Several new initiatives at the School of Natural Resources and Environment are engaging the school with the Great Lake Region’s first natural resource managers. Nick Reo (B.S. ’97, M.S. ;02), a post-doctoral researcher and a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, is heading several tribally-focused projects in the Upper Peninsula. His family is from Mackinaw Island, at the very tip of Michigan’s mitt, where Lakes Huron and Michigan kiss.