Spring 2023 NRM790 Seminar Series
Day and Time: Fridays at 10AM - 10:50AM
Classroom: McFadden Biostress Laboratory Room. 103 & Zoom
January 13
Josh Leffler, Associate Professor and Michele Dudash, Department Head
NRM WELCOME: Introductions and Dept Announcements, etc.
January 20
Sandy Smart, Agriculture and Natural Resources Program Leader, SDSU Extension
An overview of SDSU Extension and the role of Field Specialists
January 27
Ben Koger, Postdoc at U of Washington - Host: Ellen Aikens
Using computer vision to study animal behavior in natural environments
February 3
Peter Pfaff, Postdoc - Host: Alison Coulter
Small Water, Big Potential: Farm Pond Distributions, Fish Communities, and their Role in Conservation
February 10
Open
February 17
Riley Mounsdon (MS-Proposal) - Host: Alison Coulter
Investigating the Why, Who, What For, and How To for Improved Fisheries Management in South Dakota
Kris Osterloh, Assistant Professor, AHPS Dept
Getting the Down Low on the Soils Lab
February 24
Walter Wafula (PhD-Proposal) - Host: Josh Leffler/Krista Ehlert
Analysis of Urban and Peri-urban Pastoral Herd Composition, Landuse Changes and Drivers of Pastoralism in Nairobi City
March 3
Hayden Wolfe (MS-Proposal) - Host: Rachel Short
American bison translocations across environmental gradients: impacts on thermoregulation and body size
Francis Chavis (Postdoc) - Host: Lora Perkins
Constraints in the recovery of a tallgrass prairie plant community following the loss of a dominant species
March 10
Katie Bearden (MS-Proposal) - Host: Alison Coulter
Acoustic Telemetry: Large-Scale Movements Can Inform Interjurisdictional Fisheries Management
Jenna Ross (MS-Proposal) - Host: Josh Leffler
The effects of temperature, flooding, and grazing on greenhouse gas emissions from Alaska wetland soils
March 17
NO SEMINAR (SPRING BREAK)
March 24
Dr. Zach Feiner, University of Wisconsin, Madison - Hosts: Alison Coulter & David Coulter
RAD (Resist-Accept-Direct) considerations for climate change adaptation in fisheries
March 31
Sam Kucia (PhD-Proposal) - Host: Joshua Stafford
Quantifying restorable wetland basins and the development of a decision support tool for voluntary wetland restoration in South Dakota
Erica Lafferty (MS-Proposal) - Host: Bill Severud
Evaluating bioaccumulation of heavy metals in tribal bison herds: risk to human health and bison production
April 7
NO SEMINAR (EASTER RECESS)
April 14
Parker Witt (MS-Proposal) - Host: Josh Leffler / Krista Ehlert
Modern Range Management: Improving Forage Predictability with Soils Data
Brandon Clark (MS-Proposal) - Host: Latvis/Perkins
The influence of plant phylogenetic diversity on soil heath and microbial communities and addressing evolutionary 'gaps' in restoration ecology and management
April 21
Tristen Herman (MS-Proposal) - Host: Josh Leffler / Krista Ehlert
To Be Announced
Darrin Running Horse (MS-Proposal) - Host: Krista Ehlert / Josh Leffler
To Be Announced
April 28
Maddy Siller (MS-Proposal) - Host: Alison Coulter
Fish in Hot Water: How Will Climate Change Impact Fish Assemblages?
Sierra Sattler (UG) Host: Maribeth Latvis
A Floristic Inventory of the Oak Lake Field Station