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MSU University Distinguished Professor elected to National Academy of Sciences for work in sustainable agriculture (MSU CANR News, May 12, 2025)

Want to understand grasslands? Look at the bigger picture (MSU Today, May 6, 2025)

Corn profitability remains strong in conservation research (Brownfield Ag News, April 23, 2025)

Pollinators’ threat of chemical over-use (Downtown News Magazine, April 22, 2025)

2025 MSU Tech Transfer Achievement Award-Bruno Basso’s crop yield modeling system (MSU Innovation Center News, April 15, 2025)

MSU professor, researcher, and KBS LTAR collaborator joins NASA science team for satellite missions (KBS LTAR News, April 2, 2025)

Four MSU researchers named AAAS Fellows (MSU Today, March 28, 2025)

Resolving a 50-year debate: fragmentation decreases biodiversity on multiple scales (Conservation Corridor, March 17, 2025)

Agricultural Climate Resiliency Program funds 4 new projects (Michigan Farm News, March 13, 2025)

U.S. butterflies are disappearing at drastic rates, with one in five gone since 2000 (Smithsonian Magazine, March 11, 2025)

First national analysis finds America’s butterflies are disappearing at ‘catastrophic’ rate (Phys.org, March 9, 2025)

Where have all the butterflies gone? (Science Friday, March 7, 2025)

Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century (Science, March 6, 2025)

Butterflies in the United States are disappearing at a ‘catastrophic’ rate (Washington Post, March 6, 2025)

See how butterflies are surviving, or not, near you (New York Times, March 6, 2025)

Study raises the possibility of a country without butterflies (MSU Today, March 6, 2025)

Climate change could be a problem for your gut health (Futurity, March 3, 2025)

Conservation focusing on birds of a feather may have mixed results, MSU-led study shows (EurekAlert!, Feb. 27, 2025)

More than a gut feeling: How climate change affects GI health (MSU Today, Feb. 27, 2025)

College of Agriculture and Natural Resources honors 2024 Outstanding Student Leader (MSU CANR News, Feb. 14, 2025)

Long-term study reveals best practices for building soil carbon in agriculture (MSU CANR News, Jan. 24, 2025)

Ag research closing profitability gap in sustainable cropping systems | Brownfield Ag News, Jan. 22, 2025

More conservation practices will be rewarded by 45Z credit | Brownfield Ag News, Jan. 21, 2025

Preserving the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary for future generations (MSU NatSci News, Dec. 16, 2024)

Small bird, big impact: The battle for the scrub jay’s home | Florida Weekly, Palm Beach Edition, Nov. 14, 2024

Expanding North American Indigenous opportunities on campus and beyond | MSU Today, Nov. 13, 2024

Celebrating the fall migration at W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary (Amplify Kalamazoo, Nov. 7, 2024)

Inaugural Spartan Bus Tour highlights MSU’s statewide impact (WKAR FM, Oct. 24, 2024)

MSU President prepares to tour the State (WLNS Lansing, Oct. 20, 2024)

New MSU president, administrators plan 3-day bus tour ‘to build connections’ (Detroit News, Oct. 20, 2024)

Emerging Conservationist award finalists working to save species from sharks to butterflies | Indianapolis Star, Oct. 17, 2024

Indianapolis Prize announces finalists for Emerging Conservationist Award (WTHR 13 Indianapolis, Oct. 15, 2024)

‘Unparalleled’: Spartans lead research for a sustainable Michigan (MSU Today, Oct. 11)

What’s bugging you? Long-term impacts of warming and insect herbivory on plant communities (MSU NatSci News, Oct. 8, 2024)

Spartan Bus Tour 2024 to highlight scope of MSU’s statewide impact (MLive, Oct. 2, 2024)

Harnessing mussels to filter fresh water: A biological cure for contaminants is being studied (Spartan News Room, Sept. 20, 2024)

Kellogg Bird Sanctuary’s resident bald eagles renamed by students in MSU’s Michigan Indian Leadership Program | MSU Today, Sept. 16, 2024

What the heck is “corn sweat” and is it making the Midwest more dangerous? (Vox, Aug. 29, 2024)

