Tag: citizen science

Sustained by Students: The Volunteers Keeping Campus Bat Monitoring Alive

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 …

Bird-Safe Glass Partnerships Take Flight

There’s a certain magic to Madison in May. Campus exhales, nature shows off, and for a few weeks, the whole city seems to shift. It’s graduation season, and peak spring migration. And while the spotlight tends to fall on those moving on, it’s also a good time to notice who’s passing through. Each spring and …