Saving the eastern monarch butterfly
Simon Fraser University researchers are playing a key role in guiding conservation efforts to protect a declining butterfly population. The eastern monarch butterfly, an important pollinating species known for its distinct yellow-orange and black colour, is diminishing due to the loss of the milkweed plant its primary food source.
Researchers analyzed current conservation strategies and recommended changes to how and where declining milkweed can be restored, based on assessments of climate and butterfly migration. Their study is published today in Frontiers in Environmental Science.
SFU PhD student Rodrigo Solis-Sosa and professor Sean Cox, from the School of Resource and Environmental Management, led the study with biological sciences professor Arne Mooers. The trio collaborated with Christina Semeniuk, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER) and study co-writer Maxim Larrivée, director of the Insectarium de Montréal, one o
Credit: Rodrigo Solis-Sosa
Simon Fraser University researchers are playing a key role in guiding conservation efforts to protect a declining butterfly population. The eastern monarch butterfly, an important pollinating species known for its distinct yellow-orange and black colour, is diminishing due to the loss of the milkweed plant its primary food source.
Researchers analyzed current conservation strategies and recommended changes to how and where declining milkweed can be restored, based on assessments of climate and butterfly migration. Their study is published today in
Frontiers in Environmental Science.
SFU PhD student Rodrigo Solis-Sosa and professor Sean Cox, from the School of Resource and Environmental Management, led the study with biological sciences professor Arne Mooers. The trio collaborated with Christina Semeniuk, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER) and study co-writer Maxim Larrivée, director of the Insectarium de Montréal, one of the fi
High school students get unique look at FBI
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Students watch a presentation on FBI Special Weapons and Tactics teams during the 2019 Future Agents in Training Academy at Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey.
GODFREY The Future Agents in Training (FAIT) Academy is offering high school juniors and seniors a unique opportunity to learn what it’s like working for the FBI.
The cost-free academy is set for June 22-23 at Lewis and Clark Community College. The Federal Bureau of Investigation Springfield Division will conduct this interactive learning experience for students living in the L&C District.
There is nothing like Celtic music to bring a lift to the step and a smile to the heart, and SONGS OF IRELAND, a new benefit concert streaming on the Fulton Theatre s virtual platform, Fulton HD, delivers an hour of irresistible tunes performed with impeccable style, charm, and emotional depth by a stellar ensemble, who have a strong bond with Maine theatre. Directed and choreographed by Marc Robin, this beautifully crafted musical revue brings together Curt Dale Clark, Charis Leos, David Girolmo, Cary Michele Miller, Jay Poff, and Gillian Hassert, all of whom are favorites at Maine State Music and most veterans of either the 2016 THE IRISH AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY co-production with Portland Stage or Robin s restaging at the Fulton Theatre in 2018.
Curtis Blackwell’s latest lawsuit against Mark Dantonio and others is also dismissed
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
Posted Feb 26, 2021
Michigan State Director Of College Advancement/Perfomance Curtis Blackwell talks with the media during their national signing day media session at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, on Wednesday, February 1, 2017. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)Mike Mulholland | MLive.com
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Former Michigan State football staff member Curtis Blackwell is now 0-for-3 on attempts to sue former coach Mark Dantonio.
Blackwell’s federal lawsuit in Michigan’s Eastern District, which was filed in June 2020, was dismissed with prejudice on Friday by United States District Court judge Sean Cox. In a 41-page opinion and order, Cox ruled in favor of Dantonio and the co-defendants – Michigan State athletic director Bill Beekman, Dantonio attorney Thomas Kienbaum, the Jones Day law firm and Jones Day attorney Louis Gabel.