Latest Past Events

NS Workshop: Restoring Upland Plant Communities

UWM Saukville Field Station 3095 Blue Goose Rd., Saukville

Plant communities are always in a state of transformation. They can be either moving toward the next phase of succession or regressing due to disturbance. Due to fragmentation and invasion of exotic species, our woodlands and prairies are being threatened. …

FOCB Event: Microscopic Wonders of the Bog

UWM Saukville Field Station 3095 Blue Goose Rd., Saukville

Come explore the hidden beauty of freshwater algae in the Bog and learn identifying characteristics of the major groups of algae.  This workshop will consist of an introductory lecture, followed by getting wet and muddy in the field, and ending …

NS Workshop: Botanical Diversity – From Algae to Angiosperms

UWM Saukville Field Station 3095 Blue Goose Rd., Saukville

This course will focus on a survey of basic information of the major groups of microscopic algae (plant ancestors) mosses, ferns, conifers and flowering plants with a focus on morphology, reproduction and dispersal, and evolutionary relationships. How are their “bodies” …