Associate Professor Andrew Burton has been elected to the Ecological Society of America Governing Board for a 3-year term of office as a member of the Board of Professional Certification. His term of office officially begins at the end of the 2011 ESA annual meeting next August in Austin, Texas.
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.
From Sam Gardner’s online journal:
“On January 1st of 2011, I will set out on a 12,500+ mile “All-In Trek” to establish a new record of unassisted ultra-light long-distance backpacking. It will be the first ever, attempt of the “All-In Trek”. This involves solo hiking the four longest hiking trails in the United States, back-to-back continuously without any time off. I hope to finish in one year but it is my ultimate goal to complete this trek continuously regardless of a time frame. The journey of the endeavor is most important to me.”
Read more on Sam’s journal http://www.theinitiativesite.com/
A story about 2004 graduate Josh Stein appeared on December 9, 2010 in the Outdoors section of the Detroit Free Press. Read the article “Move to U.P. helps hunter learn how to really ‘hunt’ for deer” online at freepress.com
| 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.” |
I spent the first few days of deer season in the UP with Keith Montambo, (Forestry Class of 1955). We were DHH room-mates and first hunted together in the fall of 1951. Keith flew to New Jersey and we got together at my Camp in Pennsylvania in October for the early deer season. Then I flew into Iron Mountain for the Mich. hunt at his Camp.
While in Michigan, Keith showed me the attached photo of his Dad, Ray J. Montambo displaying his “Fast and Fancy” handgun expertise for what appears to be a Forestry Class. We have no idea where the photo was taken or the time frame. We can identify Bert, Gene, Hammer and Sloan, but that’s about it.
We enjoy your newsletter, keep up the good work.
Best regards,
John N. Kressbach
(Forestry, 1956)
Keith R. Montambo
(Forestry, 1955)
A quick note from Cherri Huelsberg Farren 2001.
Currently life is good, I recently got married to Simon James Farren on August 27, 2010 in Colchester UK and some pictures can be viewed at this link
, if anyone is interested. My immediate family and friends attended our wedding in the UK, where we sailed the Mersea shores in a classic barge.
I am teaching science full time at Tendring Technology College in Frinton-on-Sea UK. It is a great position and allows me lots of practical investigation work. I currently am working on integrating Ecology and Environmental Science programs into the College and working cooperatively with Cambridge University on STEM programs in the college. I completed my master’s degree in Secondary Education Science from WSU the spring of 2009.
John Bedford (1983), Pest Response Program Manager in the Michigan Department of Agriculture’s Pesticide and Plant Pest Management Division, received the Department’s 2010 Front Line Ambassador Award in a ceremony in Lansing on October 15, 2010.
Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) Director Don Koivisto today honored several department employees for their outstanding commitment to teamwork, leadership, and excellence during its annual employee awards ceremony. Winners were both nominated and selected by their fellow MDA colleagues. “Even as we work to weather this economic crisis with less staffing resources, MDA employees step up to the plate every day to make sure their fellow Michiganians are receiving top-notch customer service from the grocery store to the gas pump to agricultural job creation,” said Koivisto. “I count it both a blessing and a privilege to count this high caliber group of state employees among my colleagues.”
Front Line Ambassador Award: John Bedford of Coopersville
The “Front Line Ambassador Award” is given to an employee who is regularly put in precarious and difficult situations, all the while demonstrating a positive attitude, identifying creative options for resolution, and following through with the constituent. The award is not given for a singular achievement or activity, but rather reflects a continuing commitment to the mission and values of MDA.
| The Forestry Club and Xi Sigma Pi is hosting a firewood and Christmas tree fundrasier. Seasoned firewood will be available for $65 per face cord and will be available for pick-up or delivery (extra charge).
Christmas trees must be ordered in advance by 5 p.m., Friday, November 26, 2010. Tree pick up will be from noon to 7 p.m., Friday, December 10, or from noon to 5 p.m., Saturday, December 11, 2010 in the parking lot behind the U.J. Noblet Forestry Building off of Seventh Avenue. Tree Delivery is available for $7. For more information, or to order Christmas trees, contact Keri Deneau at kadeneau@mtu.edu |
Blair Orr , director of Michigan Tech’s Peace Corps Master’s International program, was featured on an agroinnovations.com podcast, talking about the Peace Corps Master’s program at Tech, as well as changes and patterns in Third World agriculture, land tenure, low input mixed systems, increasing connectivity and migration in developing countries, the future of Haiti and strategies for promoting development in tropical agriculture. Hear the podcast at Blair Orr .