Harnessing mussels to filter fresh water: A biological cure for contaminants is being studied (Great Lakes Echo, Aug. 19, 2024)

Legacy of W.K. Kellogg celebrated with summer concert, manor house tours (WWMT News Channel 3, Aug. 19, 2024)

From the ground up: Syngenta updates ESG goals to support farmers (Farm Journal, Aug. 12, 2024)

Harnessing mussels to filter fresh water (Detroit PBS Great Lakes Now, Aug. 7, 2024)

KBS experience inspires Yager teaching award winner (MSU NatSci News, Aug. 5, 2024)

Study shows insecticides linked to Wisconsin monarch butterfly decline (Wisconsin Public Radio, Aug. 1, 2024)

Endangered butterflies filling Michigan’s skies again with zoo’s breeding efforts (MLive, Aug. 1, 2024)

KBS LTAR leadership recognized by the national LTAR network (MSU CANR News, July 30, 2024)

MSU professors cite insecticides as primary driver of butterfly decline in study (The State News, July 29, 2024)

Getting the most out of your post-wheat cover crops (Morning Ag Clips, July 25, 2024)

Can a data literacy program make science more relatable? (eSchool News, July 18, 2024)

A Spartan bringing sustainable agriculture into the future (MSU Today, July 10, 2024)

Insecticides are biggest butterfly killers in Midwest, lowering wild diversity (MLive, July 9, 2024)

Helping students hear the stories that data tell (MSU NatSci News, July 2, 2024)

Multidisciplinary KBS team produces new conservation tool (MSU CANR News, July 2, 2024)

A photo tour of the Michigan State University Food-Grade Grains Field Day (Farmers’ Advance, June 24, 2024)

Is switchgrass a good option for biofuel production? (Michigan Farmer, June 21, 2024)

New ‘detective work’ on butterfly declines reveals a prime suspect (New York Times, June 21, 2024)

Insecticides found to be primary driver of butterfly decline (MSU CANR News, June 20, 2024)

Insecticides found to be primary driver of butterfly decline (MSU Today, June 20, 2024)

Humans are the elephant in the room where conservation is debated (MSU College of Natural Science EEB News, June 12, 2024)

MSU Extension reports on first two years of five-year field crop practice study (Michigan Farm News, June 18, 2024)

But can it be profitable? An initial economic summary of an aspirational cropping system (KBS LTAR News, May 31, 2024)

MSU’s Kevin Kahmark honored with first mentorship award (GLBRC News, May 20, 2024)

Ag tires and the duality of deflection (Tire Review, April 24, 2024)

Rural water crisis vital to health of the planet | Opinion (Detroit Free Press, April 22, 2024)

New Agricultural Climate Resiliency Program funds four projects (MSU CANR News, April 22, 2024)

A visionary legacy makes a positive difference (MSU Advancement News, March 28, 2024)

They’re back: Slow and steady wins the race, even one that takes 10 years to move 45 miles (Marquette Mining Journal, March 8, 2024)

Research on historical crop yields reveals insights (Agri-View, Feb. 29, 2024)

New MSU research details how analyzing historical crop yields can reveal key soil health insights (American Association of Universities, Feb. 7, 2024)

Wildlife Wednesday: Wetland wildlife waits for warmer weather (Manistee News Advocate, Jan. 31, 2024)

Bruno Basso featured on Stateside broadcast (Michigan Public, Jan. 24, 2024)

Analyzing historical crop yields can reveal key soil health insights (MSU Today, Jan. 24, 2024)

Ants help reveal why sourcing different plants for eco fuels is crucial for biodiversity (Phys.org, Jan. 23, 2024)

Turtles return, 10 years after Kalamazoo River oil spill (Bridge Michigan, Jan. 18, 2024)

New MSU research details how analyzing historical crop yields can reveal key soil health insights (MSU CANR News, Jan. 18, 2024)

MSU scientists featured in novel, new DOE-sponsored climate report (MSU AgBioResearch News, Jan. 10, 2024)

Slow and steady wins the race, even one that takes 10 years to move 45 miles (Capital News Service, Jan. 8, 2024)

Homeowners & farmers increasing native landscape across the state (Fox17, Oct. 25, 2023)

