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Sustained by Students: The Volunteers Keeping Campus Bat Monitoring Alive

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At 8 pm, the Lakeshore Nature Preserve is already pitch-black. Makeela Magomolla greets me near the entrance, armed with a headlamp and backpack, and we make our way down the path. By now, I’ve already missed sunset, the ideal time to see bats exiting the bat roost— which is hardly a 2-minute walk from the …

Tending to the heart of campus

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A deeper look into the staff who manage the 300-acre Lakeshore Nature Preserve—and the history and future of the Preserve. In May of 2023, UW–Madison published the final draft of a Master Plan for the Lakeshore Nature Preserve, the first since 2006. The plan proposes an ambitious, wide-ranging vision for the Preserve as a site …