Saturday, February 27, 2010
EVENT: GPS/GIS Workshop
Event: You neeeed these skillzz!
Tomorrow: GPS/GIS Introductory Workshop. A recent FW graduate student Dan Wieferich will give us an introduction to using GPS units and then GIS to use the data we collect.
Where: We will be collecting data in our Management Area which is right behind the Natural Resources Building. We will actually be using this information in our upcoming management plan for the area!
When: Meet at 9:30am behind the NR Building. This event will last between 3 and 4 hours.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
EVENT: WOOD DUCK BOX CLEANOUTS WITH DNR!
Field Experience: Cleaning Out Wood Duck Boxes with DNR at Rose Lake.
WHEN: This Sunday February 21 at the DNR office at Rose Lake.
9:00am~12:30pm
*We will meet at 8:15 behind the Natural Resources Building to sort out rides*
WHAT: We will be helping the DNR clean out the wood duck boxes they have around Rose Lake. The boxes are usually out on the water, so we need the ice to access them. We will be replacing the bedding, repairing the boxes if necessary and recording the number of egg shells. We will also be using GPS units to map out the locations of the boxes. This is another great volunteer activity to put on your resumes, while having a blast outside! We will most likely be provided lunch as well!
WHAT TO BRING: Warm clothes, boots
Note: We would prefer that people coming to this be dues paying members or become members soon.. Dues are only $10 for a lifetime of knowledge!
Map to Rose Lake
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
The End Of The Line Trailer
FREE SHOWING: TUESDAY FEBRUARY 23! B104 WELLS HALL! 7-8:30! Sponsored by us and the Fisheries and Wildlife Graduate Student Organization.
FACEBOOK EVENT: End of the Line - East Lansing
Extinct Toad on Exhibit at WCS’s Bronx Zoo
The Kihansi spray toad, which has hopped into oblivion in its native home of Tanzania, has found a safe haven at WCS's Bronx Zoo. A new exhibit features an "assurance colony" of the small, mustard-colored toads, a species now listed as extinct in the wild.
When the spray toad's waterfall habitat dried up, WCS scientists stepped in.
The chirps of these toads once filled a verdant, five-acre swath of the Kihansi Gorge, where they lived in the mist created by the waterfalls. It was their only habitat in the world. But when construction of a hydroelectric dam at the falls began in the late 1990s, diverting the water flow out of the gorge, the mist zone dried up.
The new exhibit is a window into the efforts of a team of WCS herpetologists to ensure the toad does not disappear from the planet altogether. In 2001, following an agreement with the government of Tanzania, WCS scientists helped collect 499 spray toads from the gorge and flew them back to New York. In the years since, they have worked to propagate the species behind the scenes. Breeding a colony of toads that have so many unique requirements–a special insect diet, a steady spray of mist, filtered water, and more–has been a true feat.
Within the next year, WCS will send a small population to a facility at the University of Dar es Salaam. Eventually, in collaboration with Tanzanian partners who have already installed a system of sprinklers at the gorge to replicate the toad's habitat, they hope to return the species to the wild.
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The Story of Stuff
This is the video that we watched last week at our meeting! We also had somewhat of a discussion afterwards, but please post any lingering thoughts you might have on it!
"From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever."
Thursday, February 11, 2010
EVENT: SNOW SHELTER BUILDING!
Intensely Fun Event: Snow Shelter Building
WHEN: This Sunday February 14th at the Natural Resources Building. 9:00am-12:30pm.
**Meet at 9:00am behind the Natural Resources Building (We will make sure someone is there to open the door)**
WHAT: A Fisheries and Wildlife Graduate Student, Bob Montgomery, will use his survival skills learned through his upbringings in a family of Polar Bears in the Arctic to show us the ways of Snow Cave Construction. Prepare for an expedition that will test every part of your body and soul!
Schedule: -1 hour to build snow mound - 1-2 hours to wait for it to settle - 1 hour to dig it out and finish it off.
During the wait time, we will head back inside to have some eats and watch 'Touching the Void' which is a film about two mountaineers who have a near fatal experience attempting to climb the 20,813 ft Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
*WHAT TO BRING: 1) Warm Clothes 2) A Lunch 3) A shovel if you have one
Note: You don't have to be a dues paying member to participate! Should be a good time!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
EVENT: 'Merdian Tackles Ice Fishing'
OUTREACH EVENT: 'Meridian Tackles Ice Fishing'
WHEN: This Saturday February 13 at the pond in the Meridian Historical Village. It will last from 8:30am ~ 12:00 p.m.
**We will meet behind the Natural Resources Building at 8:00a.m to figure out rides. Bring a vehicle if you have one.**
WHAT: This is a free fishing weekend in Michigan (don't have to have a license) so, we will be helping kids learn how to ice fish (teaching,helping,drilling,measuring,fixing poles) If you have never gone fishing/ice fishing yourself, this will also be a great opportunity for you to learn! Even if you don't wish to fish yourself, it will be a nice opportunity to get hands on experience with outreach. (which is obviously a very important aspect to our field)
WHAT TO BRING: Just warm clothes and your happy faces! (fishing gear if you'd like)
Note: You don't have to be a dues paying member to participate!
Map: Meridian Historical Village - Pond
T-Shirt Designs
These are some ideas for t-shirts that Ali David presented at the meeting the other day. Tell us what you think about these. We also have our current design that we can keep. Another option we talked with Alli about, is to print these ideas as small posters to put up in the building. Let us know what you think below!
Saturday, February 6, 2010
CONSERVATION ISSUE - NO MORE GRIZZLIES CAMPAIGN!!!
Visit nomoregrizzlies.com to find out more about this horrible conservation threat!
Detecting Asian Carp in the Great Lakes | Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy
Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow: Introducing Wildlife Students to Hunting
Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow: Introducing Wildlife Students to Hunting
This is a great opportunity for MSU students to participate in as well. This past fall we took 4 students to the workshop (Colleen Bumford, Lydia Vanderbilt, Marco Sanchez, Robyn Bailey). Be sure to ask Jim Schneider about it!
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- EVENT: GPS/GIS Workshop
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- EVENT: WOOD DUCK BOX CLEANOUTS WITH DNR!
- The End Of The Line Trailer
- Extinct Toad on Exhibit at WCS’s Bronx Zoo
- The Story of Stuff
- EVENT: SNOW SHELTER BUILDING!
- EVENT: 'Merdian Tackles Ice Fishing'
- T-Shirt Designs
- CONSERVATION ISSUE - NO MORE GRIZZLIES CAMPAIGN!!!
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