MSU researchers find genetic rescue underused for saving endangered species (wilx.com, Oct. 3, 2023)

MSU researchers identify underused strategy for recovering endangered species (MSU Today, Oct. 3, 2023)

Cereal king W.K. Kellogg a conservationist who helped save Canada Goose (The Herald, Sept. 29, 2023)

Nick Haddad: Insects—A silent extinction (The Great Simplification podcast, Sept. 27, 2023)

Partnerships make the Kellogg Biological Station go round (LTER Network News, Aug. 30, 2023)

Artist in Residence at Michigan biological stations – summer 2023 (calliechappell.com, Aug. 28, 2023)

MSU research suggests natural selection could slow evolution (MSU NatSci News, Aug. 24, 2023)

New research suggests natural selection can slow evolution, maintain similarities across generations (Phys.org, Aug. 23, 2023)

Healthy soils: A key component of successful agriculture (Michigan Farm News, Aug. 22, 2023)

The sensors helping farmers adapt to extreme weather (Wall Street Journal’s The Future of Everything podcast, Aug. 11, 2023)

Undergraduates fuel their curiosity at GLBRC through REU program (GLBRC News, Aug. 8, 2023)

How does tillage fit into a sustainable future? (Brownfield Ag News, Aug. 7, 2023)

Michigan State University receives seed funding for sustainable agriculture collaborations (Michigan Farm News, July 27, 2023)

Don’t bank on seed banks to save the grasslands (MSU NatSci News, July 27, 2023)

Three MSU projects receive seed funding for sustainable agriculture collaborations (MSU AgBioResearch News, July 20, 2023)

Designing Cropping Systems for Efficiency, Environmental Performance and More Profit (Webinar, Iowa Learning Farms, July 19, 2023)

MSU researchers receive $750K grant to study soil health amid changing rainfall patterns (MSU Today, July 12, 2023)

MSU researchers receive $750K grant to study soil health amid changing rainfall patterns (MSU CANR News, July 11, 2023)

Michigan State researchers to study soil health amid changes in rainfall patterns (WWMT News, July 11, 2023)

MSU grant to study soil health amid changing rainfall patterns (Morning Ag Clips, July 11, 2023)

MSU cover crop champion Dean Baas recognized as an NCR-SARE Hero (Michigan Farm News, June 29, 2023)

The effect of soil degradation on human, animal and plant health (Open Access Government, June 27, 2023)

Tiny bundles of hope: Critically endangered turtles hatch in Myanmar (New York Times, June 24, 2023).

Turning unprofitable areas of farm fields into prairie strips (Managing for Profit podcast, June 19, 2023)

Dean Baas: NCR-SARE Hero (North Central Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education News, June 7, 2023)

$1.9M USDA grant to support diverse agriculture professionals (MSU Today, June 7, 2023)

$1.95M grant to support training of professionals in soil organic carbon assessment (Morning Ag Clips, June 1, 2023)

MSU water, environmental experts can discuss impacts of US Supreme Court EPA decision (MSU Today, May 31, 2023)

The sweet sounds of conservation (3BL CSRwire, May 17, 2023)

Sportsman Outreach takes Barry County students with disabilities fishing (WWMT News, May 17, 2023)

Bird migration: How you can help them get where they’re going safely (Fox 17 News, May 12, 2023)

Growing nitrogen with legume cover crops (MSU AgBioResearch News, May 10, 2023)

MSU helps agriculture adapt to climate change (WILX.com, May 4, 2023)

Mixing theory, observation to envision warmer world (MSU NatSci News, April 26, 2023)

Klotz receives 2023 Spirit of CANR Award (MSU CANR News, April 14, 2023)

A History of Hickory Corners (Tales of Southwest Michigan’s Past podcast, April 14, 2023)

MSU explores prairie strip benefits (Brownfield Ag News, April 12, 2023)

Three EEB grad students named NSF-GRFP fellows (MSU NatSci EEB News, April 12, 2023)

The Spartan scientists helping agriculture adapt to a changing planet (MSU Today, April 3, 2023)

Agricultural innovation at MSU working to feed a growing population in the face of climate challenges (WKAR FM’s MSU Today podcast, March 27, 2023)

Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center receives funding renewal (MSU Today, March 20, 2023)

GLBRC receives five year funding renewal (Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center News, March 17, 2023)

Weathering the storm: Exploring flooding in agriculture (Open Access Government, March 17, 2023)

The Grassed of Us: How biofuel crops harness fungal defenders (MSU Today, March 15, 2023)

Prairie strips, other systems studied (Agri-View, March 11, 2023)

Ants disperse seeds farther in habitat patches with corridors (Conservation Corridor, March 8, 2023)

Learning from the meltwater stonefly before we lose it (MSU NatSci News, March 2, 2023)

Prairie strips: A case study on improving farming yields and pollinator habitat by transforming unprofitable farmland into prairie (MSU Extension News, March 1, 2023)

Similar invasive insects coexist through slight differences in environmental responses (LTER Network News, Feb. 28, 2023)

New MSU research helps better quantify soil carbon stock changes (MSU CANR News, Feb. 27, 2023)

The next biofuel? MSU researchers focus on switchgrass and ethanol potential (WLNS.com, Jan. 31, 2023)

Mystery solved: Why switchgrass takes the summer off (Futurity.org, Jan. 30, 2023)

Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Awards (MSU Today, Jan. 30, 2023)

The effect of soil degradation on human, animal and plant health (Open Access Government, Jan. 27, 2023)

Why this promising biofuel crop takes a summer break (MSU Today, Jan. 25, 2023)

MSU Research Foundation awards $5M grant (MSU Today, Jan. 18, 2023)

MSU’s Long-Term Ecological Research program awarded $7.65 million NSF grant (MSU NatSci News, Jan. 10, 2023)

Federal budget provides millions in funding for MSU discoveries and community outreach (MSU Today, Jan. 10, 2023)

Exploring how traits stay or go on plant’s evolutionary journey (MSU NatSci News, Jan. 4, 2023)

Starting small to better understand key steps in the carbon cycle (Morning Ag Clips, Dec. 15, 2022)

What does landscape connectivity look like for microorganisms? (Conservation Corridor, Nov. 23, 2022)

An underfrog story: MSU research shows 32 frog species thought extinct still live in wild (Lansing State Journal, Nov. 15, 2022)

More biodiversity isn’t a silver bullet for ecosystem restoration (MSU NatSci News, Nov. 14, 2022)

Some harlequin frogs — presumed extinct — have been rediscovered (ScienceNews, Nov. 11, 2022)

Kalamazoo supports healthy bird habitat with city commission action (MLive, Nov. 10, 2022)

A holistic approach to assessing soil health (Open Access Government, Nov. 9, 2022)

Field smarts: Protecting farmers’ wallets and our water, with Bruno Basso (What About Water podcast, Nov. 8, 2022)

Up to 32 frog species thought to be extinct may not be, new research shows (Phys.org, Nov. 8, 2022)

Colorful frogs downed by disease are making a surprising comeback (Science, Nov. 8, 2022)

Results-oriented commitment to diversity, inclusivity earns KBS honor (MSU NatSci News, Nov. 8, 2022)

In the Weeds: All there is to know about organic matter (MSUE Michigan Field Crops podcast, Nov. 4, 2022)

Just because these bugs live in the tropics, doesn’t mean they do well in the heat (WMUK News, Oct. 17, 2022)

In the Weeds: Burning questions about prairie strips (MSUE Michigan Field Crops podcast, Oct. 4, 2022)

Back from the dead: Meet the frogs overcoming extinction (MSU Today, Nov. 8, 2022)

Propelling Women in Power: S. Carolina Córdova (Wisconsin Energy Institute podcast, Aug. 25, 2022)

What turtles can teach us about living longer (MLive, Aug. 20, 2022)

Can farmers fight climate change? New U.S. law gives them billions to try (Science, Aug. 16, 2022)

Tart cherry roots and canopies (Good Fruit Grower, Aug. 9, 2022)

Stephen Hamilton and Emma Rosi: Helium balloons impose a toll on our air, land and sea (Chicago Tribune, Aug. 1, 2022)

How a little prairie can help farms and nature (MSU Today, July 28, 2022)

Revealing ‘evolution’s solutions’ to aging (MSU Today, June 23, 2022)

