Professor Martin Jurgensen has received $64,191 from the US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, for Below-ground Impacts of Pile Burning in the Inland Northwestern US.
Associate Professor Robert Froese has received $48,078 from the US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, for a 29-month project, Carbon Implications of Poplar Energy Crops Throughout the Energy Supply Chain.
The Copper Country Audubon Club has awarded the Dr. Laurence Binford Youth Scholarship fund to Auriel Van Der Larr, a senior majoring in Wildlife Ecology and Management. This award will help support her travel to the Wildlife Society Conference this fall on the big island of Hawaii where she will present her work on determining the gender of Virginia Rails through statistical modeling.
Auriel is pictured on the left with other Bird Bum members Michelle Kroll and Kevin King.
| Professor Andrew Storer has received $56,000 from the USDA, Forest Service, for a two-year project, Evaluation and Monitoring of Ash Trees Tolerant to Long-Term Exposure to Emerald Ash Borer: Year 1. |
Assistant Professor Joseph Bump has received $55,500 from the Michigan DEQ for a project, Offshore Bat Activity Over Lake Michigan Wind Resource Areas.
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Professor Marty Jurgensen has received $120,000 from the USDA for a two-year project, Climate Change, Native Plant Production, and Restoration. |
Assistant Professor Oliver Gailing recieved $1,746 from Pennsylvania State University for a project, DNA Isolation and Primer Test in Honey Locust (Gleditsia Triacanthos).
Professor Andrew Storer has received $9,800 from the USDA, Forest Service for a one-year project, Climate Controlled Reproductive Asynchrony and Mating Success in Gypsy Moth Populations: Houghton Site.
Assistant Professor Joseph Bump has received $90,188 from the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians for a 20-month project, Assessment of Suitable Elk Habitat in the Manistee Watershed, Michigan.
| Professor Andrew Storer has received $150,000 total from the Michigan Department of Agriculture for three one-year projects: EAB SLAM/ARRA Project Coordinator Position Support, $70,000; 2010-2011 EAB SLAM/APHIS Purple Traps Deployment, $40,000; EAB SLAM/ARRA Forest Health Monitoring Plots, $40,000. |