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These video clips are excerpted from a documentary University Wild! The Campus Natural Areas of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2002 by Tom Sinclair. At the time, the Lakeshore Nature Preserve was still called the “Campus Natural Areas.” The full documentary is available by contacting the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at: http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/dir/profile.php?id=206

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Title: Class of 1918 Marsh
Running Time: 1:54 minutes
Video Size: High 9 Mb Low 3 Mb
Format: .qt (Quicktime format)
Citation: Tom Sinclair, University Wild! The Campus Natural Areas of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Video, 18 min. Madison, Wis. : Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2002.

Video Summary: Professor Evelyn Howell, UW-Madison, describes the restoration activites in the Class of 1918 Marsh. Student describes ecological restoration technique of controlled burning. Howell urges use of site as a model for nation.

Title: Picnic Point
Running Time: 1:28 minutes
Video Size: High 7 Mb Low 2.3 Mb
Format: .qt (Quicktime format)
Citation: Tom Sinclair, University Wild! The Campus Natural Areas of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Video, 18 min. Madison, Wis. : Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2002.

Video Summary: The geography and history of Picnic Point are described, and a student lifeguard at the Picnic Point Beach tells why people love the place.

Please note: The university does not provide lifeguards at Preserve beach areas and water quality is not monitored. Swim at your own risk. Public Health Madison and Dane County can tell you if Spring Harbor or Memorial Union beaches are open and safe for swimming. Visit their web site at http://www.publichealthmdc.com/environmental/water/beaches/.

Title: Anthropology and Art Kilns
Running Time: 1:18 minutes
Video Size: High 6 Mb Low 2 Mb
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Citation: Tom Sinclair, University Wild! The Campus Natural Areas of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Video, 18 min. Madison, Wis. : Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2002.

Video Summary: Two UW-Madison art students describe the anagama kiln, and how their process with an outdoor, wood-burning kiln changes their experience of their work and of their place in nature.

Title: Biocore Prairie
Running Time: 1:32 minutes
Video Size: High 7 Mb Low 2 Mb
Format: .qt (Quicktime format)
Citation: Tom Sinclair, University Wild! The Campus Natural Areas of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Video, 18 min. Madison, Wis. : Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2002.

Video Summary: Preserve Field Manager Cathie Bruner and former Biocore director Ann Burgess, UW-Madison, describe restoration progress, and how UW students' learning experience in the field provides superior understanding of ecological problems.

Title: Eagle Heights Gardens
Running Time: 1:41 minutes
Video Size: High 8 Mb Low 3 Mb
Format: .qt (Quicktime format)
Citation: Tom Sinclair, University Wild! The Campus Natural Areas of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Video, 18 min. Madison, Wis. : Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2002.

Video Summary: Preserve Field Manager Cathie Bruner and David Shiffert of the Eagle Heights Community Gardens explain how the gardens provide an anchor to sucessive generations of students, and how a small garden plot can change you.

Title: Eagle Heights Woods
Running Time: 0:49 minutes
Video Size: High 4 Mb Low 1.3 Mb
Format: .qt (Quicktime format)
Citation: Tom Sinclair, University Wild! The Campus Natural Areas of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Video, 18 min. Madison, Wis. : Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2002.

Video Summary: Eagle Heights Woods is described as a prime location for the study of ecology. Birders watch and call into the canopy.

Title: The Lakeshore Path
Running Time: 0:54 minutes
Video Size: High 4 Mb Low 1.5 Mb
Format: .qt (Quicktime format)
Citation: Tom Sinclair, University Wild! The Campus Natural Areas of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Video, 18 min. Madison, Wis. : Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2002.

Video Summary: Preserve Field Manager Cathie Bruner and Thomas D. Brock, local historian and UW emeritus Professor of Microbiology, describe the history and uses of the Lakeshore Path. How one part of it came to be named for UW-Madison Professor Howard Temin is described.


		03/15/2012