Purpose for Enviroweather Tree Fruit Subgroup

The new Michigan State University web site www.enviroweather.msu.edu is fast becoming useful as a source of weather related information pertinent to agriculture in Michigan.

After conversations with Mike Brewer and Mark Trent, both of the MSU IPM Program, I as one of the people in the background agreed to help re-initiate the informal workgroup providing suggestions and priorities for enhancement of the tree fruit component of Enviroweather. Many of the great features of Enviroweather are due to past input of this informal group and it would be great to see this continue.

As in the past I see this Enviroweather Tree Fruit Subgroup as an informal group operating through email and perhaps an occasional meeting as needed and as time permits.

This is a busy time of year, but it is also when many of the ideas for new features may occur to you.

I would invite people using or interested in improving Enviroweather to join me through this Blog to suggest changes, new features, likes & dislikes. The blog format appears to lend itself to multi-person input from within and without Michigan State University, it has archival capacities, and hopefully is easy to use.