College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Fisheries and Wildlife

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  Examining the impact of climate change on freshwater fish

  Published on February 4, 2021
  Research in the MSU Department of Fisheries and Wildlife uses maps and models to create a more sustainable future for Michigan waters and the fish that live in them.

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  Fisheries and wildlife researcher partners with MDNR to study red swamp crayfish

  Published on February 4, 2021
  Focusing on eradicating emerging invasive species

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  MSU scientist’s work to eradicate invasive grass carp earns national recognition

  Published on February 4, 2021
  Kelly Robinson receives 2020 Decision Analysis Practice Award

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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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  Scientists to global policymakers: treat fish as food to help solve world hunger

  Published on January 18, 2021
  Fish provide 17% of the animal protein consumed globally and are rich in micronutrients and essential fatty acids. In Ambio experts argue seeing fish in a food system perspective.

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  Ships take environmentally friendly path

  Published on January 11, 2021
  Ships passing through the Aleutian Islands are heeding advisories to stay further from shore for safety.

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  MSU researcher receives Michigan Department of Natural Resources grant to continue lake sturgeon study

  Published on January 11, 2021
  Kim Scribner, a professor in the MSU Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, has received a $780,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources for research to restore declining lake sturgeon populations in Michigan.

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  Pandas’ popularity ‘umbrella’ not protecting neighbors

  Published on January 4, 2021
  Doubt is cast on the long-held hope that the conservation protections granted pandas and other adored threatened species extended to their wildlife neighbors, calling for broader conservation efforts.

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  Addressing humans’ voracious consumption of nature

  Published on December 15, 2020
  In a collection of essays by leaders is sustainability sciences curated by the UK's Royal Society, Jianguo "Jack" Liu links global appetites to biodiversity loss

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  Citizen science bioblitz events evolve during novel coronavirus pandemic

  Published on November 30, 2020
  A bioblitz pairs community members with researchers in an effort to identify as many species as possible at a given location during a specific timeframe. During the pandemic, researchers have had to adapt the event structure.

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  Cleaning up the Detroit River

  Published on November 24, 2020
  2020 was another good year for habitat restoration and sediment investigation on the Detroit River but water levels created some unexpected issues.