Issue #22 May 2014
Photo by Trina Barrette
Michigan Tech Wolf-Moose Study Named to Michigan Environmental Hall of Fame
Inside This Issue
Michigan Technological University’s Isle Royale wolf-moose Returning/New Chamber Members 3 predator-prey study has been elected to the Michigan Chamber Board of Directors 3 Environmental Hall of Fame. John Vucetich, associate professor of Who’s Hiring 5 wildlife ecology in Michigan Tech’s School of Forest Resources and InBusiness Magazine 7 Environmental Science (SFRES), will represent the Spring Golf 9-10 research project at an induction ceremony at the Gerald R. Ford Eggs & Issues 11-12 Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Mich., on April 10. PastyFest Contest 13 Ten individuals and organizations will be honored at the Brochures Needed 15 ceremony. Business After Hours 16 "For more than 50 years, the wolves and moose of Isle Royale Business Events Calendar 18 have been teaching us –all of us—about nature's intricate and Vote for Best of the Lake 19 interconnected ways,” said Vucetich. “They've been offering vital clues about how we can best relate to the natural world around us. It's a great honor to accept this recognition from the Michigan Environmental Hall of Fame on behalf of the wolves and moose of Proud Member of Isle Royale." Vucetich is director of the Isle Royale wolf-moose research, the longest-running predator-prey study in the world. The project was started in 1958 by Durward L. Allen. Vucetich calls Allen “a pioneer among ecologists for having the foresight to understand the value of continuing to observe over time where others would have drawn conclusions and moved on to study something else.“ Continued on page 8
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