Media Interviews

This collection contains radio and TV interviews done by CFL faculty and associates.

TitleDescriptionCreatorDateLengthType
Secrets of SalmonStuart Finley for Men and Molecules presented by the American Chemical Society. Report on Salmon migration. Art Hasler is a guest speaker, talking about his research on salmon olfactory homing they use to return to their home streams.Men and Moleculesca. 1970-19750:14:29Audio
Quiz the Professor with Arthur HaslerWHA Television – Quiz the Professor ft. Art Hasler, discussing his recent 6-month-long stay in Finland and his research on Baltic salmon and bog lakes.WHATV19640:59:09Audio
White Bass Tracking InterviewInterview with Art Hasler about a study at the Center for Limnology on the movement and migration period of White Bass in Lake Mendota.Wisconsin Conservation Department1965-06-300:13:21Audio
NPR Science Friday J. Magnuson Columbia RiverRecording is split across two files, one per tape side. The second side comes first chronologically. National Public Radio, Talk of the Nation: Science Friday with Ira Flatow discusses the Columbia River, salmon, and salmon restoration with Ted Strong (member of the Yakama Nation and Director of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission in Portland, Oregon), Charles Coutant (Senior Research Ecologist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and a member of the Independent Scientific Advisory Board to the Northwest Power Planning Council), John Magnuson (Professor of Zoology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and Chair of the National Research Council Committee), and Courtland Smith (Professor of Anthropology at Oregon State University). Based on a report National Research Council of the National Academy of Science released titled: Magnuson, J. J. F.W. Allendorf, R.L. Beschta, P.A. Bisson, H. L. Carson, D. W. Chapman, S. S. Hanna, A. R. Kapuscinski, K. N. Lee, D. P. Lettenmaier, B. J. McCay, G. M. MacNabb, T. P. Quinn, B. E. Riddell, E. E. Werner. 1996. Upstream, Salmon and Society in the Pacific Northwest. National Research Council. National Academy Press, Washington, DC.National Public Radioca. 19961:40:41Audio
WPR Arthur Hasler Salmon Can SmellJean Feraca interviews Arthur Hasler on his work with salmon homing and gives a brief yet in-depth overview of both Hasler’s work as well as the history of the department. She interviews him on his education and how he came to ask the question of how salmon find their way upstream. Talks about the same personal experience which led to his breakthrough.Wisconsin Public Radioca. 1990-19990:42:52Audio
North Country Notebook Smell HomeRecording of George Vukelich, a prominent outdoor writer in Madison, Wisconsin, reading the story of “The Smell of Home” on his radio program, Pages from a North Country Notebook. This particular program is about Arthur Hasler’s work on the action of salmon and his successful experiment in 1983 to show the homing ability of freshwater salmon. Hasler was a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for 41 years and was considered an international expert on freshwater lake ecology.Vukelich, George19880:46:40Audio
Acid Rain, Wisconsin Public RadioMargaret Andreson of Wisconsin Public Radison interviews with John J. Magnuson, Director for the Center of Limnology, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Thomas B. Sheffy, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, about the effects of acid rain on landscapes and lakes. Description of the experimentation of the acidification of Little Rock Lake by the University, the DNR, and others.Wisconsin Public Radio19830:51:06Audio
Steve Carpenter Interview – Biomanipulation ProjectInterview starting at 12:20 mark ending at 15:00. An interview of Steve Carpenter about noxious algae blooms and the biomanipulation of top predators on Lake Mendota to reduce the abundance of noxious algae. Charles Crawford presents. Further reading: Kitchell J.F. (Ed.) (1992) Food Web Management: A Case Study of Lake Mendota, Wisconsin. Springer-Verlag, New York.CNN Science Newswatch1989-10-300:17:27Video
J. Magnuson and S. Jones Channel 3 News Phosphorus 2004Interview with Sue Jones Watershed Management Coordinator, and John Magnuson, member of the Dane County Lakes and Watershed Commission, from the county Lakes and Watershed Commission for Yahara Lakes Week. Topics cover the Phosphorus Ban. Starting at 2 minutes and 30 seconds and ending at 16 minutesCBS Channel 3 News2004-060:26:00Video
Storms of the Future CBS Channel 3 News 2005-04Storms of the Future CBS Channel 3 Program on Climate Change and specifcally how it could affect Wisconsin, featuring UW Madison faculty and staff including John Magnuson. Interviews with Jonathan Martin, Steve Varvas, Chris Landsea, Jim Knox, and John Magnuson.CBS Channel 3 News2005-041:03:01Video
News 3 Live at 5 John Magnuson Bike PathJohn Magnuson talks about retaining the natural character of bike path.CBS Channel 3 Newsca. 19990:01:28Video
_Our Frozen Assets from Clean Lakes Alliance 2013A short video from the Clean Lakes Alliance promoting their “Frozen Assets” fundraising event featuring John Magnuson.Clean Lakes Alliance20130:02:39Video
Earthwatch Radio Magnuson InterviewA short radio piece on a study lead by John Magnuson that used records going back to the mid-19th century to show that the period of ice cover on Wisconsin bodies of water has gotten shorter over time, providing evidence for global warming.Earthwatch Radio20010:02:05Audio