*WSB: Kjell Erik Anderson (1961 - 2012)

*JG: Lake Koshkonong ruling could set precedent for DNR power over lake levels.

*WSJ (paywall): DNR bat expert lauded for life’s work.

*GBPG: U.S., Canada renew 40-year-old Great Lakes Compact.

*APC (paywall): Fall colors slightly ahead of schedule this season.

*MJS (paywall): Southeastern Wisconsin trees and the prolonged drought of 2011 & 2012.

*WUWM: A new invader possible in Wisconsin’s forests.

*DNR: State wildlife officials will again be sampling deer for Chronic Wasting Disease.

*DNR: Zebra mussel bio-control tests begin in Wisconsin.

*UW: Collide and conquer: How blood cells sort themselves out.

*UW: Researchers study how to wedge wireless between TV signals.

*UW: New genetic mechanism for controlling blood cell development and blood vessel integrity found.

Events!

Tonight:

Wednesday Nite at the Lab: Targeting the Beta Cell in Diabetes Therapeutics. 7 - 8:15 p.m., Auditorium, 425 Henry Mall. Free!

Thursday

Discovery! Thursdays: Creating Dairyland: How Dairy Farming in Wisconsin Transduced the Enlightenment, with “Creating Dairyland” author Ed Janus. 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Lakeview Library. Free!

Friday

UW Animal Research Ethics Forum: Animal research and the limits of medicine. 7 p.m., Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. Free!

Wednesday, Sept. 19

Wednesday Nite at the Lab: Landscape Legacies of Land Use: Reading the Trees and Soil. 7 - 8:15 p.m., Auditorium, 425 Henry Mall. Free!

To submit your science-related event, e-mail science@dane101.com

Christie Taylor

Contributor

Christie Taylor (@ctaylsaurus) covers science, environment, and, depending on the season, state politics for dane101. She verbs a lot of nouns, including rollerskates, radio, and Kurt Vonnegut. A Madison native, she's not sure she'll ever quite manage to leave Wisconsin, and that's just fine by her. Contact her at christie@dane101.com.