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• About Wexford MSU Extension  

• Special announcements

• Garden information

• Wexford County data  

• Other information sources  

• Agriculture

• Links for this web site  

• Survey on MSU Extension

• Researching on the Internet  

About Wexford MSU Extension  
 
    This part of Michigan is one of the top areas for growing Christmas Trees. For information and care of your christmas tree click here.

• Programming and Services   
• Coming Events   
• Quarterly Partner Report  
• Staff   
• 4-H   
• Most Recent 4-H Newsletter  
• Late Breakin' News   
• Land Use (planning and zoning) 
• Christmas Trees   

• Map to MSUE office   
• Our Community  
• Site map    

Special Announcements 
(otherwise see Coming Events) .  Press your reload button to see latest version of Special Announcements.  

Fall color in Wexford County. For information on color tours click here.

• Information for Michigan Citizens on the State's Current Budget Situation (updated 7/10/07)
  • Click here for Overview of the Budget Situation.
  • Click here for Michigan's State Budget: What does it mean to me?
• Eurasian Water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)
  • Lake Cadillac Milfoil
  • About
  • Biological control
  • MSU Extension bulletin WQ-56
  • DNR web page
  • Other links
• Energy Facts, Tips to Conserve Gasoline and other Energy.
• International Christmas Tree Research and Extension Conference
  • Register for October 2-7 at Kettunen Center
• Homeland Security 
  • EDAN Extension Disaster Education Network
  • MSU Emergency Management , preparing for the unexpected.
  • Be Prepared MSU Web site on individual decisions about their personal safety and security. (While this site is for MSU/East Lansing, it contains useful information and links which are also applicable to Wexford County.)
• Mad Cow Disease information and more .
• Emerald Ash Borer (in true ash trees)
• Comprehensive Community Assets/Needs Assessment (CANA)
• Caring for our Community Human Services data. (United Way of Wexford and Cadillac Area Community Foundation)
• Wexford County Planning Process
• Proposed Wexford County Comprehensive Plan , issues, minutes  
• Planning tools and information/resources  
• Download the Fact Book and summary of Fact Book  

Garden & Other Information

An elevation model of Wexford County. (Place your cursor over the picture, right click, and select "view image" to see a full size version.)

• Current farm and garden information --Integrated Pest Management IPM database  
• Soil Tests
• Crop Advisory Team (C.A.T. Alert newsletters)  
• Problem Identification Aids  
  • for flowers  
  • for ground covers  
  • for shrubs  
  • for trees  
• Oak Wilt  
• Emerald Ash Borer: 
  •  MSU info. , 
  • Crop Advisory Alert , 
  • USDA Forest Service , 
  • Michigan Dept of Agriculture , 
  • plant alternative trees .
• Multicolored Asian lady beetles (lady bugs) .
• West Nile Virus: 
  • Centers for Disease Control Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases 
  • Michigan West Nile Virus Web Site  
  • Michigan Department of Agriculture

  Agriculture

 Wexford farm, near Buckley, Michigan.

• Current farm and garden information --Integrated Pest Management IPM database  
• Soil tests
• Crop Advisory Team (C.A.T. Alert newsletters)  
• Project GREEEN --Generating Research and Extension to meet Economic and Environmental Needs 
• West Nile Virus: 
• Centers for Disease Control Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases 
• Michigan West Nile Virus Web Site  
• Michigan Department of Agriculture  
• C.A.T. Special Frost Information  
• Master Gardener Horticultural Gardening Institute  
• Master Woodland Manager program  
• Animal Management --Animal Agriculture Initiative
• Beef livestock
• Beef MSUE Area of Expertise team
• MSU Dairy Team
• Mad Cow Disease information  
  • Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
  • Extension Disaster Education Network  
  • MSU College of Veterinary Medicine - Veterinary Extension
  • National Food Safety & Toxicology Center
• Manure Management  

• MSU Extension Wexford County data profile  
• Wexford County 2000 Census Data  
• Northwest Michigan Council of Governments  
• U.S. Census web site  
• State  
• Wexford County 1990 Census Data  
• Census of Agriculture Data  
• Economic Data  
• County Profile by Library of Michigan  
• Tourism Profile by MSUE (pdf)
• CensusScope -- The Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN), a university-based organization

Other Information Sources 
 

• MSU Extension Bulletins  
  • On-line database & downloadable bulletins .
• 4-H Youth Programs  
  • State wide   
  • Wexford     
• Family and Consumer Sciences  
• Community and Econ. Dev.

• MSUE - MSU Extension - main home page
• MSUE Information Resources  
• IAC - MSU Information Access Center -A joint effort of MSU Extension, the MSU Library, and University Outreach. Extensive links to the MSU Extension Information Management Program database system, WWW links by subject categories, and thousands of informational files. 
• ANR - Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources - main home page
• MAES - Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station - main home page
• MSU - Michigan State University - main home page
• Extensión en Español  

Doing research on the Internet?    Anyone can put anything on the Internet.  It may or may not be true, it might not be credible.  Want to know how to research material on the web with a critical eye?

• Evaluating Web Pages --University of California Library. 
• Web page evaluation checklist form.    
• Evaluating Information Found on the Internet -- The Sheridan Libraries of The John Hopkins University 
• For annotated descriptions of many other good guides to evaluating web pages, search the subject: 
• "Evaluation of Internet Resources" in the Librarians' Index to the Internet <http://www.lii.org> . 

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