Current Research at Kemp
Kemp Station supports two long-term research projects on it’s property:
Long-term Bat Monitoring Station
In addition, each year, Kemp Station supports numerous research projects on a variety of topics related to Wisconsin’s natural resources. The list below shows projects, project leaders and their associations for the current calendar year. Projects are added to this list throughout the year.
| Project Title | Name | Department & University or Agency |
|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas II | Anich, Nick | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
| KNRS Deer Exclosures: Evaluation of Ecological Impacts | Bowe, Scott | Kemp Natural Resources Station, UW-Madison |
| Maintaining Timber Supply and Maximizing Returns through Appropriate Rotation Ages to Minimize Cull | Bowe, Scott | Forest & Wildlife Ecology, UW-Madison |
| Hardwood Lumber Price Modeling in a Global Marketplace | Bowe, Scott | Forest & Wildlife Ecology, UW-Madison |
| Understanding relationships between deer demographics, deer health and forest vegetation through partnerships with WI hunters | Bronson, Dustin | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
| Golden-winged Warbler Migration Study | Buckardt, A. | Wildlife Fisheries and Conservation Biology, University of Maine |
| Combining NEON and remotely sensed habitats to determine climate impacts on community dynamics | Clark, J. | Nicholas School of the environment, Duke University |
| Chequamegon Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (ChEAS) | Desai, Ankur | Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UW-Madison |
| Restoration of Northern Dry Forests: Waupee Barrens | DonnerWright, Deahn | USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station |
| Effects of herbivore grazing on algal fractions, C:N:P, & production in Western Lake Michigan | Engevold, P. | UW-Milwaukee, Biological Sciences |
| Recruiting New Hunters to Reduce Deer Damage to Crops | Garoon, J. | Community and Environmental Sociology, UW-Madison |
| Entomology lab writing retreat | Guedot, C. | Entomology, UW-Madison |
| Planning collaborative research and extension with Dr Amaya Atucha | Guedot, C. | UW-Madison, Entomology |
| Stream Surveys of Wisconsin | Hart, D. | UW-Extension, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey |
| Fire Effects on Woody Vegetation | Holoubek, Nathan | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
| Temporal variation in adult muskellunge abundance in northern Wisconsin lakes | Iserman, Dan (Dan Dembkowski), | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Cooperative Fishery Research Unit |
| The effects of Centrarchid species removal on Walleye (Sander vitreus) recruitment in Northern Wisconsin Lakes | Iserman, Dan (Sullivan, C.) | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Cooperative Fishery Research Unit |
| Rare Plant Identification | Kline, J. | WDNR Natural Heritage Conservation |
| Patterns of white spruce cone production near the southern range limit | LaMontagne, Jalene | Biological Sciences, DePaul University |
| Novel interactions in novel conditions: consequences of disrupting historical plant-fungal interactions for tree response to climate change | Lankau, R. | UW-Madison, Plant Pathology |
| Nelson Institute Summer Thesis/Dissertation Writing Retreat | Miller, Jim | Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, UW-Madison |
| KAWE GIDAA-NAANAAGADAWENDAAMIN MANOOMIN: first we should consider manoomin / psiη (wild rice) | Ng, C. | Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota |
| Cisco Assessment and Walleye-Cisco Interactions In Wisconsin Lakes | Nolan, Aaron | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
| Integrated Tick Management for Community Environmental Health | Paskewitz, Susan | Susan Paskewitz, Entomology, UW-Madison |
| Wood turtle population demographics in northern Wisconsin | Pauli, J. | UW-Madison, Forest & Wildlife Ecology |
| Lab research retreat | Radeloff, V. | UW-Madison, Forest & Wildlife Ecology |
| Modeling Forest Insect Pests in Wisconsin Forests | Raffa, Ken | Entomology, UW-Madison |
| Dissertation writing retreat | Rivera, R. | Plant Pathology, Forest & Wildlife Ecology, UW-Madison |
| Body Condition of the American Woodcock as an Indicator of Habitat Quality | Roelandt, Christopher | University of Michigan-Flint Biology Department |
| Phenological Measurements to Improve Understanding of Spring and Autumn Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions | Schwartz, M. | UW-Milwaukee, Geography |
| The Strategic Prevention Framework Partnerships For Success | Seneca, D. | Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council |
| Engaging Wisconsin woodland owners | Shaw, B. | Department of Life Sciences Communication, UW-Madison |
| Conidial production by Heterobasidion irregulare on branch segments of Great Lakes region conifer species | Stanosz, G. | UW-Madison, Forest & Wildlife Ecology |
| Forest Regeneration Monitoring | Stoltman, A. | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
| Populations dynamics of deer in the Western UP | Van Deelen, T. | UW-Madison, Forest & Wildlife Ecology |
| Research project mini-symposium and lab retreat | Van Deelen, Tim | Forestry and Wildlife Ecology, UW-Madison |
| A mixed methods analysis of recruitment and retention dynamics of novice hunters in WI | Van Deelen, Tim | Forestry and Wildlife Ecology, UW-Madison |
| Waller Lab Group Scientific Retreat | Waller, D. | UW-Madison, Botany |
| The NEON Project | Weishampel, Peter | Neon |
| Long-Term Bat Monitoring Station | White, John Paul | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
| Wisconsin Soil Survey | Whitman, T. | UW-Madison, Department of Soil Science |
| Williams Lab Research Retreat | Williams, J. | Geography, UW-Madison |
| Calibration and application of a population-based spruce budworm outbreak disturbance extension for LANDIS-II | Wolter, Peter (Bina Thapa) | Natural Resource Ecology & Management, Iowa State University |
| Mitigating nonpoint source pollution impacts on nearshore health in the Great Lakes Basin, USA | Zalesny, R. | USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station |
| Zimmerman Forest Plot Long-term Study | Zimmerman, Elizabeth | Botany, UW-Madison |