What guppy guts can teach us about evolution (MSU Today, May 26, 2022)

In soil, death doesn’t stop the spread of antibiotic resistance (MSU Today, April 8, 2022)

New MSU research explores growing biofuel crops on marginal land (No-till Farmer, March 21, 2022)

New MSU research shows how biofuel crops can help mitigate climate change when grown on land of otherwise little agricultural value (MSU AgBioResearch News, March 21, 2022)

New MSU research showcases innovative method to develop more accurate corn yield predictions (Michigan Farm News, March 16, 2022)

Accurate knowledge or early yield predictions of vital importance to producers (Wisconsin State Farmer, March 15, 2022)

Basso appointed to prestigious National Academies board (MSU Today, March 1, 2022)

MSU’s Bruno Basso appointed to prestigious National Academies board (MSU NatSci News, Feb. 28, 2022)

A record year for Spartan scientists (MSU Today, Jan. 26, 2022)

Fallow farmland may offset climate change better than fields in use (MLive, Jan. 11, 2022)

Timeline of the no-till revolution (No-till Farmer, Jan. 10, 2022)

Farmers chase migrating crops in a warming climate (Spartan Newsroom, Jan. 3, 2022)

Entomology doctoral student blends interests to pursue career as a climate change scientist and outreach educator (MSU CANR Department of Entomology News, Dec. 1, 2021)

Mating, tattoos and leaving home: A tale of growing up guppy (MSU Today, Dec. 6, 2021)

Katherine Gross honored with Distinguished Alumni Award (Iowa State University Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Oct. 27, 2021)

Measuring and predicting soil carbon to offset climate change (MSU Today, Oct. 20, 2021)

USDA launches first phase of soil carbon monitoring efforts through Conservation Reserve Program Initiative (Farm Service Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Oct. 12, 2021)

Bioenergy crops create local cooling that can increase climate benefit (Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Oct. 1, 2021)

How carbon farming can help save the Earth (Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing, October 2021)

What does groundwater have to do with lake algal blooms? (MSU Today, Sept. 29, 2021)

Into the microbiome: Exploring the ecology of microbial communities (MSU NatSci News, Sept. 21, 2021)

Agricultural research data network increases access to historical crop data (USDA News, Sept. 8, 2021)

Learning from a ‘living fossil’ (MSU Today, Aug. 30, 2021)

My Spartan Summer (MSU Today, Aug. 27, 2021)

Faculty voice: Keeping the rain out (MSU Today, Aug. 25, 2021)

MSU joins effort to promote prairie strip adoption across Midwest (Michigan Farm News, Aug. 19, 2021)

USDA looks to conservation finance to deliver more working lands conservation (U.S. Department of Agriculture, July 29, 2021)

Are zebra mussels eating or helping toxic algae? (MSU Today, June 24, 2021)

Host, management, or microbial traits: Which is dominant in plant microbiome assemblages? (National Science Foundation News, May 10, 2021)

Butterflies–not just bees–shown to play key role in cotton cultivation (Texas Standard, April 21, 2021)

First EEB postdoctoral fellows bring accomplishment, ambition (MSU NatSci EEB News, April 6, 2021)

Planning for crop water needs under changing climate conditions (Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, March 16, 2021)

Midwest farmers can adapt to climate change through soil management (Ag Daily, March 10, 2021)

Adaptation, not irrigation recommended for Midwest corn farmers (MSU Today, March 9, 2021)

Edge of agriculture: Crop configuration and pest suppression (Mirage News, March 5, 2021)

MSU’s Elena Litchman lands prestigious award for scientific excellence in aquatic ecology (MSU NatSci News, March 4, 2021)

‘Planting green’ has advantages if done correctly (Farmer’s Exchange, Jan. 22, 2021)

Nine faculty named 2020 highly cited researchers (MSU Today, Dec. 4, 2020)

Soil opportunities: Basso and Gore on regenerative farming as climate solution (MSU NatSci Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Nov. 3, 2020)

Kellogg LTER researchers play key role in new biology integration institute (NSF Long-term Ecological Research Network, Oct. 9, 2020)

Mapping a greener future on farms (MSU Today, Oct. 8, 2020)

