<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2022-12-guiding-conservation-with-a-local-touch.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><unit>College of Natural Science,EEB,Integrative Biology,Kellogg Biological Station</unit><pubDate>12/06/2022</pubDate><title>Guiding conservation with a local touch</title><description>As nature reels toward a hotter, drier, harsher future, new conservation tools – seed banks and frozen zoos, gene editing and assisted gene flow – hold promise to help struggling animal and plant populations. A group of biologists, including MSU researchers,<em> </em>make a case that innovations in understanding local adaptation now can be powerful tools to create second chances when habitats are challenged by changing climates.</description><author>Val Osowski</author><hero-image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2022/2022-12-guiding-conservation-with-a-local-touch.meek%20trout%20sampling3.banner.jpg" alt="Mariah Meek collecting brook trout for assessment, a species threatened by climate change. "/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2022/preview2022-12-guiding-conservation-with-a-local-touch.meek%20trout%20sampling.banner.jpg" alt="Mariah Meek collecting brook trout for assessment, a species threatened by climate change. "/></image><tags><tag>faculty</tag><tag>habitat</tag><tag>local adaptation</tag><tag>research</tag></tags></item>