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Unlv Public Lands Initiative, Nancy Flagg
Unlv Public Lands Initiative, Nancy Flagg
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- The Public Lands Initiative is providing management and oversight for selected SNPLMA projects that fit UNLV’s educational and research strengths and which are suitable for drawing upon the expertise of university faculty, staff, and students.
Public Lands Initiative Overview, Public Lands Institute
Public Lands Initiative Overview, Public Lands Institute
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The Public Lands Institute is dedicated to strengthening the national fabric that is essential for the protection, conservation, and management of public lands.
Parks & Trails Partnership, Margaret N. Rees, Nancy Flagg, David Frommer
Parks & Trails Partnership, Margaret N. Rees, Nancy Flagg, David Frommer
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- UNLV is committed to demonstrating how the traditional values of higher education can be adapted to the conditions and needs of individuals and communities in the 21st century.
- Key macrothemes of the university’s strategic plan include Economic Development, Preservation of History & Culture, and Community Outreach & Collaboration.
- In keeping with these macrothemes, UNLV is embarking on several partnerships with the BLM and related agencies to provide a wide array of research, technical assistance, education, and service support on projects funded through the SNPLMA.
- UNLV is a research extensive university with academic departments and research centers and institutes that embrace …
Friends Of Red Rock Canyon Quarterly Meeting, Public Lands Institute
Friends Of Red Rock Canyon Quarterly Meeting, Public Lands Institute
Presentations (PLI)
The Public Lands Institute is dedicated to strengthening the national fabric that is essential for the protection, conservation, and management of public lands.
Fifteen Years Of Plant Community Dynamics During A Northwest Ohio Oak Savanna Restoration, Scott R. Abella, John F. Jaeger, Lawrence G. Brewer
Fifteen Years Of Plant Community Dynamics During A Northwest Ohio Oak Savanna Restoration, Scott R. Abella, John F. Jaeger, Lawrence G. Brewer
Public Policy and Leadership Faculty Publications
Midwest oak savanna communities are noted for their unusual plant assemblages, but these communities have been reduced by more than 98% because of changing land uses and conversion to closed-canopy forests. We initiated an ongoing 15-year experiment in 1988 to restore a 40-ha black oak (Quercus velutina) savanna by applying burn treatments that historically maintained this vegetation type. Groundlayer composition changed significantly for both the burn treatment and the control, with the burn treatment exhibiting slight increases in herbs such as wild lupine (Lupinus perennis) and hairy puccoon (Lithospermum caroliniense), both of which are species requiring greater insolation. Burn treatments …