Friday, April 23, 2021

Thomas D. Brock, 1926-2021

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Thomas Dale Brock, of Madison, Wisconsin, passed away on 4 April 2021 at the age of 94, due to complications from a fall. He was born 10 Sep...
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Saturday, November 21, 2020

Great fall burn weather during Election Week

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Because of Covid most of our spring burns were canceled (needlessly!). So it was a great boon that the first week of November (Election Week...
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Friday, May 1, 2020

Comparison between burned (2019) and unburned (2020) areas of the same oak savanna

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We were prevented from  burning in 2020 because of the corona virus pandemic. I found two photos from the same location: 2019 (dormant sea...
Thursday, April 2, 2020

My old work now playing part of the corona virus assay

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My work on Thermus aquaticus has been reported frequently because of its significance in DNA technology. Who knew it would also play  a rol...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Importance of fire with Midwest oak savannas

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We have been burning our oak savannas at Pleasant Valley Conservancy " annually" for the past 20 years. They have always been dor...
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Thursday, March 26, 2020

Corona virus: Controlled burns for natural areas now canceled

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Since my post yesterday, Wisconsin DNR Forestry has canceled burn permits for natural areas. (Burns for agricultural purposes are still perm...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Restoration ecology in the time of corona virus: controlled burns

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These are fearsome times, with a modern plague raging  across the land. Unfortunately, the full significance of the epidemic only beca...
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