Center for Grassland Studies Podcast
52 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -The Center for Grassland Studies provides focused, interdisciplinary research, education and service programs and activities that emphasize the role of grasslands and turf as natural resources. Programs within the Center include Grassland Systems, PGA Golf Management and Integrated Beef Systems. The CGS Podcast calls upon the expertise of affiliates and researchers throughout Nebraska and beyond to bring listeners the latest and most relevant information on enhancing the efficiency, profitability and sustainability of grasslands.
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Episodes
Juniperus Virginiana Ecology and Impact on Ecosystem Services in the Nebraska Sandhills with Tala Awada
October 30, 2021 16:39 - 8.53 MBResults from multi-scale long-term research on the impacts of Juniperus virginiana expansion on important ecosystem services in the Nebraska Sandhills.
ArborLinks: Collaboration from Start to Finish and Beyond with Steve Merkel
October 12, 2021 16:43 - 11.7 MBSteve Merkel, director of agronomy at Landscapes Unlimited, discusses the environmental focus of planning, design, construction, and operations at ArborLinks golf course.
Carbon Markets and Carbon Banks: What Do They Mean for Nebraska Agriculture? with Dave Aiken
September 23, 2021 15:09 - 16.3 MBDave Aiken, professor in Agricultural Economics and an upcoming speaker for the Fall Seminar Series, discusses carbon markets and carbon banks.
Hope on the Hardgrass: Social-ecological Lessons from the Collaborative Adaptive Rangeland Management Project in Colorado with Hailey Wilmer
September 23, 2021 12:35 - 21.4 MBHailey 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.
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics on Sandhills Wet Meadows with Martha Mamo
September 22, 2021 13:41 - 15.9 MBMartha 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.
Seeded Perennial Grasslands: Opportunities for Marginal Cropland in the Great Plains and Midwest with Rob Mitchell
September 21, 2021 21:29 - 22.8 MBRob 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.
Climate Mitigation Services from Northern Plains Grasslands with Mark A. Liebig
September 21, 2021 21:27 - 10.6 MBMark 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.
Leu Lecture: Advancing Understanding of Soil Organic Matter to Address XXI Century Wicked Challenges with M. Francesca Cotrufo
September 21, 2021 21:25 - 12.7 MBM. 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.
Climate Change and Grassland Ecosystem Services with Martha Shulski
September 13, 2021 21:04 - 7.54 MBMartha Shulski, director with the Nebraska State Climate Office and an upcoming speaker for the Fall Seminar Series, discusses climate change and grassland ecology.
Nebraska’s Grasslands and Global Change: Key Questions for the Next Decade with Dave Wedin
August 27, 2021 12:03 - 16 MBDave 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.
Sandhill Wet Meadows: A Botanist's Perspective with Gerry Steinauer
August 05, 2021 13:07 - 9.51 MBGerry 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.
Grazing Management to Reduce Reed Canarygrass and Other Cool-season Grasses in Wet Meadows with John Guretzky
August 04, 2021 20:33 - 9.74 MBJohn 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.
Adaptive Management with Craig Allen
July 27, 2021 16:22 - 5.9 MBCraig Allen, Director of the Center for Resilience in Agricultural Working Landscapes, discusses an ongoing adaptive management project at the Barta Brothers Ranch.
Management, the Limiting Factor in Grazing Management with John Walker
July 27, 2021 14:20 - 14.4 MBJohn 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.
Grazing Education: The South Dakota Grassland Coalition Model with Dan Rasmussen
July 23, 2021 16:22 - 12.7 MBDan Rasmussen, educator, range consultant and rancher in Belvidere, SD, and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference, discusses the South Dakota Grassland Coalition.
Storytelling in Nebraska’s Grasslands with Ethan Freese
July 22, 2021 14:47 - 14.4 MBEthan 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.
Managing Subirrigated Meadows with Walt Schacht
July 22, 2021 14:03 - 13.9 MBWalt Schacht, Interim Director of the Center for Grassland Studies and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference, discusses managing subirrigated meadows.
Managing Rainwater Basin Wetlands with Jeff Drahota
July 22, 2021 13:00 - 8.69 MBJeff 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.
Simple Steps and Benefits of Including Pollinator Habitat on Your Land with Melissa Panella
July 21, 2021 13:39 - 20 MBMelissa 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.
Managing Pasture Production Risk with Jay Parsons
July 21, 2021 13:37 - 14.4 MBJay Parsons, professor in the Ag Economics department at UNL and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference, discusses managing pasture production risk.
Changes in Grazing Management from Continued Educational Programming with Sean Kelly
July 19, 2021 13:24 - 14.2 MBSean 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.
