Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Projects

• Water Resources Management Program

  The UW-Madison's Water Resources Management (WRM) Program provides an opportunity for students to approach water resources issues from an interdiscipl...

• Role of Natural Habitats in Agroecosystems

  UW-Madison personnel and community and government organizations are helping farmers in Arena, Plover, Stevens Point, Coloma, Friesland, Scandinavia, R...

• Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI)

  The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, in collaboration with the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and other campus units, launc...

• Wolf preservation in Wisconsin and beyond

  Professor Adrian Treves conducts research, teaching, and outreach about the conservation and preservation of wolves in Wisconsin and other regions of...

• Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE)

  The Center for Sustaniability and the Global Environment (SAGE) is a research center founded in 2001 in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies...

• The Weston Roundtable Series

  The Weston Roundtable Series is a weekly lecture and discussion series geared toward public engagement with sustainability issues. Building on the su...

• Tallgrass Prairie and Oak Savanna Fire Science Consortium

  Professor Paul Zedler's project is one of a nation-wide set of fire science consortia that are funded by the Federal Joint Fire Science Program. The p...

• Advancing Climate Science Education, Inquiry, and Literacy Across Rural Wisconsin Communities

  Our project aims to inspire scientific, place-based inquiry and advance climate science education and literacy across Wisconsin’s economically disadva...

• Cultivating more than good food? Employees' social and economic outcomes on certified organic vegetable farms

  Hired labor plays an increasingly crucial role on certified organic vegetable farms, yet farm employees often experience low wages and lack access to...

• Gold-standard experiments on non-lethal methods to protect property from large carnivores

  The Carnivore Coexistence Lab core team works on four major challenges to peaceful coexistence between people and large carnivores around the world. T...

• Predator-prey behavioral ecology

  The Carnivore Coexistence Lab works on four major challenges to peaceful coexistence between people & large carnivores around the world. We study (1)...

• STEM Camps for Autistic Youth

  The Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research hosts two STEM camps for autistic and high school students. One is The Sky's The Limit STEM Camp in...

• Providing climate services to stakeholders statewide

  The Wisconsin State Climatology Office (SCO) is helping people throughout the state understand the impacts of Wisconsin’s climate by providing context...