Written by Michelle A. Homann, Posted November 2025 One of the priorities that the Damschen Lab shares with the Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center (CASC) is ensuring that our research is both applicable and accessible to land managers, stakeholders, and the public. We were recently invited to participate in a symposium at the Midwest Climate … Continue reading Outreach opportunities and broader impacts of science supported by Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
Another winter field season in the books and a look forward to spring
Written by Michelle Homann Posted April 2025 This past winter, we only had two snow events that were substantial enough to apply snow reduction and addition treatments out at Mounds View Grassland. This is where we study tallgrass prairie plant community responses to snow depth in collaboration with the Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center. Lily … Continue reading Another winter field season in the books and a look forward to spring
Hiring Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) students to work on corridors and Insect/Plant Ecology
We seek to fill two (2) NSF Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) positions at the Savannah River Site (SRS) Corridor Experiment (near New Ellenton, South Carolina) for projects investigating the role of corridors on insect and plant ecology in the summer of 2025. Students will work directly with Thomas Smith (University of Wisconsin, based at … Continue reading Hiring Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) students to work on corridors and Insect/Plant Ecology
A summary of Damschen Lab summer milestones in preparation for winter
Written by Michelle Homann Posted February 2025 Over the summer, members of the Damschen lab completed our first full field season supported by Climate Adaptation Science Center (CASC) funding. Aside from our annual plant community composition surveys, we focused on seedling survival for underrepresented prairie plant species during the spring and summer months. Our goal … Continue reading A summary of Damschen Lab summer milestones in preparation for winter
Damschen lab reflects on spring CASC-funded research progress and student milestones
Let the field season begin! Fieldwork is a year-round undertaking in the Damschen lab’s long-term experiment in a restored tallgrass prairie at Mounds View Grassland in Iowa County, Wisconsin, where we shovel snow in the winter, prepare for prescribed burns in spring and fall, and collect prairie plant community data in the summer. The lab … Continue reading Damschen lab reflects on spring CASC-funded research progress and student milestones
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