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Posts Tagged ‘Emerald Ash Borer’

New Funding – Storer

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

Professor Andrew Storer

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.

New Funding – Storer

Friday, June 10th, 2011

Professor Andrew Storer

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.

A Natural Solution

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

Tree-killing damage caused by the Emerald Ash Borer

An article, written by Jennifer Donovan,  featuring Professor Andrew Storer and his research on finding a natural solution to the Emerald Ash Borer crisis, was recently featured in Michigan Tech Magazine. Two tiny beetle-eating wasps may provide the method for eliminating the spread of the Emerald Ash Borer.  Read more online.

New Funding – Storer

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

Professor Andrew Storer received $107,364 from the US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, for a two-year project, “Emerald Ash Borer Planning and Prevention in Upper Peninsula.”

Storer also received $25,000 from the US Fish and Wildlife Service for a project, “Factors Influencing Invasive Earthworm and Plant Species Presence and Abundance in Great Lakes Biological Network Forests.”

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