Tag: Natural and Applied Sciences
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UW-Green Bay graduate students counted on to study habitat and plan for restoration
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Green Bay and its local tributaries offer some of the best outdoor lab facilities imaginable for future biologists. And the research students perform can inform decisions in restoration and bay health for years to come. This summer members of UW-Green Bay’s Aquatic Ecology and Fisheries Lab have been active in local streams, using an electrofishing…
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Experts are gathering to take on Bay issues, plan for the future
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More than 50 scientists and researchers are gathering at UW-Green Bay this week to discuss plans to improve and sustain the health of the Bay of Green Bay. WHBY covered the story.
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Prof. Draney gives the facts on mosquito capable of transmitting Zika virus
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The mosquito type capable of transmitting he Zika virus has been found in Wisconsin. That doesn’t mean state residents should panic. Watch the interview with UW-Green Bay Prof. Mike Draney (Natural and Applied Science, Biology).
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Prof. Draney talks ticks and mosquitoes with Joy Cardin
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UW-Green Bay Prof. Michael Draney (Biology, Natural and Applied Science) was featured on an hour-long segment of Wisconsin Public Radio’s Joy Cardin Show July 13 discussing mosquitoes and ticks in Wisconsin. Hot, rainy weather has brought the little buggers out in full force. Listen to the show.
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Draney says black widow is rarely seen
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The black widow spider is native to Wisconsin but rarely seen, said UW-Green Bay professor Michael Draney. “I’ve been collecting spiders pretty widely since 1999. I’ve collected thousands and thousands of spider specimens, but I’ve never myself collected a northern widow in Wisconsin,” Draney said. Usually, when black widows are found in Wisconsin, they come in…
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Video Spotlight: UW-Green Bay Professor John Luczaj
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As a young boy his friends teased him for talking about atoms and molecules. Now he is likely to strike up a conversation about the relationship between rocks and the aquifer. Today’s video spotlight from UW-Green Bay’s College of Science and Technology is Prof. John Luczaj (Geoscience, Natural and Applied Sciences). It’s a great interview…
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More than 50 scientists and professionals gather to assess Bay health and plan for restoration
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Fifty scientists, managers and professionals will work together to assess whether currently recommended and future proposed management practices will be sufficient to restore the bay of Green Bay, which is impacted by massive ongoing changes in climate, agriculture, urbanization and development within the watershed. The Cofrin Center for Biodiversity is hosting the Cooperative Institute for…
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Faculty note: Prof. Draney is co-author of second edition ‘Spiders of North America’
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UW-Green Bay Prof. Michael Draney (NAS) along with Canadian collaborator Donald J. Buckle authored the revised chapter on Linyphiidae (the most diverse spider family in North America with 937 described species) for the second edition of “Spiders of North America, an identification manual,” published by the American Arachnological Society. The original 2005 edition included an…
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Draney weighs in on large mosquito and tick population
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Entomologist and Professor, Michael Draney (Natural and Applied Science), spoke with Fox 11 in a piece about the large mosquito and tick populations this season on Sunday, June 25. “The mild winter, there was a lot of survivorship for the parents of these mosquitoes. All you really need is warm wet weather; we’ll probably have a severe mosquito…
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Faculty note: Luczaj leads Lifelong Learning Institute on field trip
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Prof. John Luczaj (Natural and Applied Science, Geology) led 53 participants on a day-long field trip on June 20, 2017 to the upper peninsula of Michigan for the Lifelong Learning Institute (formerly Learning in Retirement). The trip was a geology and landforms-oriented class that covered the Garden Peninsula and related parts of Michigan and Wisconsin.…