Synchronizing drought tolerance on, and underneath, the farm (MSU NatSci News, Sept. 14, 2020)

No-till farming improves crop yields, study finds (Petoskey News, Sept. 9, 2020)

No-till farming improves crop yields, study finds (Spartan Newsroom, Sept. 4, 2020)

NSF-funded project to track genetic ‘adapt or die’ responses to environmental change (MSU NatSci News, Aug. 31, 2020)

MSU joins $20 million AI initiative for the future of sustainable agriculture (MSU NatSci News, Aug. 27, 2020)

MSU study finds no-till farming yields long-term economic benefits (Great Lakes Echo, Aug. 7, 2020)

Under climate change, good things come to bugs who wait (MSU NatSci News, Aug. 6, 2020)

MSU study finds no-till farming yields long-term economic benefits (WKAR Public Media, July 31, 2020)

MSU researcher earns grant to study effects of droughts (MSU Today, July 29, 2020)

For more than three decades, no-till yields increased year-after-year when compared to yields from tilled ground in a corn, soybean and wheat rotation (No Till Farmer, July 22, 2020)

‘Corn sweat’ may exacerbate heat impact in Midwest this weekend (Washington Post, July 15, 2020)

Promoting sustainability of farming systems using digital technology (MSU AgBioResearch News, July 1, 2020)

‘We have one Earth’: Researchers Work To Boost Farm Production Without Causing More Harm (NPR, June 19, 2020)

No-till increases crop yields, environmental gains over long haul (No-till Farmer, May 20, 2020)

The Zillow app of agricultural regeneration (MSU NatSci News, April 30, 2020)

Designing a system for broadcast interseeding (Morning AgClips, April 28, 2020)

Welcome to the new world of digital agriculture (Forbes, April 22, 2020)

Digital agriculture paves the road to agricultural sustainability (MSU Today, April 22, 2020)

Digital agriculture to design sustainable agricultural systems (Nature, April 16, 2020)

Biofuels from grass ‘mitigates global warming,’ researchers reveal (Biofuels International, March 16, 2020)

Big data helps farmers adapt to climate variability (MSU Today, Feb. 27, 2020)

Decarbonizing your ride for a more stable climate (MSU AgBioResearch News, Feb. 24, 2020)

Michigan State University and Mississippi State University graduate students receive 2020 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership Awards (American Institute of Biological Sciences, Feb. 19, 2020)

Book review of “The Last Butterflies :A Scientist’s Quest to Save a Rare and Vanishing Creature” (Oryx, Feb. 11, 2020)

Marine to Myrmecologist: One Entomologist’s Journey to Understand and Conserve Native Biodiversity (Entomology Today, Jan. 31, 2020)

Satellite and yield data identify unprofitable acres (Future Farming, Jan. 23, 2020)

Trinidad’s guppy-filled stream provide natural lab for genetic rescue research (MSU Today, Jan. 6, 2020)

Going with the flow: Trinidad’s guppy-filled stream provide natural lab for genetic rescue research (MSU NatSci News, Jan. 6, 2020)

New report says six MSU AgBioResearch scientists among most highly cited (MSU AgBioResearch News, Dec. 3, 2019)

“Never Home Alone” and “The Last Butterflies” in longlist for 2020 AAAS award (Applied Ecology News, Oct. 28, 2019)

How the once-common Poweshiek skipperling became Michigan’s most endangered species (Michigan Radio’s Stateside, Oct. 18, 2019)

Cover crops could help Michigan farmers and the environment (Michigan Radio’s Stateside, Oct. 4, 2019)

Technology grows on farmers, producers (Greater Lansing Business Monthly, Sept. 30, 2019)

New study finds connected habitats see increases in biodiversity (Wisconsin Public Radio, Sept. 27, 2019)

Small strips of nature in just the right places can keep plants from going extinct (Los Angeles Times, Sept. 27, 2019)

Connecting fractured habitats has long-lasting ecological benefits, study finds (Washington Post, Sept. 26, 2019)

Connecting our dwindling natural habitats could help preserve plant diversity (Science News, Sept. 26, 2019)

Habitat corridors increase plant diversity over decades (AAAS, Sept. 26, 2019)

