FW Club Members share their experiences from the Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference click here to view the video.

A Special Session at the upcoming 77th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, organized by Dr. Shawn Riley and doctoral student Shauna Hanisch, will address the urgent need to promote public support for wildlife health via effective communication strategies. Click here to read more.

"Wolves of Isle Royale help scientists understand how people form ethical decisions about conservation issues" click here to read more of Dr.'s Gore and Nelson's work.

MSU News Weekly profiles one of our own; Sandra Enness click here to read her story.

"MSU professor launches new field of water research, nets $2.2 million NSF grant," click here for more information on this new research initiative of the Landscape Limnology Research Group, co-directed by Dr. Soranno and Dr. Cheruvelil.

"Michigan State Takes Big Ten Classic Title on Stingy Coldwater Lake," thirty nine teams, representing ten universities, MSU brings the trophy home, click here to read their story.

“Striking a balance between anglers and sustainability of bass populations.” Click here for more on Dr. Bremigan’s work with the DNR Fisheries Division.

“The PERM Paradigm: Relationships Matter” click here to read this article

“Building Bridges to Wildlife Conservation and Leadership Policy” click here to read this article

The Conservation Ethics Group (CEG) received the 2011 MSU Phi Kappa Phi Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship. The CEG is a small independent organization, which includes three faculty members from the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Dr. Michael P. Nelson, associate professor of environmental ethics and philosophy; Dr. Meredith Gore, assistant professor of human dimensions; and Dr. John Vucetich, adjunct professor. The award was given for the highly unique collaboration between the social and ecological sciences with ethics, the large amount of community engagement, and the highly productive research and publication record of CEG members. CEGÆs vision is to create a community statewide, national and international of natural resource professionals with an ability to wisely handle the ethical dimensions of natural resource management.

Salmon in Lake Michigan - historical perspective with Howard Tanner, click here to read more

MSU team honored for work to save fish habitat, click here for more information

FW doctoral student Neil Carter is the latest Spartan Saga to appear on the MSU website. Neil explains his research on tiger conservation in Chitwan National Park in the story. Watch Neil's Spartan Saga here

"Netting results to overcome fish production and protection challenges" click here to read more about the research done at the QFC

FW Quiz Bowl team came in first place at the 2011 TWS North Central Student Conclave! They beat Purdue in the final round 150-130! The team included Callie Gesmundo, Phil Ganz, Shawn Szabo and Nate Spala.

All seminars take place on Fridays in room 1 of the Natural Resources Building @ 3:30pm. Snacks and drinks will be provided!!!!

January 13: "Responsible Conduct of Research" Dr. Scott Winterstein-MSU

January 20: "Status, Trends & Knowledge Gaps in Amphibians & Reptiles in Michigan: Protecting What We Don't Know" Dave Mifsud- Herpetological Resource and Management, LLC

January 27: "Kirtland Warbler Conservation" Dan Elbert- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

February 3: "Native Fish Communities & Habitat Coupling: Delivery of a Nearshore Energy Subsidy by an Offshore Planktivore" Dr. Jason Stockwell

February 10: "Lake Trout Research" Andrew Muir- Great Lakes Fisheries Commission

February 17: "Identifying Critical Areas for Migrating Birds in the Lower Great Lakes" Dave Ewert- The Nature Conservancy

February 24: No Seminar- GSO Research Symposium

March 2: " TBA "

March 9: "Science, Politics, & the Evolution of Canada Goose Management in the Mississippi Flyway" Dr. Dave Luukkonen- Michigan DNR

March 16: " TBA "

March 23: "Duck Hunters, Research & Conservation in the Great Black Swamp" John Simpson- The Winous Point Marsh Conservancy

March 30: "TBA " Dr. Joseph Bump- Michigan Tech University

April 6: "Fisheries Management Within the 1836 Treaty-ceded Territory" Nick Popoff- Michigan DNR

April 13: "TBA"

April 20: "Ethics Panel Discussion" Dr. Michael Nelson (and others TBA)- MSU