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IMPROVING COMMUNICATION AND MEMBER INTERACTIONS

The Midwest-Great Lakes Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration (MWGL SER) Board of Directors has been working hard to increase our chapter benefits to members as part of our implementation of the Chapter’s Five Year Strategic Plan. Much of...Read More

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CHAPTER SUPPORT OF THE 2014 NATURAL AREAS CONFERENCE

Earlier, the Midwest-Great Lakes SER Chapter Board of Directors voted to be exhibitors at the 2014 Natural Areas Conference held in Dayton, Ohio from October 15 to October 17, 2014. The Board felt supporting this international conference was important because...Read More

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HELPING MICHIGAN’S ONLY VENOMOUS SNAKE

“You do what?!” people ask me after I tell them I work to protect rattlesnakes and their habitats. When I explain that it is the eastern massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus), which is a species of special concern whose population in...Read More

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USE OF FIRE FOR THE RESTORATION OF WILDLIFE COMMUNITIES IN THE NORTHERN LAKE STATES

Land use change and the removal of fire have affected many ecosystems throughout the northern Lake States, including Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. A number of these ecosystem types, such as mixed-pine forests and open wetlands, are dependent on fire to...Read More