School of Natural Resources and Environment

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SNRE Alumni and Students Gather at Jolly Pumpkin

SNRE students and alums gathered Thursday for their regular happy hour at Jolly Pumpkin. Tom Wagner, Class of '71 (pictured on right) told stories about his days in the Dana Building before SNR got its 'E', Erik Herzog, Class of '89, told us about his work at the EPA and 2004 graduate Michael DiRamio talked about the beginnings of the Sustainable Systems track. A good time had by all! Thanks to all the students and alums who came! We look forward to this every month.

 

-SNRE Alumni Gateway

Allan named to EPA Great Lakes Advisory Board

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced on behalf of 16 federal agencies the membership of the first advisory board to support implementation of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. “Protecting the Great Lakes -- the largest surface freshwater system on Earth -- is important for the health and well being of millions of people," said EPA Acting Administrator and Acting Interagency Task Force Chair Bob Perciasepe. "Today I’m pleased to announce the membership of the first-ever Great Lakes Advisory Board.”

Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest

Protected areas successfully prevent deforestation in Amazon rainforest

Strictly protected areas such as national parks and biological reserves have been more effective at reducing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest than so-called sustainable-use areas that allow for controlled resource extraction, two University of Michigan researchers and their colleagues have found. In addition, protected areas established primarily to safeguard the rights and livelihoods of indigenous people performed especially well in places where deforestation pressures are high. The U-M-led study, which found that all forms of protection successfully limit deforestation, is scheduled for online publication March 11 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Valerie Mann

Art & Environment Gallery: Work of Valerie Mann

Valerie Mann is a professional artist, living, working and teaching in Michigan.  She earned a BFA in painting from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and an MFA in sculpture from Michigan State University .  After Michigan State, she married and settled in the Ann Arbor area. She has been making art, exhibiting and selling her work in the U.S. and abroad for over 20 years. She has taught students in pre-school age programs, through all levels of K-12, including at-risk and alternative high school programs, as an adjunct college professor on through to multi-age adult classes in various media.  She is an evangelist for the use of hand tools and power tools at a young age.

New book by Brown examines land use, carbon cycle

SNRE Professor Dan Brown served as editor on this book, along with three other collaborators. As governments and institutions work to ameliorate the effects of anthropogenic CO2 emissions on global climate, there is an increasing need to understand how land-use and land-cover change is coupled to the carbon cycle, and how land management can be used to mitigate their effects.

Dean Miranda meets with SNRE students .... PHOTO BY ANGELA CESERE

Dean Miranda answers questions at Student Government-sponsored dinner

Dean Marie Lynn Miranda, professor and dean at the School of Natural Resources and Environment, met with current SNRE students Thursday, Feb. 21, at a special dinner coordinated by SNRE Student Government. The event gave students a chance to speak with the dean, who completed her first year in January, and to ask questions about what's ahead for the school.

The event took place in the Dow Commons.

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