mighty: “Pond Pals” Community Science Project Already Yielding Big Results
- Charted Waters: Center for Limnology Research Spans the Globe
- Eye in the Sky: Cutting Edge Technology May Change What We Mean When We Say Lake View
- Tenure, Times Two! Hilary Dugan and Grace Wilkinson Hit “Career Milestone” in 2023
- Monitoring Manoomin: A Collaborative Study on Wild Rice Lake
- New Faces at the CFL – Jimmy Sustachek & Jonathan Lytle
- Field Samples: Graduate Students and Postdoc – Cassie Ceballos, Quinn Smith, Bryan Maitland
- Catching up With Alumnus Aaron Koning
- Exploring the Intersections of Art and Science: A 2024 Traveling Exhibition
- CFL’S Summer Science Communication Internships Give Undergrads the Chance to “See the Lake Differently”
Summer 2023 – TLS Newsletter Summer
- From the Director Gretchen Gerrish
- After Four Decades Studying Northern Wisconsin Lakes, Susan Knight Calls It A Career
- Better Late Than Never: Alice Hargrave Finally Arrives for her 2020 Artist-In-Residency Stay
- 2023 Gillum Award for Outstanding Graduate Achievement
- Trout Lakers Get Involved in American Fisheries Society
- Collaborations Between Trout Lake Station and Lac du Flambeau Tribe “Just Makes Sense”
- Trout Lake Station Wins 2022 Business of the Year Award
Fall 2022 – All-Hands-on-Deck for LimnoLaunch
- From the Interim Director Emily Stanley
- Limno Launch Breaks Barriers and Builds Connections for Summer Field Season
- Drawing Water: Art and Science Mentorship Program Produces Beautiful Results
- Study Finds Unpredictable Fate in Lakes “Up North,” While Southern Waters Run Out of Air
- Under New Management – 3 New Research Specialists / “Lab Managers”
- Visiting Scholar Ricardo Taniwaki
- A “Patchwork Quilt” Career: Remembering Lorna Petty Harrell (1947-2022)
- Steve Carpenter Wins Blue Planet Prize
- Field Samples: Graduate Students Amanda Kerkhove & Danny Szydlowski & Postdoc Ray Allen
- Catching Up With Alumnus Elena Bennett
- Tiny Invertebrates and the Great Aquatic Migration
- Photos from the Field
Summer 2022 – Trout Lake Station Newsletter
- From the Director Gretchen Gerrish
- Drawing Water: Art and Science Mentoring
- Timing is Everything, Especially to The Team of Researchers Studying our Changing Northwoods Lakes
- Gillum Award for Outstanding Graduate Achievement
- Overnight Delivery: Thousands of Fish Hand-Delivered to Lakes in Attempt to Restore a Native Species
- Life on Station – from research, to outreach, to relaxation
- Memories of Carl Bowser and His Contributions to Limnology
- Hello, Goodbye – Amber Mrnak, John Vehrs and brand new TLS Sign
- Support: We are excited to announce the creation of the new “Trout Lake Station Fund.” Donations to the fund will go directly to TLS to help improve our facilities and support our mission of freshwater research, undergraduate training and public outreach. Individual donors make a BIG difference by funding summer internships, innovative Northwoods research projects and more. Please consider making a gift to Trout Lake Station.
Limnology News 2021 – Helping Chart Wisconsin’s Freshwater Future
- From the Director Jake Vander Zanden
- The Future Looks Fresh: New Collaboration Will Boost Wisconsin Water Research, Policy and Economy
- A Better Picture of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Thanks to Being “In the Right Place All the Time”
- New Faces at the CFL
- Not Just New Faces; Renovated Spaces
- In Rare Dose of Good Climate News, Study Finds That Algae Blooms Aren’t Getting Universally Worse
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After going virtual in 2020, Trout Lake Station was able to host an in-person open house in 2021! With safety measures in place, we were able to host nearly 250 people on station to learn about limnology and the research being conducted this summer. Pictured here, Trout Lake Station associate scientist, Susan Knight, shows a family of visitors a freshwater bryozoan. Better Together: The WDNR and CFL’s Strong Scientific Partnership
- Field Samples
- For UW-Madison Undergrad, a Crash Course in Fish Fieldwork Leads to a Passion for Freshwater Science
- Photos From The Field
Trout Lake Station Newsletter Summer 2021 – WELCOME TO OUR FIRST TLS EDITION!
- From the CFL Trout Lake Station Director, Gretchen Gerrish
- 215,000 Fish Later, Project to Boost Walleye Numbers Is Still Keeping the Competition Down
- Get to Know our Lon-Term Ecological Research Lakes
- What’s going on With Wisconin’s Wild Rice? Trout Lake Station Joins Partners to Investigate
- Artists in Residence at Trout Lake Station
- Farewell to the Pams of Trout Lake Station – Pam Fashingbauer and Pam Montz retirement
Limnology News 2020 – Our Year of Socially Distant Science
- From the Director Jake Vander Zanden
- In Fight Against Invasive Species, Can the Cure Be Worse Than the Disease?
- No Crowds? Virtual Outreach to the Rescue!
- Socially Distant Science: Even Amid a Global Pandemic, CFL Was Busy with Research in 2020
- Meet the Newest CFL Faculty Member Grace Wilkinson
- Epic Summer Road Trip Finds Small Streams Have Big Impact
- Field Samples: Robert Ladwig, David Ortiz, Ashley Trudeau
- Catching Up With Alumnus Jim Cloern
- Making Connections: Individual Donors Support Promising Students and World-Class Research at the CFL
- CFL Faculty & Staff Awards & Recognition
- CFL Student Awards
- Thank you for supporting the CFL
- Notes of Appreciation from summer fellows
Limnology News 2019 – Winter Limnology
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- From the Director Jake Vander Zanden
- Steve Carpenter Margalef Prize
- Limnology Open House
- An Unusual Spring Leads to “Crystal Clear” Water in Madison Lakes
- Meet the Newest CFL Faculty Member, Olaf Jensen
- Gearing Up For “Full Season” Limnology
- Study says “hidden overharvest” from fishing plays a role in Wisconsin walleye declines
- Field Samples: Postdoc and Graduate Students
- Catching Up With Alumnus Gretchen Hansen
- First Ever “Day of the Badger” Nets CFL $7,000+
- The Limnos and Her Long-time Captain, Dave Harring, Sail Off Into the Sunset
- CFL Faculty & Staff Awards & Recognition
- CFL Student Awards
- Thank you for supporting the CFL
Limnology News 2018 – The Year of The Flood
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- From the Director Jake Vander Zanden
- Limnology on People’s Minds All Year Long Thanks to ‘Go Big Read’
- Emily Stanley’s Big Year
- Environmental Data Initiative Wants to Make Storing and Sharing Data Second Nature
- Gretchen Gerrish: Meet the New Trout Lake Station Director
- The Year of the Flood
- Hold the Salt: CFL Researcher Works to Preserve Our Freshwaters
- The CFL Bids Farewell to Pete McIntyre
- Forensic Fishing: Using eDNA to Track Fish Populations
- Field Samples: Postdoc and Graduate Students
- Catching Up With Alumnus Lucas Joppa
- CFL Faculty & Staff Awards & Recognition
- CFL Student Awards
- Thank you for supporting the CFL