College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

• Conservation Stewards Program

  Conservation Stewards Program participants learn about the history of conservation activities in Michigan, ecological principles, ecoregional classifications, and the choices that manage our natural resources. In addition to this foundation, participants learn about terrestrial ecosystems (forestlands and grasslands) and aquatic ecosystems (wetlands, lakes and streams) through classroom and in-field instruction.

• May 8

  MSU Extension Michigan Master Naturalist Rouge River Region

  May 8, 2021 – October 17, 2021 Dearborn

  Michigan Master Naturalist is a multi-session training program to anyone interested in a greater understanding of Michigan's natural environments and conservation.

• May 15

  MSU Extension Michigan Master Naturalist West Central Region

  May 15, 2021 – October 9, 2021 Zoom Webinar

  Michigan Master Naturalist is a six session training program to anyone interested in a greater understanding of Michigan's natural environments and conservation.

• Apr 17

  MSU Extension Michigan Master Naturalist SW Region

  April 17, 2021 – October 17, 2021 Zoom Webinar

  Michigan Master Naturalist is a multi-session training program to anyone interested in a greater understanding of Michigan's natural environments and conservation.

• Sep 8

  Virtual Michigan Conservation Stewards Program Fall 2021

  September 8, 2021 – November 10, 2021 Virtual

  This program is designed for those interested in science-based ecosystem management principles & sharing this knowledge with others.

• Aug 20

  Animal Conservation SPIN club

  August 20, 2021 – October 1, 2021 4:00 PM- 5:00 PM ZOOM

  This is a Special Interest club about Animal conservation efforts taking place at Potter Park Zoo, and teaching students about the act of protecting ecosystems and environments, to protect the animals that live in those regions.

• Michigan Master Naturalist

  Become a Michigan Master Naturalist and help protect Michigan’s wildlife heritage.

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  Logan Rowe

  Conservation Associate- Zoologist
  roweloga@msu.edu
  517-284-6186
  

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  Shari Dann

  Associate Professor Emeritus
  sldann@msu.edu
  517-432-0267
  

• Modeling Human Agency in Land Change in Madagascar: A Review and Prospectus

  Published on June 1, 2009
  This article explores advances in understanding human agency in land change in Madagascar in order to synthesize lessons learned and identify remaining challenges.

• Predicting habitat suitability for eleven imperiled fluvial freshwater mussels

  Published on February 6, 2018
  Understanding patterns in freshwater mussel distributions and habitat use, particularly for imperiled species, is critical for their conservation

• ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY -- Multiple telecouplings and their complex interrelationships

  Published on October 1, 2015
  Even a protected area like the Wolong Nature Reserve for giant pandas in southwest China has multiple telecoupling processes with the rest of the world.

• Complex Forces Affect China's Biodiversity

  Published on September 19, 2013
  Enormous global efforts have been put into biodiversity conservation, but biodiversity loss continues rapidly in many parts of the world, including China

• ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY -- Integration across a metacoupled world

  Published on November 26, 2017
  This paper presents an integrated framework of metacoupling: human-nature interactions within a system (intracoupling), between distant systems (telecoupling), and between adjacent systems (pericoupling).

• A household perspective for biodiversity conservation

  Published on June 1, 2007
  We propose that hypotheses implicating human population density in wildlife endangerment at global and national scales owe their public and academic currency as thoroughly to inductive reasoning and repetition as to scientific experimentation.

• Revising China's Environmental Law

  Published on July 22, 2013
  China’s Environmental Protection Law (EPL) is the main national environmental legislative framework. Yet the environmental legal system is incomplete

• Effects of Natural Disasters on Conservation Policies: The Case of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, China

  Published on September 27, 2010
  

• Adolescents Leaving Parental Home: Psychosocial Correlates and Implications for Conservation

  Published on May 5, 2003
  

• Activity patterns of the giant panda

  Published on July 30, 2015
  Activity patterns of the elusive and endangered giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) are not well understood

• ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY -- Feedback of telecoupling: the case of a payments for ecosystem services program

  Published on July 9, 2018
  This study highlights that local human–nature interactions driven by telecouplings, such as human–wildlife conflicts, may trigger feedbacks that affect telecouplings themselves.