Tag: Cofrin Center for Biodiversity
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UW-Green Bay to host 16th annual NAS Heirloom Plant Sale May 12
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will host its 16th annual Natural and Applied Sciences Heirloom Plant Sale from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday, May 12 in the Lab Sciences Greenhouse on campus, 2420 Nicolet Drive. If plants are left over, another sale will be held at the same time the following Saturday, May 19.
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The bird’s the word: Campus survey identifies 56 species of feathered friends
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Friday’s (April 27) Big Day Bird Survey was a big success for our resident ornithologists (and wannabes), who identified 56 species of birds on campus during a 17-hour period. Spearheaded by the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity, the event enlisted the assistance of Facebook to compile the identified species of birds. The 50th bird species spotted…
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We think you’ll “like” it — Facebook aids in first-ever campus Big Birding Day
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Our friends at the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity are working to document as many birds as possible on campus and within the Cofrin Arboretum, beginning at midnight tonight (Thursday, April 26) and continuing through midnight Friday (April 27). Prof. Vicki Medland will establish a thread on the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity Facebook page (www.facebook.com/Cofrinbiodiversity) for…
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Tomato wranglers wanted
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You know the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity and its popular Heirloom Plant Sale? (The one that happens to be a fantastic annual fundraiser for student-focused lectures and projects in the sciences?) Well, project director Vicki Medland shares word that they will be transplanting tomatoes Thursday from 1 to 5 p.m. and again Friday (April 27)…
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Where there's smoke, there's prairie fire
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Prescribed burns on the Keith White Prairie are likely later this week. After surveying the prairie Monday morning with Gary Fewless, project coordinator Joshua Martinez says conditions look good for the sort of controlled, periodic burn necessary in nature to rejuvenate a prairie and keep it in top condition. So, don’t be alarmed if you…
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In pictures: Little learners love the Richter Museum
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About 100 local second-graders got to experience the fun of hands-on science last month when they toured the Richter Museum of Natural History on campus. Museum Curator Tom Erdman hosted three classes over three days, showing and telling about the numerous animal specimens the museum contains. Remarked one teacher, “they all want to be scientists…
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Second-graders have a field day at campus Richter Museum
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Close to 100 local second-graders got an up-close look at science and the natural world during recent field trips to the Richter Museum of Natural History. Housed on the UW-Green Bay campus, the Richter Museum contains one of Wisconsin’s most significant collections of animal specimens for scientific research and education.
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Fishing for mammals, Cofrin student researcher gets trailcam bonus
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Members of the UW-Green Bay campus and community are invited to attend a symposium presented by student researchers of the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity, from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday (March 6) in the 1965 Room. One of the students, Jesse Weinzinger, did a mammal survey of the Wabikon Lake Forest Dynamics Plot near Laona,…
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Research, naturally: Cofrin grants recipients share results (and video)
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Members of the UW-Green Bay campus and community are invited to attend a symposium presented by student researchers of the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity.
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2012 Cofrin Symposium to spotlight eight student researchers
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The annual Cofrin Student Symposium — in which student researchers receiving Cofrin Grants for study on University-managed natural areas report back their findings — will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, in the 1965 Room of the University Union. Even if you can attend only for a talk or two, it’s…