The last butterflies? (Scientific American, Sept. 19, 2019)

Global change is triggering an identity switch in grasslands (MSU Today, Sept. 5, 2019)

MSU leads $2 million grant on outdoor science learning (MSU Today, Aug. 23 ,2019)

Book review: “The Last Butterflies: A Scientist’s Quest to Save a Rare and Vanishing Creature” (Michigan Radio’s Stateside, Aug. 8, 2019, review at 37:47)

Scientists discover new mechanism for how soils store carbon (NSF Research News, July 30, 2019)

Soil pore structure is key to carbon storage (Science Daily, July 26, 2019)

New paper points to soil pore structure as key to carbon storage (MSU Today, July 23, 2019)

Understanding farmer attitudes can help address water quality issues (LTER Network, July 22, 2019)

Butterflies are disappearing in Ohio. Here’s what that means for insects everywhere (PBS News Hour, July 9, 2019)

Earlier spring favors invasive plants (Forbes. July 17, 2019)

West Southwest: Searching for the last butterflies (WMUK FM, July 7, 2019)

Boosting genetic diversity may save vanishing animal populations. But it may also backfire. (Science. July 16, 2019)

The butterfly effect: The race to save butterflies before it’s too late (Sierra Magazine, July 7, 2019)

Algae blooms fed by farm flooding add to Midwest’s climate woes (Inside Climate News. June 26, 2019)

New book delves into the lives of the world’s rarest butterflies (MSU CANR News. June 19, 2019)

Life’s innovations, the enigma of gravity, and how to feed 8 billion: Books in brief (Nature, June 14, 2019)

Shifting landscape: Native plant species may be at greater risk from climate change than non-natives (MSU NatSci News. May 31, 2019)

Before our very eyes: Species rarity and extinction in Michigan’s Kalamazoo County (MSU NatSci News. May 6, 2019)

NatSci graduate students win prestigious fellowship (MSU Today. April 30, 2019)

Solving the mystery of fertilizer loss from Midwest cropland (MSU Today. April 15, 2019)

Looking for the right conditions for bees to flourish (Farm Progress. March 14, 2019)

Carrying the LTER torch forward (AgBio Futures. January 1, 2019)

Studying the impact of diversity in all forms (AgBio Futures. January 1, 2019)

Texas A&M team proposes using research stations across U.S. for public STEM education (AgriLife Today. October 10, 2018)

MSU aquatic ecologist lands grant to study phytoplankton traits (MSU NatSci News. October 7, 2018)

Fog is full of microbes (The Atlantic. August 28, 2018)

Revealing how bacteria, grasses fix nitrogen (WSU Insider. August 8, 2018)

Researchers explore diversity as new weapon against crop pests (MSU Today. July 24, 2018)

Hippo waste causes fish kills in Africa’s Mara River (Eureka Alert. May, 2018).

Discovering the growing costs of a growing epidemic in the U.S. dairy industry (Engaged Scholar. February, 2018).

Bovine leukemia virus: Lost milk and hidden costs (Hoard’s Dairyman via MSU Extension. November 15, 2017).

MSU names five Foundation Professors, including KBS/MSU Professor Bruno Basso (MSU Today. September 29, 2017).

Three osprey chicks now sporting GPS satellite backpacks (Michigan Department of Natural Resources Bulletin. August 24, 2017)

Cellulosic biofuels can benefit the environment if managed correctly (MSU Today. June 30, 2017)

$2 million NSF grant awarded to predict future viability of phytoplankton (MSU Today. June 14, 2017)

Steve Hamilton named inaugural Society for Freshwater Science fellow (MSU Today. May 25, 2017)

Farming with drones hones in on drier zones (WKAR Radio. March 22, 2017)

KBS and MSU Foundation Professor of Integrative Biology Elena Litchman wins prestigious Excellence Professorship award (MSU College of Natural Science. March 7, 2017)

Long-term Ecological Research team at the MSU’s Kellogg Biological Station addresses gap between research and practice in sustainable agriculture (MSU Today. January 18, 2017)

Spartan barley grown at the KBS on tap (MSU Extension. October 18, 2016)

