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 |
|---|---|---|
| KNRS Deer Exclosures: Evaluation of Ecological Impacts | Bowe, S. | UW-Madison, Kemp Natural Resources Station |
| Understanding Stress Development in Vacuum Dried Hardwood Lumber | Bowe, S. | UW-Madison, Forest and Wildlife Ecology |
| A comparison of Warp in Conventional Steam Dried vs. Vacuum Dried Hardwood Lumber | Bowe, S. | UW-Madison, Forest and Wildlife Ecology |
| A comparison of color in White Woods: Conventional Steam Dried vs. Vacuum Dried Hardwood Lumber | Bowe, S. | UW-Madison, Forest and Wildlife Ecology |
| Walleye recruitment in northern Wisconsin lakes | Dembkowski, D. | UW-Stevens Point Cooperative Fishery Research Unit |
| Angler Creel Survey | Kubisiak, J. | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
| Novel interactions in novel conditions: consequences of disrupting historical plant-fungal interactions for tree response to climate change | Lankau, R. | UW-Madison, Plant Pathology |
| Monarch Butterflies | Larkin, J. | Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Biology |
| How will Wisconsin's native conifers respond to winter warming? | McCulloh, K. | UW-Madison, Botany |
| Mitigating Wildlife Hazards to Aviation in Wisconsin | Menon, M. | UW-Madison, Forest & Wildlife Ecology |
| Assessing risk of invasive insects and pathogens in US forests | Raffa, K. | UW-Madison, Entomology |
| Using pathogens to control impacts of invasive crayfish | Reisinger, L. | University of Florida, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences |
| Golden-winged Warbler survival and population viability analysis | Roth, A. | University of Maine, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology |
| Population analysis of caliciopsis canker pathogen of eastern white pine | Stanosz, G. | UW-Madison, Forest & Wildlife Ecology |
| Ash-Replacement Study | Stoltman, A. | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
| Long-Term Bat Monitoring Station | White, John Paul | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
| Wisconsin Insect Biodiversity Survey | Young, D. | UW-Madison, Entomology |
| Mitigating nonpoint source pollution impacts on nearshore health in the Great Lakes Basin, USA | Zalesny, R. | USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station |
| KMP566 "Forest Vegetation and Management" (as established by James H Zimmerman in 1979) | Zimmerman, E. | UW-Madison, Botany |