HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN – Arctic grayling and many other native animals and plants are extinct in Michigan, but it may be possible to bring them back.
Michigan Tech graduate student Cameron Goble writes about Tech’s collaborative research project with the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians. They are working to determine if the arctic grayling might be restored and what it could mean for the ecosystem.
One question people often ask about native species restoration is: “Why would you do that?” Goble quotes Michigan Tech biological sciences professor Nancy Auer’s answer: “Native species are important, integral pieces of a whole ecosystem, and there are unique things that a native species does, so its absence can really affect the whole system.”
Goble wrote about the native species restoration work as part of an NSF-funded program to help scientists learn to communicate their research to school children and the public. For the full story, see http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2014/march/story103836.html.
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