Natural Resources

Michigan State University AgBioResearch and MSU Extension research and outreach in natural resources covers a wide variety of topics, including climate change, conservation, fisheries and wildlife, forestry, the environment, energy and water.

MSU received more than $42 million from 2021-2023 for water-related research, development and outreach activities. Over 50% of this funding is linked to the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, MSU AgBioResearch and MSU Extension.

News

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.
MSU researchers investigate changes in the composition and structure of western forests

Published on January 19, 2021
Forestry doctoral student Hunter Stanke is leading a team of researchers investigating how forests of the western United States have changed in response to recent shifts in disturbance regimes, climate and other environmental drivers.
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.