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Environmental Sciences

South Dakota State University

2019

Sustainability

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Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 3 Issue 4, Jennifer Mclaughlin Mar 2019

Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 3 Issue 4, Jennifer Mclaughlin

SD State Sustainability Newsletter

Sustainability Benchmark Report Submission Soon
SDState Participates in RecycleMania for Ninth Year
Sustainability Institute Coming in May
Volunteers Needed for Don't Dump! Donate!
Students Prepare for Second Annual "The BIG Event"
Mark Your Calendars for Upcoming Sustainability Events


Soil And Land- Use Change Sustainability In The Northern Great Plains Of The Usa, Deepak Raj Joshi, David E. Clay, Alexander Smart, Sharon A. Clay, Tulsi P. Kharel, Umakanta Mishra Mar 2019

Soil And Land- Use Change Sustainability In The Northern Great Plains Of The Usa, Deepak Raj Joshi, David E. Clay, Alexander Smart, Sharon A. Clay, Tulsi P. Kharel, Umakanta Mishra

Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science Faculty Publications

In the Northern Great Plains (NGP), the combined impacts of land-use and climate variability have the potential to place many soils on the tipping point of sustainability. The objectives of this study were to assess if the conversion of grassland to croplands occurred on fragile landscapes in the North America Northern Great Plains. South Dakota and Nebraska were selected for this study because they are located in a climate transition zone. We visually classified 43,200 and 38,400 points in South Dakota and Nebraska, respectively, from high-resolution imagery in 2006, 2012, and 2014 into five different categories (cropland, grassland, habitat, NonAg, …


Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 3 Issue 3, Jennifer Mclaughlin Jan 2019

Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 3 Issue 3, Jennifer Mclaughlin

SD State Sustainability Newsletter

Content:
Why Is Sustainability Important?
Sustainability-themed New Year's Resolutions
Jack's Cupboard is Open