Carbon Sequestration: Government Policy vs Reality: Is There Common Ground with Greg Ibach
July 19, 2021 13:22 - 8.54 MBGreg Ibach, USDA Under Secretary in Residence at UNL and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference discusses carbon sequestration government policy.
Cattle Markets Are On Fire: What Price Risk Should We Be Managing For with Elliott Dennis
July 19, 2021 13:20 - 16.6 MBElliott Dennis, Assistant Professor in Agricultural Economics at UNL and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference, discusses price risk management of cattle markets.
Prescribed Burns with Ed Hubbs
March 18, 2021 15:54 - 29.2 MBEd 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.
Stretching Prairie Remnant with Kay Kottas
March 18, 2021 14:20 - 21.3 MBDr. 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.
Forage Production Models and Predictions for Semi-arid Grasslands with Markéta Podebradská
November 23, 2020 18:14 - 14.9 MBMarkéta Podebradská, Doctoral Candidate in the School of Natural Resources and an upcoming speaker for the CGS Fall Seminar Series, discusses methods for estimating/predicting the amount of annual forage using remotely-sensed data and statistical and ecological modeling.
Rancher Decision-Making and Climate Risk Management with Tonya Haigh
November 17, 2020 16:01 - 14.9 MBTonya Haigh, Rural Sociology Research Specialist with the National Drought Mitigation Center and an upcoming speaker for the CGS Fall Seminar Series, discusses how ranchers adapt to climate risks such as drought.
Down the RaBET Hole: The Journey to Develop the Rangeland Brush Estimation Toolbox with Chandra Holifield Collins
November 10, 2020 16:48 - 5.67 MBChandra Holifield Collins, soil scientist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service's Southwest Watershed Research Center and an upcoming speaker for the CGS Fall Seminar Series, discusses developing a tool to aid in brush removal treatments and assess their effectiveness.
Anthropocene: Should We Look to Aldo Leopold or George Jetson? with Sam Fuhlendorf
November 03, 2020 17:11 - 18.7 MBSam Fuhlendorf, Regents Professor and Groendyke Chair in Wildlife Conservation at Oklahoma State University and the upcoming Leu Lecturer for the CGS Fall Seminar Series, discusses his perspective of the important issues associated with conservation and management of grasslands with Dirac Twidwell.
Putting Monitoring into Practice: Strategies for Large-Scale Conservation with Dirac Twidwell
October 26, 2020 14:43 - 17.4 MBDirac Twidwell, Associate Professor in the Department of Agronomy & Horticulture and an upcoming speaker for the CGS Fall Seminar Series, discusses new technologies and strategies to aid in large-scale rangeland conservation efforts.
Evaluating Soil Responses to Mob Grazing System on Sandhills Sub-irrigated Meadow with Elnaz Hosseiniaghdam
October 13, 2020 15:06 - 9.58 MBElnaz Hosseiniaghdam, Doctoral Student in the Department of Agronomy & Horticulture and an upcoming speaker for the CGS Fall Seminar Series, discusses her research on evaluating soil responses to mob grazing on Sandhills sub-irrigated meadows with Dr. Martha Mamo, Department Head of Agronomy & Horticulture.
Hidden Prairie: A Year Photographing a Single Square Meter of Prairie with Chris Helzer
September 04, 2020 15:39 - 19.9 MBChris Helzer, Director of Science at the Nature Conservancy and an upcoming speaker for the CGS Fall Seminar Series, discusses his experience photographing a square meter plot in Lincoln Creek Prairie on the east edge of Aurora, Nebraska—a project that showcases the complexity and beauty of prairies.
Keeping Prairie Grouse on the Prairie with Danielle Berger
August 31, 2020 19:17 - 15.7 MBDanielle Berger, doctoral student at Utah State University and an upcoming speaker for the CGS Fall Seminar Series, discusses using the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission's historical prairie grouse monitoring data to assess long-term historical population trends.
Why Plant a Prairie? Restoration Versus Conservation with Dave Wedin
August 24, 2020 13:34 - 12.8 MBDave Wedin, Professor in the School of Natural Resources at UNL and an upcoming speaker for the CGS Fall Seminar Series, discusses how restoration and conservation can meet the challenges our prairie landscapes face in future decades.
