• Silvopasture in Michigan: Lessons learned from 2019

    Published on February 6, 2020
    Investigating the feasibility of silvopasture in Michigan through demonstration sites, conversations and education.

  • 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.

  • The painted forest

    Published on January 22, 2020
    Forest visitors may see trees marked with different colors of paint and cryptic numbers and letters. In most cases, that paint represents timber sale contract specifications.

  • What can I do with my land?

    Published on January 14, 2020
    There are many factors that play a role in determining what can be done with newly purchased or inherited land from location to acreage to current use.

  • To protect Michigan’s diverse bird populations we must protect the forests

    Published on January 10, 2020
    Next to deer, birds are probably the most popular group of forest wildlife. At least half of Michigan’s 300 bird species use forests to meet their habitat requirements.

  • 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.

  • The beauty of commercial forestlands

    Published on November 19, 2019
    Part of the reason Michigan’s Commercial Forest Program is to increase the amount of land available for hunting, fishing, and trapping. Users of these forestlands should be aware of their rights and limitations.

  • Wood chip heat

    Published on November 12, 2019
    As older boilers reach replacement age, it’s well worth considering systems that burn renewable and cost-competitive wood chips. Michigan is well-poised to expand this very environmentally-friendly heating fuel.

  • Is the "paperless project" really more environmentally friendly?

    Published on October 25, 2019
    The environmental impacts of items that we use every day can be difficult to fully understand. Protocols exist to assess a “cradle to grave” life cycle of any product, but not everything has been put to this sort of intense examination.