Copyright (c) 2013 University of Nebraska - Lincoln All rights reserved. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/grassland_newsletters Recent documents in Center for Grassland Studies Newsletters en-us Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:58:18 PST 3600 http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/grassland_newsletters/54 http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/grassland_newsletters/54 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:21:55 PDT Contents:
Estimating Livestock Forage Demand: Defining the Animal Unit (AU) by T.L. Meyer, Don Adams, Terry Klopfenstein, Jerry Volesky, L. Aaron Stalker, Rick Funston, UNL
Landscape Groundcovers by Roch Gaussoin and Kim Todd, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL
Sandhills Ecotourism Project by Wyatt Fraas, Center for Rural Affairs
Program for 2009 Nebraska Grazing Conference
2009 Nike Golf Camp in Lincoln This July

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Managing Grasslands for Structural Heterogeneity by Alexander Smart, Department of Animal and Range Sciences, South Dakota State University
Yellow Nutsedge: The Scourge of Lawns and Landscapes in Nebraska by Roch Gaussoin, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL
Targeting Habitat Dollars with Computers: Maximizing the Value of Data for Conservation by Drew Tyre, School of Natural Resources, UNL, with Naikoa Aguilar-Amustechegui, University of North Carolina-Wilmington and Max Post van der Burg, SNR, UNL
2008 Nebraska Grazing Conference Best Yet!

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Are the Sandhills Fragile? by James Stubbendieck and Susan J. Tunnell, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL

Forage Triticale (X Triticosecale Wittmack) Genotypes for the Northern Great Plains by Lekgari Lekgari and P. Stephen Baenziger, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL

Progress Being Made in Implementing the Nebraska Natural Legacy Plan

Soil and Water Conservation Conference: Farming with Grass

August 1 is Pre-registration Deadline for Nebraska Grazing Conference

We’ve Moved!

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Restricted Feeding Can Improve Performance of Growing Steers Prior to Grazing on Burned Native Flint Hills Pasture by Chad Anglin, Dale Blasi, KC Olson, Chris Reinhardt, Marc Epp, Rodney Derstein, and Brian Barnhardt, Department of Animal Sciences and Industry, Kansas State University

UNL Study Reports on the Cost of Growing Switchgrass as Ethanol Feedstock by Brian Williams and Richard Perrin, Department of Agricultural Economics, UNL

Water Is Focus of Prairie Conference

Professional Golf Management Highlights

2008 Nike Golf Camp in Lincoln This July

Program for 2008 Nebraska Grazing Conference

The Nebraska Range Shortcourse

2008 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report Available

Partnership Effort Helps Reach Habitat Milestone in Nebraska

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Organic Matter -- Should It Matter? A Golf Course Perspective by Roch Gaussoin, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL

UNL-USDA Study: Major Net Energy Gain from Switchgrass-based Ethanol

Using the Corn Stalk Grazing Calculator as a Decision Aid by Aaron Stalker, Department of Animal Science and Matt Stockton, Department of Agricultural Economics, West Central Research and Extension Center, UNL, North Platte

Avian Response to Invasive Tree Removal on Remnant Prairie Pastures in Southeast Nebraska by Elizabeth Forbus and Craig Allen, School of Natural Resources, UNL

Conserving Wildlife and A Way of Life: Conservancy Launches Grass Exchange Program

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Turfgrass and Landscape Management Degree Program at UNL by Robert (Bob) C. Shearman, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL

New Farm Bill Should Continue Support for Grassland Management by Duane Hovorka, National Wildlife Federation

Another Great Nebraska Grazing Conference in 2007!

New Ph.D. Specialization in Applied Ecology at UNL by Tala Awada, James Brandle and Larkin Powell, School of Natural Resources, UNL

Nebraska Mentoring Program for Graziers by Roger Chesley, Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition

2003 National Resources Inventory Information Online

2007 CGS Fall Seminar Series

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Managing the Meeting of the Cow and the Grass by Pat Reece, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Panhandle Research and Extension Center, UNL, Scottsbluff

A Prairie Green Roof by Richard Sutton, Departments of Landscape Architecture and Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL

Carbon Sequestration Pilot Project Wraps Up Steve Chick, USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service, Lincoln, NE

CGS Council Tours North Central Nebraska

The Nature Conservancy Expands Its Scope

Restored Wetlands Capture Missouri River Water Reducing Flooding

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Windrow Grazing and Baled-Hay Feeding Strategies for Wintering Calves by Jerry Volesky, Don Adams, and Richard Clark, WCREC, UNL

Dull Mower Affects Turf in More Ways than Appearance by Don Steinegger and Bob Shearman, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL

Nebraska Grazing Conference August 13-14

“Backyard Farmer” Available on Internet

“Arbor Links” -- Dream Becomes Reality

Sampson Fellowship Award

UNL Hosts First Day of Issue Ceremony for Great Plains Prairie Stamp

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Using the Nutritional Balance Analyzer (NUTBAL) Program to Track Crude Protein Values for Rangeland and CRP under Drought Conditions by Mary Schrader, Natural Resources Conservation Service

UNL Research Towards Biological Control of Turfgrass Diseases - Part II by Gary Yuen, Department of Plant Pathology, UNL

