Making a Promising Soil Treatment for Nitrate Even Better

Joe Sanford with the University of Wisconsin-Platteville has spent his academic career getting his hands dirty. The assistant professor of soil and crop science has been studying uses for biochar, a form of charcoal that’s made by burning wood and plant byproducts (pine chips or dried corn plants) under low oxygen conditions.

2021 Year in Review

It’s the contributions from water researchers and managers that help us all understand and protect these precious assets. Here is a year in review of  University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute projects, along with others…