Articles with the Tag: MSU
YELLOW BAY — The 81st annual cherry growers’ horticultural meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, April 8, at the Yellow Bay Community Clubhouse located at mile-marker 18 on Highway 35. Dr. Claudia Probst, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Scien...
University of Montana MISSOULA — The University of Montana will hold a Spring UM Days from 7:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, March 6. The full-day event includes campus tours, student services presentations, a student panel, residence hall tours, lunch on campus and academic department meetings. UM Days...

News from Lake County 4-H HELENA — Lake County 4-H members and leaders recently traveled to Helena to participate in the 4-H Citizenship Seminar program and learn more about the Montana legislative process. Anya Smith of the Saddle Mountain 4-H Club and Kylee Wells of Mission Valley Ranch Hands 4-...
RONAN — Is getting control of your diabetes part of your 2017 New Year’s resolution? If so, we can help. Mountain-Pacific Quality Health, the MSU Lake County Extension Office and the Montana Geriatric Education Center are partnering together to offer free diabetes classes in Ronan. These fun, inf...

Throughout Lake County many landowners are reporting damage to range, pasture and lawns by rodents of various types. Conditions have been favorable to the increase in populations of voles, pocket gophers and Columbian ground squirrels. Each species can be identified by the damage they cause. Voles, also c...
Local agent receives award BOZEMAN – Lake County Extension Agent Nori Pearce and others on her Powerful Tools for Caregiving team won second place in the Western region for Community Partnership at the Montana State University Extension’s annual conference at MSU in Bozeman Oct. 27. Other Ex...

From MSU News Service BOZEMAN – A naturally occurring bacterium discovered by Montana State University has been registered for commercial use and sale by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its impressive plant-disease fighting capabilities. This is the first time MSU has had a technol...
Many indicators of deer quality and welfare are related to age. Scrutiny of a deer’s teeth, particularly tooth replacement and wear, is one way for landowners and sportsmen to estimate the age of a deer. The purpose of MSU Extension Montguide titled, “Determining the Age of a Deer” by Ja...
BOZEMAN — A Montana State University alumnus took first place in a recent national entrepreneurship pitch competition for a mobile app he is developing to help curb drunken driving. Alex Crosby’s HERO app won the top prize in the competition, which was sponsored by the Blackstone LaunchPad and...

Krystal Piedalue recently joined the staff at Dr. Dave Bull’s dentistry office. Piedalue, a registered and certified dental hygienist, previously worked as a dental assistant with Dr. Bull. She completed her prerequisites during one year at Salish Kootenai College and was one of 16 students selected ou...