Every place has a story. What if we could harness the analytical power of geographic software (GIS) for mapping space, with the rich, experiential qualities of place? And what if communities could write their own narrative? Such spatial narratives could…
Janet was one of the key contributing instructors to this online course in landscape ecology produced by ETH-Zurich and WSL in Switzerland, with nearly 12,000 enrolled since 2018 from around the world.
Could Cooperative Conservation be a Fix for Rural Land Demand? Many of Aldo Leopold's writings are remarkably timeless. He also modeled practices that today are major disciplines like wildlife ecology and restoration ecology. Rogue Amur maple sapling in Curtis Prairie,…
In late February 2020 I attended my last professional meeting in person before the COVID shutdown: the 2020 Geodesign Summit at Esri Headquarters in Redlands, CA. I gave the very last talk on the last day of the Summit. My…
The Finish In the final edition I go to two segments distant from each other and distinct in their own way: Holy Hill and Madison. Read the finish to my Mammoth Hike Challenge in this Story Map . After raving…
When my family asked what I wanted to do for my birthday on the 10th, I knew. I wanted to do the Gibraltar Rock segment with them before going out to dinner nearby. So I skipped north knowing that this…
I switched to using 'Edition' rather than 'Week' for the supplements to this story because my series of hikes was not linear in days and directions. I didn't consistently go from one segment to the next in a north-south or…
The Table Bluff segments were kind of my warm up: close to home, familiar. Since I didn’t have a hiking partner to shuttle a car, I did it in two sections back and forth: Swamp Lovers and Hoverstrom Preserve on…
This October the Ice Age Trail, a National Scenic Trail that follows the leading edge of glaciers from some 12,000 years ago through Wisconsin, celebrated 40 years with a 40 mile Mammoth hike challenge. Hike any combination of segments on…
I bring extensive international and public lands experience to my practice. I have spent 25 years in academics as faculty of landscape architecture, GIS and conservation at two universities, where I led projects in Asia, Europe, the Pacific Northwest, and the Great Lakes regions. Prior to being a professor, I worked as a landscape ecologist and landscape architect with the US Forest Service.
Podcasts
Janet Silbernagel was one of 6 storytellers for Before the Abstract, a live science storytelling event hosted by Springer and Story Collider in conjunction with IALE Portland 2015. Listen to podcast here!