News Photos


Caption: Tom Gower, a University of Wisconsin-Madison forest ecology and management professor, examines the site of a 1989 burn in Canada’s boreal forest.
Photo by: Wolfgang Hoffmann
Date: unknown
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Caption: An aerial view reveals the extent of a 2003 fire in the boreal forest of Manitoba, Canada. University of Wisconsin-Madison forest ecologist Tom Gower has found that fires are the leading environmental factor driving the balance of carbon dioxide uptake and release in these forests.
Photo by: Wolfgang Hoffmann
Date: unknown
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Photographs are available to media organizations and University of Wisconsin-Madison departments for news, editorial and public relations uses, both print and electronic, that are directly related to UW-Madison. They are NOT available for generic use. For university-related use -- including textbooks, commercial products or advertising -- please contact Bryce Richter, photographer, University Communications, (608) 262-7411 or brichter2@wisc.edu.

Published photos must include a credit ("photographer's name/University of Wisconsin-Madison" or "courtesy of"). The specific credit and other details are also embedded in the digital file, which can be viewed by using Photoshop and selecting "file>file info."

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