"Exploring the Future of Madison’s Lakes": In-Person Badger Talk in Madison, WI

Join us on June 17, 2025, at 10:30 AM at the Renaissance Senior Living of Hilldale. Registration is not required. This talk is open to the public. With any questions, please contact their front desk at (608) 949-7550.

Like many lakes in urbanizing agricultural watersheds, the lakes of Madison are undergoing enrichment with nutrients, invasion by non-native plants and animals, and intensive management of fisheries. The talk presents a transdisciplinary effort to envision plausible futures for the lakes and analyze the possibilities using a suite of biophysical models.

Presenter Steve Carpenter has worked on water quality and fisheries problems of Wisconsin’s lakes since 1974. He was a co-founder of the Resilience Alliance for studies of social-ecological change. He served as a co-chair of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, the first global evaluation of the services that people obtain free from nature. Dr. Carpenter is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

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