Nebraska Grazing Conference August 13-14

Natural Landscaping at City Library

2001-2002 Nebraska Ranch Practicum

USDA "PLANTS" Web Site

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UNL Research Towards Biological Control of Turfgrass Diseases – Part I by Gary Yuen, Department of Plant Pathology, UNL

Prairie Restoration Cooperative by Gerry Steinauer, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

CGS Seminars Available on Video

Annual Forage Production and Quality Trials

by Burt Weichenthal (Department of Animal Science) and David Baltensperger (Department of Agronomy) at Panhandle Research & Extension Center, and Kenneth Vogel, USDA-ARS and Department of Agronomy, UNL

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Ergot: An Endemic Disease of Grasses in the Great Plains by John Watkins, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Compensatory Growth and Slaughter Breakevens of Yearling Cattle by D. J. Jordon, Terry Klopfenstein, Todd Milton and Rob Cooper Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Amazing Graze

New Trefoils Give Breeders More Options CGS Facilitates Regional Collaboration

CGS Citizens Advisory Council Holds 5th Summer Meeting/Tour Prussic Acid and Nitrate Poisoning

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Use of Prescribed Fire in Grassland Management by James Stubbendieck and Robert Masters, Department of Agronomy, UNL

Bison and Grasslands: Living in Harmony with Nature by David Hutchinson, Perfect Ten Bison Ranch, Rose, Nebraska

Plains Bison Bison bison bison

Act Now to Adjust for Drought by Bruce Anderson, Department of Agronomy, UNL

Turfgrass Drought Stress by Robert (Bob) Shearman, Department of Horticulture, UNL

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Genetically Enhanced Turfgrasses Where Are We Going? by Terrance Riordan, Department of Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

NUBEEF Educational Web Site for Beef Producers by Rick Rasby, Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Bison Symposium in Lincoln April 6-8

CGS Welcomes Laurice Matulka

GLCI Lists Benefits of Grazing Lands

Glickman Calls for National Commitment to Preserve Private Land

Nebraska Ranch Practicum Again Offered

2000 Nebraska Range Short Course by Lowell Moser, Department of Agronomy, UNL

Technology Spurs Alfalfa Genome Mapping

Field Trip Graduate Course Focuses on East Coast Ecology

April 1 Deadline for Abstracts: National Conference on Grazing Lands

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End-of-Season Visual Obstruction after Summer Grazing in the Nebraska Sandhills by Patrick Reece, Jerry Volesky, and Walter Schacht, Department of Agronomy, UNL

Global Change: Implications for Great Plains and Midwest Grasslands by David Wedin, School of Natural Resource Sciences, UNL

On the Green with the Environment [Reprinted from the June/July, 1999 Conservation Voices]

Special Publication on Grasslands at the Millenium

USDA Holds Land Conservation Forums and Summit

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Managing Intensively Used Turfs by Robert (Bob) Shearman, Department of Horticulture, UNL

Management Practices and Plant Diversity on Some Privately-Owned Meadows in the Middle Loup River Valley by Steven Rothenberger, Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Kearney

Grassland Ecology Is Theme of CGS Seminar Series

Grazing Lands Technical Assistance Available

Rancher's Forum October 6

Regional Grazing Project Approved

Moderate Grazing Promotes Plant Diversity

Looking for a Few Good Forage Publications

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Spring Creek Prairie Near Lincoln Provides Outdoor Classroom Other Preserved Virgin Prairies in Southeast Nebraska

Algae Control in Ponds With Barley Bales: On-site Results in Nebraska by Roch Gaussoin, Department of Horticulture, UNL

CGS Offers New Grazing Livestock Systems Major

Grassland Ecology Theme of Fall 1999 CGS Seminar Series

Fair 2000 Symposium Sets Food Animal Research Priorities

Executive Order on Invasive Species

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Factors Affecting the Biodiversity of Lowland Grasslands Along the Platte River by Julie Savidge and Tammy VerCauteren, School of Natural Resources, UNL

Use of Exotic Plants in Sandhills Wet Meadows: An Ecological Viewpoint by Gerry Steinauer, Botanist, Nebraska Games and Parks Commission

Role of Grasses In an Integrated approach for Remediating TNT-Contaminated Soil by Neil Heckman, Department of Horticulture, UNL

New Editor of Great Plains Research Solicits Manuscripts by Svata Louda, School of Biological Sciences, UNL

Why We Do What We Do by Dick Gray, Agronomist, Nebraska Department of Roads

Bison Symposium Calls for Papers: "Bison: the Past, Present, and Future of the Great Plains"

Prairie Restoration Seminars Available on Video

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Subirrigated Meadow Management Pratices by Jerry Volesky, West Central Research and Extension Center, UNL

Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program by Craig Derickson and Gerald Jasmer, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service

The Effect of Planting Date on Turfgrass Seed Production in the High Plains by Rebecca Harms, Turfgrass Project Coordinator, UNL

Beef Home Study Courses Begin Fifth Year

Plan Now to Attend SRM/AFGC Joint Meeting

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Nebraska's Wetlands by Ted LaGrange,Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Ashfall Fossil Beds: Record of an Ancient Grassland Ecosystem Preserved in Rock by Michael Voorhies, University of Nebraska State Museum

Wet Meadow Restoration at The Nature Conservancy's Speidell Tract by Chris Helzer, The Nature Conservancy

CGS Advisory Committee Tours Golf Course, Burned Grasslands, Fossil Beds and Ranch

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