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Tim Van Deelen

Tim Van Deelen is Professor of Forest and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He grew up in Hudsonville, Michigan, and graduated from Calvin College. From there he went on to the University of Montana and Michigan State University. He now studies large mammal population dynamics, sails on Lake Mendota, enjoys a good plate of whitefish, and gains hope for the future from terrific graduate students. 

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Plain member

Leopold steers us away from a utilitarian view of nature from “man, the conqueror” to man the “biotic citizen” and…
Tim Van Deelen
October 29, 2024
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One Thing

The deeper injustice --the wealthy cumulatively and mostly caused the crisis and resist using their power and agency to fix…
Tim Van Deelen
October 17, 2024
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Preemptive

Mitigating and reversing the effects of climate breakdown is the most urgent work of humanity right now.
Tim Van Deelen
October 3, 2024
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Rhythms

I have lived the academic calendar long enough to know that the year turns over, not in January, but in…
Tim Van Deelen
September 5, 2024
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Overburdened

We navigate only partially among the invasives and the altered ecologies and the building waves of climate chaos.
Tim Van Deelen
August 8, 2024
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Hind’s Hall

“Students occupying Hamilton Hall at Columbia have renamed it Hind’s Hall. Hind Rajab was a six year old girl murdered…
Tim Van Deelen
May 2, 2024