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Moving Forward: Preventing Water Shortage For Nevada, Sandra Blandon, Brianna Lyon

Anthropology 100: Feast and Famine In a Global World Poster Assignment

Southern Nevada is located in the arid Mojave Desert, which averages about 4 inches of rain each year. Southern Nevada gets about 90% of its water supply from the Colorado River. Seven western states and Mexico share the river. This means that The Colorado River provides water to 25 million people.

Biodiversity Information For Natural Resource Management: Information Needs And Practices In Southern Appalachia, Miriam Davis, Carol Tenopir

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

Introduction

Natural resource managers rely on high quality, current and complete environmental information to make decisions about how resources and landscapes are managed for biodiversity conservation and human use. As such, they represent a unique combination of research scientist, decision maker and practicing professional. In addition, given the applied nature of their work, relating to conservation, resource use and policy, they are frequently required to make timely decisions with real world consequences. However, wading through the vast amounts of currently available scientific and technical knowledge to find needed information can be a challenge. To be useful, this information must be …

Strategies To Minimize The Effects Of Drought, Gary Bates

Kentucky Grazing Conference

As this summer has shown, forage production from cool-season pasture and hay fields across the state can be dramatically affected by drought. Pastures that consist of cool-season grasses like tall fescue and orchardgrass have been severely overgrazed, and many may have lost some significant stand. Even if you have reseeded these fields, the question is how to prevent having the same problem next year. One of the best practices is to develop a forage program that doesn’t rely on cool-season grasses for summer production, but selects forage species that are better able to produce during periods of limited rainfall and …

Grassfed Beef From A Global Perspective, Glen Aiken

Kentucky Grazing Conference

Beef production and marketing has been shifting over the last few decades in response to unstable cattle markets, higher input costs, and a need to better meet market demands. Advancement of vertical integration of the production and marketing of beef calves through retained ownership from suckling calf to feedyard has certainly enhanced the genetics of the U.S. beef herd and improved the consistency of beef products. Another shift in production has been an increased number of grassfed cattle (grass finished) for marketing either organic or locally grown beef. These niche markets have developed primarily from concerns of urban consumers regarding …

The Cost Of Pasture Versus Hay, Kenneth H. Burdine

Kentucky Grazing Conference

Whenever I discuss the economics of grazing, I like to start by thinking about hay production costs. Regardless of which species we are talking about, a livestock producer should know what his / her most expensive feeding days are. In most cases, these will be winter feeding days, and that will generally consist of feeding either purchased or home-grown hay. So, I encourage producers to start by getting a solid feel for what their daily winter feeding costs are. For the purposes of this article, I am going to present some specific estimates for winter feeding costs, and other items, …

Pastures For Horses, Robert Coleman

Kentucky Grazing Conference

For horse owners, the use of pasture in the daily management of their horses provides both exercise for the horses, but also is a valuable source of nutrients. Horse feeding programs are based on forage and pasture is an excellent means to supply nutrients. To make effective use of the forage, horse owners need to manage both the horse and the grass.

Winter Annuals And Short Term Perennials For Grazing, S. Ray Smith

Kentucky Grazing Conference

During the last 5 years there has been a renewed interest in winter annual and short term perennials for grazing and for stored feed. There are many sources of information on this subject. I especially encourage you to read the new publication written by Dr. Garry Lacefield and colleagues, “Extending Grazing and Reducing Stored Feed Needs”. I have used information from this publication and other publications from the University of Kentucky Forage Website (www.uky.edu/Ag/Forage) in writing this article. This website contains many use publications on the subject of winter annuals and variety trial information on annual ryegrass and …

Novel Endophyte Tall Fescue, Garry D. Lacefield

Kentucky Grazing Conference

“Novel” endophyte is a term used to describe a “good” or “friendly” fungus (endophyte) in tall fescue as opposed to the endophyte that’s present if over eighty-five percent of the tall fescue in the Fescue Belt of the USA. This endophyte is costing beef producers an estimated $1 Billion dollars in losses from animal gains, reproduction and overall performance.

