College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Fisheries and Wildlife

News

• Conservation Criminology at MSU Works to Defend the Rights of Nature and Wildlife Around the World

  Published on March 7, 2016
  Nature has no voice to defend itself when humans violate its right to exist peacefully. Michigan State University's Conservation Criminology program seeks to be that voice.

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  MSU women win recognition from fish and wildlife organizations

  Published on February 13, 2016
  For the second year in a row, a Michigan State University (MSU) woman has received the Janice Lee Fenske Memorial Award from the Wildlife Society and the American Fisheries Society.

• Inland Fisheries Determined to Surface as Food Powerhouse

  Published on February 11, 2016
  An article by Environmental Reviews authors, which include six currently affiliated with Michigan State University and/or are alumni, offers the first global review of the value of inland fish and fisheries.

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  Patricia Sorrano named Beal Outstanding Faculty Award winner

  Published on February 5, 2016
  Each year, William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award winners are honored for a comprehensive and sustained record of scholarly excellence in research and/or creative activities, instruction and outreach.

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  Lesson 4: What happens in Wolong doesn’t stay in Wolong

  Published on February 2, 2016
  Ideas and methods in Wolong have switched on a light in a world smaller and more interconnected than fully appreciated before.

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  Hendrick recommended as Dean of College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at MSU

  Published on January 25, 2016
  Hendrick is an MSU alumnus who currently serves as interim dean for the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Science at Ohio State University.

• Militarization of Conservation: Narratives of Poaching

  Published on January 8, 2016
  Assistant Professor Dr. Meredith Gore, a conservation criminologist from Michigan State University, is interviewed about the need for a multidisciplinary approach to understanding poaching.

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  MSU professor Dr. Meredith Gore fights illegal wildlife traffic

  Published on November 17, 2015
  Current State talks with MSU associate professor Meredith Gore, who researches the decline and exploitation of wildlife and natural resources and works to find solutions.

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  NSF grant advances research on how predators help crops in fruit-growing areas

  Published on November 12, 2015
  MSU Associate Professor Catherine Lindell is one of 16 recipients of grants totaling more than $20 million made in 2015 by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH) program.

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  Changing the face of science: A Q&A with Meredith Gore

  Published on November 11, 2015
  Working to ban the black market animal trade from sea turtles to rhinos.

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  Second-Place Award for Best Presentation at MSU Environmental Science and Policy Program's Research Symposium

  Published on November 3, 2015
  PhD Student Remington Moll won a second-place award for Best Presentation at the recent Research Symposium hosted by the Environmental Science and Policy Program at Michigan State University.

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  Spartans fight crime on multiple fronts in extraordinary ways

  Published on November 2, 2015
  As MSU researchers, investigators, advocates, teachers, mentors, scientists and engineers, they battle illegal animal trade, work to prevent sexual assault in communities across the United States, analyze crime scenes and curb urban youth violence.

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  MSU research associate receives postdoctoral fellowship

  Published on July 27, 2015
  Michigan State University (MSU) research associate Nina Lany was named a 2015 Arnold O. Beckman postdoctoral fellow by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation.

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  CANR graduate student earns research grant

  Published on June 2, 2015
  Michigan State University graduate student Arthur Muneza, studying wildlife ecology in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, is one of two recipients of the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) African Graduate Student Research Fund.

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  MSU FW professor to serve as founding editor for science journal

  Published on May 21, 2015
  Michigan State University (MSU) professor Patricia Soranno was named founding editor-in-chief of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography's (ASLO) new journal, Limnology and Oceanography Letters.