Six FW graduate students from the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, along with their adviser Bill Taylor, are in Edinburgh, Scotland, this week fishing for solutions to fish sustainability. They'll be blogging about their experiences click here to read their blog.

FW Club Members share their experiences from the 2011 Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference click here to view the video.

Pat Soranno gave an interview for agreening of the great lakes on Studying how humans interact with freshwater systems click here to view this article.

In 2010, Meredith Gore, along with Dr. Michael Nelson, asked some wolf-management related questions on the State of the State survey. A report of their findings was released this week and the story has been picked up by Michigan Public Radio's Environment Report. A podcast of the MPR story can be found here. Click here to view the report findings.

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.

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