College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Fisheries and Wildlife

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  Professor Daniel Hayes Receives Excellence in Fisheries Education Award

  Published on October 23, 2019
  Daniel Hayes received the Excellence in Fisheries Education Award at the 2019 American Fisheries Society (AFS) Joint Conference with The Wildlife Society in Reno, Nevada.

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  U.S. protected areas do not meet international conservation targets for lakes

  Published on October 21, 2019
  According to a recent study published by a team of scientists at Michigan State University and the University of California, Berkeley, the U.S. is currently not protecting enough lakes.

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  MSU fisheries experts publish book of triumphs

  Published on October 17, 2019
  MSU fisheries experts compile 22 success stories of long-term conservation wins.

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  Assigning workers to new networks boosts sustainability

  Published on October 17, 2019
  Innovation comes from people in different units who have new knowledge, and a new study about conservation organizations suggests encouraging employees to think and act outside network boxes from time to time.

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  Modeling habitat that’s just right

  Published on October 14, 2019
  In this week’s Scientific Reports, Michigan State University researchers offer ways to take the guess work out of parameters.

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  Joan Rose presents interactive exhibit on water and health at Science Gallery Detroit

  Published on October 10, 2019
  What do you know about water & health? This was the question posed by Joan Rose, Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research, to thousands visiting the most recent Science Gallery Detroit exhibit – DEPTH.

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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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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"

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  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.

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  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.