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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. 

Heron brain

The conversation is at the same time progressive and atavistic – which is amazing to me.
Tim Van Deelen
November 30, 2023

Rice and Raisins

Imagine where your potato grew, how the soil microbes nourished it. Imagine the wetland where your cranberries ripened
Tim Van Deelen
November 23, 2023

Impulse

I stayed to stare down the furies of chaos and despair. I stayed because this place and these people provide…
Tim Van Deelen
November 9, 2023

Black Flag

Marathon organizers declared October 1 a “Black Flag” day, thereby canceling the Twin Cities Marathon.
Tim Van Deelen
October 12, 2023

Ripples

Our destination is a landscape anomaly. A rift in time. A bit of rocky relief poking through a landscape of…
Tim Van Deelen
September 28, 2023

Wolfy thing

it isn’t technological prowess that sets humanity apart, rather it is an emergent capacity for self-reflection about how we relate…
Tim Van Deelen
September 14, 2023

Colors

I climb the Canadian shield. Here where ancient gray rocks show their bare glacial polish and fall craggy into water.
Tim Van Deelen
August 31, 2023