November 4  Wildlife Health Matters
Tami Ryan, WDNR
Tami Ryan is the Chief of the Wildlife Health Program in the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Wildlife Management. She received her MS degree in Natural Resources, Wildlife Biology and Management, from UW Stevens Point. Tami has been with the DNR for 27 years and in her current position for the past 11 years. The Wildlife Health
Team's mission is to investigate, manage and educate about the diseases and other health issues affecting wildlife to help conserve Wisconsin's rich wildlife heritage. Tami and her team have been integral in studies of West Nile Virus exposure and infection in ruffed grouse, translocation of elk from Kentucky and ruffed grouse to Missouri, investigation of PFAS (Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in deer, responding to emerging wildlife disease concerns including SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), bovine tuberculosis and RHDV-2 (rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus), and monitoring and responding to chronic wasting disease.​
October 7 Wild Rice
Peter David, Great Lake Fish and Wildlife Commission
​Peter David is wildlife biologist with the Great Lakes Indian Fish
and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC). Originally from Green Bay,
he received BS and Master Degrees in Wildlife Ecology from
UW-Madison before heading north to work for GLIFWC, which
is headquartered on the Bad River Reservation near Ashland. In
his new position, Peter developed an interest in manoomin
(wild rice), encouraged and guided by the tribal elders and
ricers who shared their Traditional Ecological Knowledge
regarding this cultural and ecological treasure. More than three
decades later his relationship with manoomin continues to
expand, as a harvester, finisher, researcher, steward and
consumer of wild rice.
April, May and June events cancelled due to COVID 19
March 4  Native Plant Gardening for Pollinators 
Patrick Goggin, UWSP and UW- Extension Lakes



Patrick Goggin is part of the UW Extension Lakes Partnership Program Patrick engages lake citizens and tribal, state and county agencies to help protect lakes Patrick has been interested in gardening for many decades and has created spectacular native gardens at his home in Phelps WI

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Patrick and Quita's native plant garden tour - You Tube vitural garden tour
Native Plant Garden Picture Tour of Patrick and Quita's house
February 5  Parasites in Fresh Water Ecosystems
Dan Preston, UW Madison Forest and Wildlife Ecology   ​
Dr. Dan Preston, Ph.D., is a faculty member in the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology . He received his PhD in Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology at the University Colorado, Boulder. Dr. Preston’s research focuses on the ecology of 'natural enemies', which includes parasites, predators and invasive species in freshwater systems. Recent projects have examined the roles of parasites in food webs and aim to determine how parasites alter nutrients in streams.
January 8  Green Energy: How solar became affordable and what that means for other technologies
Greg Nemet, UW Madison, La Follette School of Public Affairs
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Dr. Gregory Nemet, Ph.D is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin–
Madison's La Follette School of Public Affairs. He received his PhD in Energy
and Resources from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Nemet’s newest
book is “How Solar Became Cheap: A Model for Low-Carbon Innovation.” In
2015, he received the H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship, which honors
outstanding University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty members for their
research contributions. He was named an Andrew Carnegie Fellow in 2017. He
was awarded the inaugural World Citizen Prize in Environmental Performance by APPAM in
2019. He is currently a Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPPC) 6th Assessment Report. Professor Nemet's research focuses on the process of
technological change in energy and its interactions with public policy.
Join us on Wednesday night to talk about solar energy, technological innovation in green
energy, and how green energy can be leveraged in the Northwoods.