Forages On My Farm, Brent White

Kentucky Grazing Conference

No abstract provided.

Foreword And Kfgc Award Winners [2012], Garry D. Lacefield, Christi L. Forsythe

Kentucky Grazing Conference

No abstract provided.

Water Supply Planning: Finding Our Hidden Reservoirs, Rebecca L. Haynes

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Spatially Explicit Decision Support For Watershed Management On Military Lands: Stream Integrity, Interactive Programming, And Best Management Practices, J Pike, D Lipscomb, R Baldwin, W English

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Turning Analysis Into Action: Targeting Likely Sources Of Watershed Impairment, Katy R. Beckham, Christine Boring, Mark White

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

A Case Study In Watershed-Based Plan Development And Implementation For The May River Watershed In Bluffton, Sc, Kimberly W. Jones, Ronald Bullman

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Encouraging Lid Through Public Education, Outreach And Involvement, Karen Fuss

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Facilitating A Multi-Lateral Solution To Water Quality Impairments Of The Savannah Harbor, Clifton F. Bell, Thomas Gallo, Sandra Ralston, Ed Saxon

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Impacts Of The 2012 Stormwater Pond Conferences And The South Carolina Stormwater Pond Management Website, B A. Powell, K Counts, K Giacalone, B Keppler, L Wood

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Historic Wetland Signature Determination Using Esri Arcgis To Correlate Spectral Signature To Lidar In Relation To Hydrologic Change Within The Lower Santee River Watershed To Help Support Litigation Involving Riverine Flooding In Federal Cases 2:93-3077-23, 2:97-0673-23, & 2:03-0934-23, Stephen G. Williams, Steven G. Strickland, J Edward Bell

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

A Statewide Planning Approach To Evaluating Groundwater Availability And Sustainable Yield, John D. Boyer, Mark Maimone

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Assessing Climate Change Impacts On Streamflow In South Carolina's River Basins, Aashka Patel

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Changes In The Availability Of Freshwater Along The South Carolina And Georgia Coast Due To Potential Climate Change Scenarios, Paul Conrads, Edwin A. Roehl Jr, Ruby Daamen, John B. Cook, Jessica Whitehead, Daniel Tufford, Greg Carbone, Kirstin Dow

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

South Carolina's Climate Report Card: Understanding South Carolina's Climate Trends And Variability, Hope Mizzell, Mark Malsick, Ivetta Abramyan

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Water-Level Trends In Aquifers Of South Carolina, S V. Harder, J A. Gellici, A Wachob

S.C. Water Resources Conference

S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Comparison Of Drought Indices And Sc Drought Alert Phases, Ekaterina Altman

S.C. Water Resources Conference

S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Groundbreaking Regional Water Planning In Georgia: Lessons From The Middle Chattahoochee, Upper Flint And Lower Flint Ochlockonee Regional Water Councils, Tim Cash, Bill Morris, Stephen Simpson, Jim Hawkins, Robert Osborne

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Lessons From Georgia: An Analysis Of Public Comments From The Water Planning Process, Anna E. Eskridge

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Developing A Framework For Regional Water Planning In South Carolina, Joseph Gellici, Andrew Wachob

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Brain In A Jar: Writing About Alzheimer's Disease, Nancy Stearns Bercaw

UVM Libraries Conference Day

Living with, and writing about, Alzheimer's disease.

14th Annual Pacific Research Day Abstracts, University Of The Pacific

Excellence Day

No abstract provided.

Pathogen Response Genes Mediate Caenorhabditis Elegans Innate Immunity, Hannah L. Anthony

Celebration

Innate immunity is crucial in the response and defense against pathogens for invertebrates and vertebrates alike. The soil nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is a useful model to study the eukaryotic innate immune response to microbial pathogenesis. Prior research indicates that the protein receptor FSHR-1 plays an important role in the innate recognition of intestinal infection due to pathogen consumption. Determining what genes are controlled by FSHR-1 may uncover an unknown pathway that could increase not only the comprehension of the C. elegans immune system but also innate immunity generally. To characterize the function of FSHR-1, four candidate pathogen response genes that …