MITPPC blog

Emerald Ash Borer

Lessons Learned at UMISC 2020

December 1, 2020

Nearly 1,000 researchers, resource managers, agriculture and forestry professionals, and other interested people attended the 2020 Upper Midwest Invasive Species Conference last month, including several MITPPC researchers. Read on for five lessons we learned at this eye-opening virtual conference.

Emerald ash borer marks on wood

Publication Roundup: October 2020

October 14, 2020

MITPPC researchers published numerous research papers this summer. We thank the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources for their support of these efforts.

Prairie

Who We Are: Mission and Accomplishments

October 12, 2020

Learn more about MITPPC’s mission, research, and priority species through this beautiful and immersive StoryMap. The StoryMap highlights our research projects, explains our history, and more.

Artur Stefanski

Meet the Researcher: Artur Stefanski

August 3, 2020

Artur Stefanski is part of an MITPPC-funded team – led by ecologist Peter Reich – that is exploring how native and invasive forest species will fare in warmer climates of the future.  

Researchers doing research in COVID masks

Research in the Time of COVID-19

August 3, 2020

The global pandemic has changed the way the world works. MITPPC-funded researchers have had to incorporate this change into their current projects in big ways. Ph.D. candidate Artur Stefanski, Associate Professor Abdennour Abbas, and undergraduate Research & Outreach Assistant Katie Connolly describe how their work has been affected by COVID-19.

People working in a garden

4 Invasive Pests to Look Out for in Your Garden

July 27, 2020

Don’t lose your fruits, vegetables and herbs this summer to invasive species that might be creeping in your garden. In this blog, we list a few to watch out for.

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Meet the Researcher: Benjamin Held

July 22, 2020

Benjamin Held is a researcher exploring the fungi associated with emerald ash borer (EAB).

Nick

Meet the Researcher: Nick Rajtar

July 22, 2020

Nick Rajtar is a Master's student exploring the fungi associated with emerald ash borer (EAB).

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Meet the Researcher: Gerard Sapés

July 21, 2020

Meet plant physiologist and MITPPC post-doc researcher Gerard Sapes, who is working on improving oak wilt detection in Minnesota. 

Sara Nelson

Meet the Researcher: Sara Nelson

July 21, 2020

Sara Nelson is part of an MITPPC - funded team exploring control of invasive buckthorn through goat grazing management.