FWCB People in the News
"Bike to Work" day
Join us the week of May 12 in celebrating the largest celebration of biking and walking both sides of the Mississippi! Sue Schroeder has signed up to lead a workplace team to encourage folks from FWCB to bike or walk to work on "Bike to Work" day (Wednesday May 14). Won't you join her in reducing our departmental carbon emissions? To join the FWCB workplace team--and enter the drawing for prizes--join up at www.bikewalkweek.org and select the U of M -- FWCB team. There are a lot of events in the works for that week, but on Wednesday May 14, hundreds of other people in the Twin Cities will be biking and walking to work together. No experience is necessary and experienced guides will be leading "Commuter Convoys" from neighborhoods all over the metro-area.
For more details, check out: http://www.bikewalkweek.org
A new "Speaking of Science" interview
 The latest installment of "Speaking of Science" is now online. The newest interviewee is Karen Oberhauser, a professor in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology . This series of interviews between CFANS dean Allen Levine and key faculty and staff showcases the research and outreach work happening throughout the college.
Read the Q and A with Karen Oberhauser
Listen to raw MP3 audio of the interview:
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
"Spring Spectacle: Pelicans migrate through MN"
"Some people are surprised to see pelicans in Minnesota, they think of them as tropical," said Francie Cuthbert, University of Minnesota professor, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology. "Cuthbert said Minnesota, particularly the western part of the state, has a healthy pelican population. Birds moving through now will fan out, with some flying west, and some travelling into Canada to nest and lay their eggs next month." Full Story
2008 Kolshorn Lecture
Please join us in 110 Green Hall on April 24, 2008 for the Kolshorn Lecture Series ("Are we living in the midst of a sixth mass extinction?") presented by Dr. David B. Wake, Professor of Integrative Biology and Curator of Herpetology, University of California, Berkeley. Refreshments will be served at 4:40 pm followed by the lecture at 5:00 pm.
Tony Gamble, a graduate student in the Conservation Biology program who is advised by Andrew Simons was recently featured in the following story:
Gecko tech: Evolution produces ideal adhesive
A researcher at the U's Bell Museum of Natural History is helping to complete an evolutionary history of the 1,100 species of gecko. The information will be useful to scientists hoping to develop a synthetic gecko adhesive.
Two FWCB faculty and staff have won University-wide honors for excellence in teaching and advising. They are:
  Morse-Alumni Award for outstanding contributions to undergraduate education winners are Todd Arnold of the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology and Kristen Nelson, departments of Forest Resources and Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology.
U professor David Fulton studies why hunting and fishing passions are fading. A drop in these activities could threaten the well-being of America's wildlife because money from hunting and fishing licenses helps fund habitat conservation efforts.
Cultivating Culture
"...Kristen Nelson has been studying the ways in which communities interact with scientists for most of her career. The associate professor in the Department of Forest Resources and Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology recently finished a handbook for scientists and regulators working on environmental risk assessment in multiple countries..." -Becky Beyers (Full story)
"Kids just don't get out(doors) much anymore"
"The trend apears unmistakable: A smaller percentage of people in Minnesota, the United States and elsewhere are participating in outdoor recreation such as hunting, fishing, camping and visiting parks." -Doug Smith, Star Tribune (Full story)
Idaho's wolf management plan gets biologists' support
Wolf advocates say turning management over to the states will lead to a slaughter of wolves and a dramatically lower wolf population than today. ... Mech, senior research scientist for the U.S. Geological Survey and a University of Minnesota professor, is regarded as the pre-eminent wolf biologist in the United States, if not the world.
Seattle Times
Anne Kapuscinski, a professor in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, is one of five 2008 recipients of the International Society for Conservation Bilogy's Distinguished Service Award. The award, which will be presented in July, recognizes Kapuscinski's "extraordinaty contributions to conservation research, teaching and conservation policy, particularly related to effects of biotechnology policy on aquatic species," the society says.
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Field Sessions at Cloquet Forestry Center August 5-27 2008
The College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences' Introductory and Advanced Field Sessions at Cloquet Forestry Center are unique opportunities for hands-on learning experiences available to students in many majors. To learn more about the Center, visit cfc.cfans.umn.edu. Field sessions are coordinated by the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences' Student Services Office located in 190 Coffey Hall, 1430 Eckles Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108.
Tropical Marine Ecology Lab - August 2008 (Bahamas)
A hands-on introduction to marine field biology in the Bahamas (in collaboration with the University of Miami). Topics covered include: natural history of the Caribbean, mangroves, coral reefs, fish, sharks, sandy inter-tidal zone, rocky inter-tidal zone, marine plant communities, and effects of development. Full details and CFANS course number to be announced early Winter 2008. Additional Information.
(Note: students are encouraged to take Marine Biology FW2003 first.)
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