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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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Sandstone

Fall is a series of seasons. September glows warm. October slips and becomes cold with convictions. One hard freeze and…
Tim Van Deelen
November 17, 2022
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Sunflowers

It hurt when I first saw video of young climate activists throwing tomato soup on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers painting in…
Tim Van Deelen
November 3, 2022
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Holy Oaks

A canoe from 1000 years before Christ. Three thousand years of under-ice darkness every winter and late summer algae blooms.
Tim Van Deelen
October 20, 2022
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Context

Creation itself is included in the crucifixion/resurrection narrative. We model Christ when we practice a “self-emptying.”
Tim Van Deelen
September 29, 2022
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The Terrace

My day’s highlight was lunch with a former grad student. We caught up on her classmates and mutual friends, departmental…
Tim Van Deelen
September 1, 2022
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Bluegills

We fished with vintage gear and landed bullish slab bluegills. We laughed and celebrated the big little fish and filled…
Tim Van Deelen
July 21, 2022
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Great Bear

Anthropologist Julien d’Huy and his collaborators collected Cosmic Hunt stories from around the world and broke them down into discrete,…
Tim Van Deelen
June 30, 2022
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52 Snakes

The “what good?” question is misguided. It defines “good” in terms of human interests and commodifies nature,
Tim Van Deelen
June 9, 2022