Current Events

Maple Hour: Sap Flow and the SCO (State Climatology Office)

It’s tapping time! Join this special edition of the Maple Hour for sugaring updates from across Wisconsin. We want to know, how’s the sap flowing in your neck of the woods? We’ll be joined by the Wisconsin State Climatology Office to talk about an exciting new project in collaboration with the National Weather Service. Paul Buchmann and Josh Bendorf, will […]

2026 Tri-State Forest Stewardship Conference

The Tri-State Forest Stewardship Conference has provided science-based information and resources to forest landowners and stewards in the Illinois/Iowa/Wisconsin tri-state area for more than 25 years. It is one of the largest conferences for forest landowners in the Midwest and is sponsored by Iowa State University, University of Illinois, and University of Wisconsin–Madison Extension Services. […]

Maple Hour: Ticks in the Sugarbush

Susan Paskewitz, UW-Madison professor and researcher in the Medical Entomology Lab, joins the Maple Hour to talk about ticks in Wisconsin woodlands. We’ll look at ticks that could be found in a sugarbush, diseases they can carry, ways to prevent tick bites, and a tool you can use to help better understand ticks and prevent exposure. […]

Maple Hour: Companion Crops for the Sugarbush

Eric Burkhart, Pennsylvania State University professor, botanist, ethnobotanist, and agroforester, joins the Maple Hour to talk about non-timber forest products that can be grown and harvested in an active sugarbush. We’ll look at understory plants like ramps and ginseng, and other forest farming crops worthy of consideration. The Maple Hour is a webinar series for […]