Center for Grassland Studies Podcast

Results from multi-scale long-term research on the impacts of Juniperus virginiana expansion on important ecosystem services in the Nebraska Sandhills.

Steve Merkel, director of agronomy at Landscapes Unlimited, discusses the environmental focus of planning, design, construction, and operations at ArborLinks golf course.

Dave Aiken, professor in Agricultural Economics and an upcoming speaker for the Fall Seminar Series, discusses carbon markets and carbon banks.

Hailey Wilmer, Research Rangeland Management Specialist with USDA-ARS Sheep Production Efficiency Research and an upcoming speaker for the Fall Seminar Series, discusses the Collaborative Adaptive Rangeland Management Project in Colorado.

Martha Mamo, department head of Agronomy & Horticulture and an upcoming speaker for the Fall Seminar Series, discusses soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics on Sandhills wet meadows.

Rob Mitchell, Research Leader & Location Coordinator with USDA-ARS and an upcoming speaker for the Fall Seminar Series, discusses opportunities for marginal cropland in the Great Plains and Midwest.

Mark A. Liebig, Research Soil Scientist with USDA Agricultural Research Service and an upcoming speaker for the Fall Seminar Series, discusses climate mitigation services from northern plains grasslands.

M. Francesca Cotrufo, professor in Soil & Crop Sciences at Colorado State University and the upcoming Leu Lecturer for the Fall Seminar Series, talks about how an understanding of soil organic matter can address future challenges.

Martha Shulski, director with the Nebraska State Climate Office and an upcoming speaker for the Fall Seminar Series, discusses climate change and grassland ecology.

Dave Wedin, professor in the School of Natural Resources and an upcoming speaker for the CGS Fall Seminar Series, discusses key questions for Nebraska's grasslands over the next decade.

Gerry Steinauer, a botanist with Nebraska Game & Parks and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference, discusses a botanist's perspective on Sandhill Wet Meadows.

John Guretzky, Associate Professor in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference, discusses grazing management to reduce reed canarygrass and other cool-season grasses in wet meadows.

Craig Allen, Director of the Center for Resilience in Agricultural Working Landscapes, discusses an ongoing adaptive management project at the Barta Brothers Ranch.

John Walker, Professor/Range Specialist at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference, discussing grazing management.

Dan Rasmussen, educator, range consultant and rancher in Belvidere, SD, and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference, discusses the South Dakota Grassland Coalition.

Ethan Freese, photographer and videographer with the Platte Basin Timelapse project and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference, discusses storytelling in Nebraska's grasslands.

Walt Schacht, Interim Director of the Center for Grassland Studies and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference, discusses managing subirrigated meadows.

Jeff Drahota, biologist with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in the Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference, discusses managing rainwater basin wetlands.

Melissa Panella, Wildlife Diversity Program Manager with Nebraska Game & Parks and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference, discusses how and why to include pollinator habitat on your land.

Jay Parsons, professor in the Ag Economics department at UNL and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference, discusses managing pasture production risk.

Sean Kelly, range field specialist, Mid-Missouri River Prescribed Burn Association liaison, and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference, discusses changes in grazing management from continued educational programming.

Greg Ibach, USDA Under Secretary in Residence at UNL and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference discusses carbon sequestration government policy.

Elliott Dennis, Assistant Professor in Agricultural Economics at UNL and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference, discusses price risk management of cattle markets.

Ed Hubbs, Habitat and Private Lands Manager at Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center in Denton, NE. Ed discusses the planning, timing, and ecology of prescribed burns.

Dr. Kay Kottas, President, Prairie Legacy, Inc, Western Nebraska, expands on her article, Stretching Prairie Remnant. Nebraska’s tallgrass prairies hold the key to their own survival through seed collection and replanting in other prairie restorations or recreations areas.