Invasive Plants: Unwanted in State Parks!

Contact: Lindsay Ross (rossl2@Michigan.gov)
517-241-3366

Visitors to Michigan state parks are invited to participate in a new early detection and rapid response (EDRR) initiative to find the very first outbreaks of unwanted invasive plants.  Early detection will aid in rapid response control measures aimed at eliminating the invasive plants before they become widely established. Read more »

Developer Profile: ASETS

Applied Spatial Ecology and Technical Services (ASETS) is the lead developer of the MISIN system and a spatial research and technology group within the Department of Entomology at Michigan State University. ASETS primary mission is a) to foster the utilization of spatial analysis and modeling in the different aspects of basic and applied ecology through the increased engagement of faculty and staff; and b) to provide technological consultation and contractual services supporting the spatial informatics component of research, outreach and teaching efforts. Read more »

Funder Profile: MSU SMEP

The Sustainable Michigan Endowed Project is an initiative of Michigan State University (MSU). It provides a venue for ongoing scholarly reflection and critique on the sustainability of Michigan, as well as seed grants for sustainability research from a Michigan state-level perspective. SMEP also provides a venue for on-going, long-term sustainability discourse with the goal of influencing the intellectual culture within MSU, and particularly the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Read more »