Protecting Wisconsin’s Rare Plants for the Future

Protecting Wisconsin’s Rare Plants for the Future

by | Mar 30, 2015 | Lands & Waters

By Cait Williamson, Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin Dr. James P. Bennett, a retired research botanist with the United States Geological Survey and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Botany, has spent his life studying and protecting rare plants. His research has focused on the impact of air pollution on plants, specifically on lichens and […]

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Paul Brandt’s Lower Wisconsin Riverway Fund continues to shape and restore the riverway

Paul Brandt’s Lower Wisconsin Riverway Fund continues to shape and restore the riverway

by | Jan 28, 2015 | Profiles in Conservation

In 2005, Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Biologist Paul Brandt established the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Fund with the Foundation. Since its creation, the fund has been used to manage and restore the beautiful Lower Wisconsin State Riverway, an area that Brandt was instrumental in creating. Brandt died in 2006. It starts with a personal […]

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