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Scientists advocate breaking laws – of geography and ecology

Published on February 2, 2021
All that’s local is a lot more global, and scientists say solutions can only be found through broader views and collaborations nearby and far away.
4-H volunteers receive MFB 4-H Excellence In Agriculture Awards

Published on February 2, 2021
Two outstanding 4-H volunteers receive 2020-21 Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB) 4-H Excellence in Agriculture Awards and $1,000 program grants.
Studying how an infectious disease-causing pathogen thrives in the environment

Published on February 1, 2021
MSU infectious disease researcher Eric Benbow is using a $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study Mycobacterium ulcerans, a pathogen that causes infectious disease and flourishes in tropical regions.
MSU Quantitative Fisheries Center meeting dire modeling, decision-making needs for Great Lakes fishery management

Published on February 1, 2021
Nearly two decades ago, scientists at Michigan State University seized an opportunity to add their expertise in sophisticated quantitative methods to the fold through an initiative called the Quantitative Fisheries Center.
Creating innovative models to assess spread, possible management of deadly chronic wasting disease

Published on February 1, 2021
Researchers in the Boone and Crockett Quantitative Wildlife Center are taking on the insidious deer disease.
Bob Goodman

Published on February 1, 2021
Bob Goodman, Class of 1958
Remembering a true champion of conservation

Published on February 1, 2021
Bill Porter — a beloved researcher, mentor and the first Boone and Crockett Chair of Wildlife Conservation at MSU — died in October 2020. He was 69.
Improving the health of Michigan’s fishes

Published on February 1, 2021
Thomas Loch, who leads the Aquatic Animal Disease Ecology Program of the MSU Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory, and his team perform an array of clinical and diagnostic analyses on fish in Michigan.
Winter birding round up - where to go and what to see in the Eastern U.P. - January 2021

Published on January 29, 2021
Extension educator Elliot Nelson dishes on the best places to see winter birds in the Eastern U.P.
First-time visitor perspectives become the catalysts needed to spawn change just in time for the novel coronavirus pandemic

Published on January 29, 2021
City of Laingsburg, MI acts on tourism assessment results, which helps prepare them for unpredictable changes related to the pandemic, downtown business, and web presence.