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Doug and Wendy Robbins' granddaughter, Eli, feeds swans at the W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary. Photo provided by Doug and Wendy Robbins.

Preserving the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary for future generations

01.28.25

Wendy and Doug Robbins have long been champions of the W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary. Their financial support for its ongoing renovation is about more than just preserving a cherished Michigan landmark —it’s about ensuring future generations ... Read More

From left: Isabela Borges, Kara Haas, and Robin Waterman observe a monarch butterfly that landed on Isabela's palm.

To teach and learn together: KBS K-12 Partnership marks 25 years of professional development programs

12.18.24

In 1998, KBS and MSU faculty Phil Robertson, Kay Gross and Mike Klug responded to a K-12 supplement request from the National Science Foundation, or NSF. They wrote, “To supplement our project, ‘Organisms in the Agricultural Landscape’…we ... Read More

KBS MSU Extension's Christine Charles speaks to attendees at the 2024 KBS Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Field Day in September.

Sharing our science: The broader impacts of research help connect KBS with our communities

12.18.24

KBS has always been committed to creating spaces for education and outreach to the wider community. Much of the research and community engagement work at KBS is funded by the National Science Foundation, which places a strong emphasis ... Read More

From left, Kevin Kahmark, Sierra Amyx, and Daniel Gorentz stand in the KBS Auditorium after being named Employees of the Year for 2024.

KBS recognizes three employees for excellence with end-of-year awards

12.18.24

The W.K. Kellogg Biological Station community honored three staff members as the 2024 Employees of the Year. The honors included two full-time employees and one part-time employee. Honorees The award-winning staffers are: Sierra ... Read More

Envision EEB attendees listen to a speaker while at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station.

Envision EEB weekend returns to KBS

11.22.24

The W.K. Kellogg Biological Station was again an integral part of a program designed to introduce graduate students to the Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior program. Envision EEB Envision EEB: Graduate Preview Weekend showed ... Read More

People sit in a half-circle on bales of straw listening to a presentation at the KBS Long-term Ecological Research program site.

KBS Broader Impacts: Mentoring the next generation of community-engaged scholars

11.13.24

Broader impacts, the practical component or long-term goal of most research projects, are often delegated to the final section of a grant proposal, paper or presentation. However, broader impacts are front-and-center to successful research ... Read More

MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz speaks to the group from the inaugural Spartan Bus Tour, who are sitting on straw bales in the foreground, at the KBS Long-term Agroecosystem Research site.

Last but not least: Inaugural Spartan Bus Tour concludes with a visit to Kellogg Biological Station

10.30.24

Michigan State University’s first-ever Spartan Bus Tour kicked off on Monday, Oct. 21, for a three-day, whirlwind tour of MSU locations throughout Michigan’s western Lower Peninsula. The goal of the tour was to build community connections ... Read More

Student Cassius Caldwell, holds an eagle feather and gives a thumbs-up in front of the eagle enclosure at the W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary.

Kellogg Bird Sanctuary’s resident bald eagles renamed by students in MSU’s Michigan Indian Leadership Program

08.30.24

The two bald eagles that reside at the W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary recently were honored with new names, chosen collaboratively by Native American students participating in the 2024 Michigan Indian Leadership Program, or MILP. The new ... Read More

Close-up of several bracelets made by Gabe Knowles’ fourth-grade class.

Elementary students’ lessons on economics, philanthropy culminate in a donation to the Bird Sanctuary

08.08.24

The W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary has a little more cash on hand, thanks to a generous group of fourth grade students. The class from Ealy Elementary, which is in Michigan’s Whitehall School District, recently donated $400 to the Sanctuary ... Read More

Close-up of a Fowler’s toad, held in the palm of a hand.

Growing connections at KBS: A reflection on science education and outreach

07.31.24

As I reflect on my time as a science education and outreach fellow, I’m thinking about connections – the connections between scientists and communities, and more generally, between humans and the natural world. W. K. Kellogg Biological ... Read More

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