WXPR Field Notes

About WXPR Field Notes

On the second Tuesday of every month, we hear from our contributors in the field. Susan Knight and Gretchen Gerrish both work for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Limnology at Trout Lake Station. Scott Bowe is the Director of Kemp Natural Resources Station.

Publisher

WXPR Public Radio

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Mar 2022

Latest episode

13 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

47 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Oct 2026

   Field Notes: The Great Lakes Compact

   Several decades ago, some forward-thinking politicians and water resource specialists created the Great Lakes Compact, a legally binding interstate compact with protections for the use and transfer of the waters of the Great Lakes and signed in 2008 by the governors of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. The full title, the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement, also includes the premiers of the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

2. 

   8 Sept 2026

   Field Notes: The Winter Survival Strategies of Northwoods Insects!

   Insects don't simply vanish, nor do they all succumb to the severe freezing weather. Instead, they employ an incredible array of biological winter survival strategies, ranging from supercooling their blood to entering deep states of dormant suspended animation.

3. 

   18 Aug 2026

   Field Notes: Research papers

   How do scientists talk about their research, and how can you untangle their sometimes overwhelming explanations?

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