College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

Michigan’s unreported large quantity water withdrawal registration initiative and related workshops

Published on March 6, 2017
MDEQ offers an opportunity for never before registered large quantity water users to register withdrawals and area workshops allow producers to start the process.

Youth learning and leadership through water science and community watershed studies

Published on September 27, 2012
As the new school year gets underway, teachers and students in northeast Michigan are working alongside community partners to study local watersheds making Lake Huron connections through 4-H20 and NOAA B-WET water education programs.

Child of the ice age: The Clinton River

Published on March 2, 2013
The Clinton River watershed was formed over 20,000 years ago from the expansion and recession of huge glaciers through the area. Today, the Great Lakes Education Program gives citizens the opportunity to learn about this glacially-formed river.

PZC Engages Communities in the Flint & Shiawassee River Watersheds to improve water quality

Published on November 1, 2013
The Land Policy Institute's Planning & Zoning Center at MSU is partnering with the Flint River Watershed Coalition and the Friends of the Shiawassee River (FOSR) on a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) grant project.

Establishing a legal lake level on your inland lake – Part 1

Published on April 17, 2013
There are pros and cons to artificially manipulating your lake’s water level. For a lake ecosystem it is more con than pro.

Michigan water facts

Published on December 18, 2012
Watersheds are a common thread binding all of us together. Regardless of where we live in Michigan, we all live in and our actions have an effect on a watershed.

New rural water quality protection guidebook prepared by Michigan State University

Published on April 13, 2013
New guidebook is a “must have” that details best management practices that lower the impact of land use activities on water bodies and provides sample language for community master plans and zoning ordinances.

Tribes and state agencies work together to restore sturgeon population in Great Lakes watersheds

Published on July 23, 2013
A variety of approaches including unique streamside rearing facilities in Michigan and Wisconsin are reintroducing young lake sturgeon into select rivers to develop a sustainable population of this once abundant species.

Jason Doll | Quantitative Fisheries Center

Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition partners with Michigan Sea Grant Extension

Published on April 22, 2013
Michigan Sea Grant Extension is working with the Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition to advance Great Lakes literacy and stewardship.

Iron Mountain Middle School students take part in watershed education project

Published on June 20, 2016
A unique watershed education program involving Iron Mountain students helped them develop a great appreciation, knowledge and stewardship for water resources.

Saginaw Bay Watershed Conference | Land Policy

The Planning & Zoning Center (PZC) at MSU hosted two conferences (2012 and 2014) on the Saginaw Bay Watershed.

Save the date: GLRI 2014 Saginaw Bay Watershed Conference coming in June

Published on February 7, 2014
The Land Policy Institute’s Planning & Zoning Center at MSU is again hosting the Saginaw Bay Watershed Conference at Saginaw Valley State University’s Curtiss Hall in University Center, MI, on Thursday, June 12, 2014.

Managing riparian forests

Published on November 13, 2017
A range of human and ecological benefits come from managed forests and Michigan’s riparian forests are no exception, although these woodlands are too often left as “no management” buffer zones.

Educational Exhibitors | Michigan Inland Lakes Partnership