KBS Ph.D. Student Chad Zirbel awarded the new Graduate Research Internship Program (GRIP) Fellowship from NSF (MSU Dept. of Plant Biology. June 27, 2016)

As genetically modified food fight heats up, Michigan expert sheds light on issues (MLive. June 21, 2016)

One of ecology’s oldest puzzles: Why does diversity cluster near the equator? (Christian Science Monitor. June 14, 2016)

Research conducted at KBS’s GLBRC indicate fertilizer use could reduce climate benefit of cellulosic biofuels (MSU Today. June 2, 2016)

MSU/KBS ecologist Stephen Hamilton on the Kalamazoo River post-oil spill (WMUK. March 21, 2016)

Craft breweries bet on sustainability (mibiz.com. March 2016)

Internship Spotlight: William Davie (MSU College of Natural Science. November 2015)

Data Nuggets are golden: MSU awarded $1 million grant to study science education project (MSU Today. October 21, 2015)

Undergraduates at Kellogg Biological Station showcase their summer research (MSU Today. July 21, 2015)

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June 2022 e-Station to Station

May 2022 e-Station to Station

April 2022 e-Station to Station

March 2022 e-Station to Station

February 2022 e-Station to Station

January 2022 e-Station to Station

December 2021 e-Station to Station

November 2021 e-Station to Station

October 2021 e-Station to Station

September 2021 e-Station to Station

August 2021 e-Station to Station

July 2021 e-Station to Station

June 2021 e-Station to Station

May 2021 e-Station to Station

April 2021 e-Station to Station

March 2021 e-Station to Station

February 2021 e-Station to Station

January 2021 e-Station to Station

December 2020 e-Station to Station

November 2020 e-Station to Station

October 2020 e-Station to Station

September 2020 e-Station to Station

August 2020 e-Station to Station

July 2020 e-Station to Station

June 2020 e-Station to Station

May 2020 e-Station to Station

April 2020 e-Station to Station

March 2020 e-Station to Station

February 2020 e-Station to Station

January 2020 e-Station to Station

December 2019 e-Station to Station

November 2019 e-Station to Station

October 2019 e-Station to Station

September 2019 e-Station to Station

August 2019 e-Station to Station

July 2019 e-Station to Station

June 2019 e-Station to Station

May 2019 e-Station to Station

April 2019 e-Station to Station

March 2019 e-Station to Station

February 2019 e-Station to Station

December 2018/January 2019 e-Station to Station

November 2018 e-Station to Station

October 2018 e-Station to Station

September 2018 e-Station to Station

August 2018 e-Station to Station

July 2018 e-Station to Station

June 2018 e-Station to Station

May 2018 e-Station to Station

April 2018 e-Station to Station

March 2018 e-Station to Station

February 2018 e-Station to Station

January 2018 e-Station to Station

December 2017 e-Station to Station

November 2017 e-Station to Station

October 2017 e-Station to Station

September 2017 e-Station to Station

August 2017 e-Station to Station

July 2017 e-Station to Station

June 2017 e-Station to Station

May 2017 e-Station to Station

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March 2017 e-Station to Station

February 2017 e-Station to Station

January 2017 e-Station to Station

December 2016 e-Station to Station

November 2016 e-Station to Station

October 2016 e-Station to Station

September 2016 e-Station to Station

August 2016 e-Station to Station

July 2016 e-Station to Station

June 2016 e-Station to Station

May 2016 e-Station to Station

April 2016 e-Station to Station

March 2016 e-Station to Station

February 2016 e-Station to Station

January 2016 e-Station to Station

December 2015 e-Station to Station

November 2015 e-Station to Station

October 2015 e-Station to Station

September 2015 e-Station to Station

August 2015 e-Station to Station

July 2015 e-Station to Station

June 2015 e-Station to Station

May 2015 e-Station to Station

April 2015 e-Station to Station

March 2015 e-Station to Station

February 2015 e-Station to Station

January 2015 e-Station to Station

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KBS External Review – Overview and Background Report to the Committee (March, 2017)

KBS External Review Report Appendices

KBS External Review – Committee Review and Recommendations (March, 2017)

Climate Change Highlights from KBS

Land Use Plan 2005

2015 DEQ Consumer Confidence Report