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EEB presents the Spring 2022 Hathaway Lectureship by Drew Lanham entitled "Coloring the Conservation Conversation." Following the one hour lecture, there will be a catered reception in Woodward Way.

Peninsula Pride Farms: Take a chance on cover crops Dairy Business Association BRUSSELS, Wis. – Mike Vandenhouten was blunt in telling farmers at a Peninsula Pride Farms field event it was time to make a change and improve the area’s soil health. “There comes a time when you have to take a chance and quit doing things the way we have traditionally been doing it. I think there is a better way to do it and this is an excellent opportunity for me to give it a try. I have some reservations,...

I am a conservation biologist. My PhD explores how climate in the past and present modifies the effects of changing land use on biodiversity, using existing databases and statistical models. Furthermore, I will investigate how the interaction between changing climate and land use alters current predictions of how biodiversity will respond to land use in the future. The findings of this study will inform, with an aim to improve, management and conservation strategies at a global scale. I also wo...