2012 S E M I N A R  S E R I E S

The Fall 2012 Center for Grassland Studies Seminar Series is held 3:00-4:00 p.m. in the East Campus Union on the dates below. Refreshments will be available prior to each seminar, compliments of the Frank and Margaret Leu Foundation. These seminars are video recorded and are available for checkout from 203 Keim Hall. If you have questions, please call the Center office at 402/472-4101.

Aug. 20 – M.A. Massengale, Center for Grassland Studies, UNL, “Introduction and Orientation” (for students only)
Aug. 27 – Walter Schacht, Professor, Dept. of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL, “Bush Encroachment in Namibia, Southern Africa”
Sept. 3 – No seminar (Labor Day Holiday)
Sept. 10 – Rob Mitchell, Research Scientist, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, “Improved Grasses for Perennial Pastures”
Sept. 17– Rick Rasby, Professor, Animal Science, UNL, “Enhancing Forage Quality Fed to Beef Cows”
Sept. 24 – Keenan Amundsen, Plant Breeder-Turfgrass, Dept. of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL, “Aerial Robotics Improve Turf Data Collection Efficiency”
Oct. 1 – Gerry Steinauer, Botanist, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, “Using Fire and Tree Thinning to Manage Missouri River Oak Woodlands”
Oct. 8 – Ron Bolze, Coordinator, Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition, “Overview of the Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition”
Oct. 15 – No seminar (Fall Break)
Oct. 22 – No seminar (Professional Meetings)
Oct. 29* – David Engle, Regents Professor and Director of the Water Research and Extension Center, Oklahoma State University, “Can Production Agriculture and Conservation of Biodiversity Co-exist on Great Plains Rangelands?”
Nov. 5 – Terry Klopfenstein, Professor, Dept. of Animal Science, UNL, “Cattle, Forage, Corn, Ethanol and Residues”
Nov. 12 – David Wedin, Professor, School of Natural Resources, UNL, “Grassland Resilience and the Stability of the Nebraska Sandhills”
Nov. 19 – Chris Helzer, Director, Eastern Nebraska Program, Nature Conservancy, “Impacts and Initial Lessons from the 2012 Wildfires Along the Niobrara River”
Nov. 26– Mark Brohman, Executive Director, Nebraska Environmental Trust, “Twenty Years of the Nebraska Environmental Trust Preserving, Protecting and Restoring Nebraska’s Grasslands and Other Natural Resources”
Dec. 3 – Brian Wienhold, Research Scientist, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, “Potential
Effects of Corn Stover Grazing on Soil Properties”

*2012 Leu Distinguished Lecturer

Schedule is subject to change. Any revisions will be posted at grassland.unl.edu.