A Watershed in Motion with Ethan Freese
August 17, 2020 13:27 - 9.6 MBEthan Freese, Master of Applied Science and Producer in SNR and an upcoming speaker for the CGS Fall Seminar Series, gives an overview of Platte Basin Timelapse and highlights some of the work that he and others have done with the project. To view some of Ethan's projects, visit: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=fb5765a3af5c4b27b0676ce8fcaa987f and http://plattebasintimelapse.com/2019/01/weather-climate-and-time-lapse-photography/
GrassCast with Dannele Peck
August 10, 2020 18:53 - 8.99 MBDannele Peck, Director of the Northern Plains Climate Hub and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference, discusses the GrassCast resource for ranchers and cattle producers.
GrassSnap Update and Direction with Ben Beckman
August 10, 2020 13:39 - 12.2 MBBen Beckman, Beef Systems Assistant Extension Educator and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference, discusses using GrassSnap to monitor rangeland trend.
Precision Conservation: Increase Farm Profitability While Conserving with Andrew Little
August 10, 2020 13:34 - 13.5 MBAndrew Little, Assistant Professor with the School of Natural Resources at UNL and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference, discusses precision conservation and how to increase farm profitability while conserving soil, water, and wildlife.
Precision Conservation: Increase Farm Profitability While Conserving Soil, Water, and Wildlife with Andrew Little
August 10, 2020 13:34 - 13.5 MBAndrew Little, Assistant Professor with the School of Natural Resources at UNL and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference, discusses precision conservation and how to increase farm profitability while conserving soil, water, and wildlife.
Past, Current, and Future Climate Trends with Martha Shulski
August 03, 2020 16:37 - 11.4 MBMartha Shulski, Director of the Nebraska State Climate Office and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference, discusses historic, current, and predictive trends in Nebraska's climate. More information: http://plattebasintimelapse.com/2018/12/martha-shulski-nebraska-state-climatologist/
Scaling up Management for Resilient Grazing Lands: Outcomes for Livestock and Wildlife with Caleb Roberts
August 03, 2020 15:12 - 7.48 MBCaleb Roberts, post-doctoral researcher with the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference, discusses new strategies for allowing land managers to better track how land management practices are affecting rangeland productivity and wildlife abundances.
Nebraska Sandhills: Examples of Long-term Vegetation Responses and Quality Trends with Mitchell Stephenson
August 03, 2020 14:59 - 13.6 MBMitchell Stephenson, Range Management Specialist at the Panhandle Research and Extension Center and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference, discusses understanding plant production variability to assist management.
Wildlife Use of Habitat in Response to Prescribed Fire with Dave Londe
July 27, 2020 14:16 - 12.4 MBDave Londe, Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Natural Resources Ecology and Management at Oklahoma State University and an upcoming speaker for the Nebraska Grazing Conference, discusses how disturbance regimes, specifically fire and grazing, affect the biodiversity of grasslands.
Rangeland Analysis Platform with Nadine Bishop
July 20, 2020 14:50 - 7.48 MBNadine Bishop, State Rangeland Management Specialist with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and an upcoming speaker for the CGS Fall Seminar Series, discusses the Rangeland Analysis Platform, a web-based monitoring tool for rangelands.
The Prairie Corridor on Haines Branch with Nicole Fleck-Tooze
July 13, 2020 16:11 - 8.7 MBNicole Fleck-Tooze, Special Projects Administrator for Lincoln Parks and Recreation and an upcoming speaker for the CGS Fall Seminar Series, discusses plans to create a 7,800 acre tallgrass prairie connection along the Haines Branch of Salt Creek.
Legislation in Invasive Species Management with Conor Barnes
July 06, 2020 14:44 - 19.8 MBConor Barnes, Ph.D. student in the School of Natural Resources and an upcoming speaker for the CGS Fall Seminar Series, talks about early state statutes for managing eastern redcedar and how future laws could address the current plight of eastern redcedar encroachment.
Ranch of the Future with Travis Mulliniks
June 25, 2020 16:18 - 9.86 MBTravis Mulliniks, range cow production system specialist at UNL, discusses using precision livestock management tools in ranching operations.
Prairie Restoration with Dave Wedin
June 03, 2020 21:02 - 16.8 MBDave Wedin, ecosystem and prairie ecologist in the School of Natural Resources at UNL, discusses prairie restoration methods being explored at Bobcat Prairie as part of Lincoln's Prairie Corridor Project.
Sustaining Nebraska's Grasslands with Dillon Fogarty
May 26, 2020 16:36 - 10.4 MBDillon Fogarty, Arthur W. Sampson Fellow and doctoral candidate in the department of Agronomy and Horticulture, discusses preventing transitions to woody plant dominance in Nebraska's grasslands.
Precision Ag with Mitchell Stephenson
May 18, 2020 18:27 - 11.8 MBMitchell Stephenson, UNL Range Management Specialist, discusses how precision ag technology is being applied to rangeland settings.