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Does protecting land help freshwater species?

Published on October 4, 2019
A recently published Michigan State University study in the journal Landscape Ecology looked at connectivity among Michigan lakes from the perspective of both aquatic and semi-aquatic wildlife.
Study champions inland fisheries as rural nutrition hero

Published on September 23, 2019
Researchers from MSU and the FAO synthesize new data and assessment methods to show how freshwater fish feed poor rural populations in many areas of the world.
Look at this data!

Published on September 23, 2019
Two Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability members tied for second place in a campus competition to translate data into a compelling visual.
What would Jesus do? Quite possibly, recycle

Published on September 23, 2019
A team of social scientists and sustainability scientists worked to peel off the layers of understanding about how Christianity and environmentalism mix.
New role for DNR employee strengthens university connection

Published on September 4, 2019
DNR Wildlife Chief Russ Mason's new role aims to further the DNR’s mission with universities and other key partners.
Dr. Meredith Gore's podcast released with Human Dimensions in Conservation

Published on August 21, 2019
Poaching, trafficking, and illegal harvest are all terms used in discussing wildlife crime.
Dr Meredith Gore's research highlighted in Nature Sustainability

Published on August 15, 2019
Dr. Gore and co-authors recently published an article in Nature Sustainability titled "Transnational environmental crime threatens sustainable development"
Tariffs lead to creative supply chains

Published on August 5, 2019
MSU scholars apply a new, more holistic way to examine global agricultural trade to better understand what’s going on when a country as enormous as China develops a big appetite for soybeans.
Feeling the burn: Wildfires increasingly threaten US lakes

Published on July 15, 2019
According to a team of scientists led by Ian McCullough, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University, U.S. lakes are facing a growing threat: wildfires.
MSU and EPA researchers examine nutrients and aquatic plants in variety of water bodies

Published on July 15, 2019
A team of scientists from Michigan State University and the Environmental Protection Agency examined patterns of nutrients and aquatic plants in lakes, wetlands and streams. A paper on the project was published in the journal Ecological Applications.
MSU researchers receive Chandler-Misener Award

Published on June 14, 2019
Three MSU researchers from the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife are part of a team that has won the Chandler-Misener Award.
Scientists defend headwater protections

Published on May 30, 2019
Scientists, including MSU's Dana Infante, rally to put science back at the forefront of the nation's revised protections of streams and their valuable ecosystems.
Rajendra Bird Sanctuary inspires creation of new undergraduate course

Published on May 23, 2019
A new undergraduate course in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife explored the use of art as a way to communicate science, with a focus on promoting the Rachana Rajendra Neotropical Migrant Bird Sanctuary.
Study scrutinizes global tourism’s push and pull

Published on May 21, 2019
Tourists have become international jetsetters, bringing the promise of prosperity, threats to the nature they come to experience and lots of questions about how to strike a balance. The key: What drives tourism?
CANR names new leader of international programs

Published on May 20, 2019
Karim Maredia has been named a senior global scholar and the director of agriculture and natural resources international programs in the MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.