College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Forestry

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  Forestry Student Spotlight – Thaddeus Swart

  Published on May 1, 2020
  Undergraduate student Thaddeus Swart is featured in the spotlight as he shares many insights including his experience from working in Isle Royale National Park.

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  MSU researchers receive $500k grant to study use of pine plantations to promote oak forests

  Published on April 29, 2020
  A grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) will allow Michigan State University (MSU) researchers to understand why oak species regenerate well under red pine plantations.

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  Forestry Graduate Student Spotlight – Clarice Esch

  Published on April 1, 2020
  Clarice Esch, PhD candidate works with soils in both Michigan and Hawai'i.

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  2020 CANR Alumni Association scholarship recipients announced

  Published on March 26, 2020
  The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Alumni Association awards scholarships to students who are well-rounded in their academic and non-academic pursuits and have a vision for their future career.

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  Planned Gift to Create Forestry Scholarship Endowment

  Published on March 20, 2020
  Leighton Miller and his wife Peggy documented a $900,000 bequest – a future gift to create The Leighton and Peggy Miller Forestry Scholarship.

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  A Note from the Department Chair

  Published on March 20, 2020
  Department Chair Rich Kobe shares updates from the Department of Forestry.

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  Forestry Student Spotlight – Jared Shaffer

  Published on March 1, 2020
  Jared Shaffer earns the undergraduate student spotlight as a Wildland Firefighter in Oregon and Alaska.

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  Forestry Graduate Student Spotlight – Antoinette Shirley

  Published on March 1, 2020
  Graduate Student Antoinette Shirley shares her experience working with wildlife and habitat in the Navajo Nation and her interests in Indigenous forestry.

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  Embracing diversity and cultivating success

  Published on February 1, 2020
  The Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources creates opportunity for all

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  CANR meets academic needs to prepare students for their futures

  Published on February 1, 2020
  The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources added a new undergraduate minor, several masters programs and a certificate program. CANR also established new state, national and international partnerships.

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  MSU leads $1.12M NSF grant to study tropical forest drought

  Published on January 27, 2020
  Michigan State University (MSU) researchers in the Department of Forestry have received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study tropical forest drought in the Amazon.

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  MSU Researchers discuss recent uptick in Amazon Deforestation and Fires

  Published on January 6, 2020
  Recent wildfires in Brazil have sparked global concern about the Amazon Rainforest.

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  Progress on Big Northern Hardwoods Study

  Published on December 13, 2019
  The “Big Northern Hardwoods” study has been emplaced, 140 plots have been had one of three treatments completed, crews have collected mountains of plant data, and hard drives are filled with wildlife images.

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  New MSU STEM building to help fight climate change by storing carbon

  Published on December 4, 2019
  Cross-laminated timber (CLT) -- which consists of large structural planks glued together to form beams and columns -- used in MSU’s STEM facility will store carbon that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere.

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  MSU Forestry’s Forest Carbon and Climate Program receives gift from the Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund

  Published on December 3, 2019
  The Forest Carbon and Climate Program in the Department of Forestry at Michigan State University receives support from the Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund.