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Plants, not petrochemicals: Lignin can make building materials less toxic, cheaper and efficient to manufacture
Published on July 31, 2017
A collaborative study by MSU Department of Forestry Assistant Professor Mojgan Nejad proves that lignin (a byproduct of paper and bioethanol production) can completely replace phenol in phenol-based adhesives. -
Forest Ecology (Silviculture) Field Technicians
Published on July 7, 2017
The Walters Lab in the Department of Forestry at Michigan State University is looking for two additional field technicians for the current field season. -
Student Profile: Chad Papa, Graduate Certificate in Forest Carbon Science, Policy, and Management
Published on June 27, 2017
The Graduate Certificate in Forest Carbon Science, Policy, and Management equips participants with the interdisciplinary tools and conceptual background to plan, implement, manage, and evaluate forestry-based, climate change mitigation projects. -
Student Profile: John R.S. Tabuti, Graduate Certificate in Forest Carbon Science, Policy, and Management
Published on June 23, 2017
The Graduate Certificate in Forest Carbon Science, Policy, and Management equips participants with the interdisciplinary tools and conceptual background to plan, implement, manage, and evaluate forestry-based, climate change mitigation projects. -
Student view: Louren Rose Escamilla, finding MSU and myself
Published on May 26, 2017
Louren Rose Escamilla, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources senior, is majoring in forestry and minoring in women and gender studies and environmental and sustainability studies. -
PhD Assistantship or Post‐doc Fellowship Available in Forest Pathology (genetics/genomics)
Published on April 14, 2017
The Forest Pathology Lab at Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI) is accepting applications for a graduate student (PhD level) or a post‐doctoral fellow. -
Tiny Home, Big Life: Sparty's Cabin
Published on March 31, 2017
Debra Levantrosser's experience in implementing lean manufacturing at companies for two decades might be one reason she thinks a lot about living small. Or, maybe, it might be the food truck she owns and runs ... -
Forestry alumnus advises students to be open-minded about careers in the dynamic lumber industry
Published on March 22, 2017
MSU Forestry alumnus Mike Mordell, an executive VP for international operations for Universal Forest Products International, says the lumber industry features a dynamic supply chain and that the business operates a lot like the stock market. -
Forestry alumnus wins national leadership award
Published on March 16, 2017
The American Tree Farm System recognized Mike Smalligan, a graduate of the MSU Department of Forestry (MS, 2007) and forester for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), with its 2017 National Leadership Award -
ANR Week
Published on March 7, 2017
The MSU Department of Forestry Forest Carbon and Climate Program and MSU Shadows Collection presented at the 2017 College of Agriculture and Natural Resources ANR Week. -
Old-growth forests show what Michigan looked like before Paul Bunyan
Published on March 3, 2017
MSU Forestry Professor Emeritus Don Dickmann talks with Michigan Radio's Stateside about the otherworldly aspects of old-growth forests. -
National Invasive Species Awareness Week: Hemlock woolly adelgid
Published on February 26, 2017
MSU researchers recently were awarded a total of $1 million in grant funding to prevent and control invasive species in Michigan, including hemlock woolly adelgid. -
Protecting the Kirtland's warbler with jack pine forest management
Published on February 14, 2017
MSU's David Rothstein and a team of researchers from Michigan Technological University and Wayne State University are working to ensure the sustainability of the Kirtland’s warbler population. -
The Forest Carbon and Climate Program sponsors Forests Ontario
Published on February 13, 2017
The Forest Carbon and Climate Program in the Department of Forestry at MSU is a proud sponsor of Forests Ontario. -
MSU Forestry’s Forest Carbon and Climate Program receives support for new e-course
Published on February 3, 2017
The Forest Carbon and Climate Program in the Department of Forestry at Michigan State University receives support from the Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund. It will help create a new web-based course on forest carbon and climate change.