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Center For Grassland Studies, November 2023

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Experiential Learning for Grassland Conservation by David Wedin

Center for Grassland Studies Policy Advisory Committee

Director’s Column by David Wedin

New Woody Invasions Ecologist Brings Additional Capacity for Grassland Conservation by Dillon Fogarty

Twidwell Racks-up awards for his work in Grassland Conservation by Geitner Simmons

Platte Basin Timelapse premieres New Film on Nine-Mile Prairie by David Wedin

CRAWL: Update on the Network for Integrated Agricultural Resilience Research by Craig Allen

CGS Outreach by Jerry Volesky

Center for Grassland Studies Awards 19 Scholarships Totaling $17,500 for 2023-2024 by David Wedin

Award winners:

Joseph O. Young Fund = Makenna Anderson, Makennen …

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Winter-Spring 2009, Volume 15, No. 1

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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

University Of Nebraska-Lincoln Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter Articles Vols. 1 – 15, 1995–2009

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Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Fall 2008, Volume 14, No. 4

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Contents:
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!

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Summer 2008, Volume 14, No. 3

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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!

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Spring 2008, Volume 14, No. 2

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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 …

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Winter 2008, Volume 14, No. 1

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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

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Winter 2007, Volume 13, No. 1

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Contents

• Restoration of Salt Cedar Infestations

• From the Director

• Patch-burn Grazing: Benefits for Both Wildlife Habitat and Livestock Performance by Chris Helzer

• CGS Associates

• Soil Physical Characteristics of Aging Golf Greens by Roch Gaussoin

• Jim Gerrish to Speak at 2007 Nebraska Grazing Conference

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Fall 2007, Volume 13, No. 4

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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

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Summer 2007, Volume 13, No. 3

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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

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Spring 2007, Volume 13, No. 2

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Contents

• Using Dried Distillers Grains to Substitute for Forage and Nitrogen Fertilizer: Nitrogen Dynamics and Use Efficiency by Matt Greenquist and Terry Klopfenstein

• From the Director

• 2007 Nike Golf Camp in Lincoln This July.

• Did You Know There Is an Environmental Institute for Golf?

• Program for 2007 Nebraska Grazing Conference

• Group Studies Great Plains Fire History by Charles Flowerday

• Summer Fire and Post-Fire Grazing Management by Lance Vermeire

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Fall 2006, Volume 12, No. 4

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Chemical Characteristics of Aging Golf Greens by Roch Gaussoin, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL

Can Ecophysiological Characteristics Explain the Success of Woody Species in the Sandhills of Nebraska? by Kathleen Eggemeyer, Tala Awada, F. Edwin Harvey, David Wedin, Xinhua Zhou and Sue Ellen Pegg, School of Natural Resources, UNL

Comparison of a Long Yearling System to Calf-fed Performance and Economics by Will Griffin and Terry Klopfenstein, Department of Animal Science, UNL

A Tale of Two States by Jana Beckman, Kansas Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Alternative Crops, K-State Research and Extension

2006 Nebraska Grazing Conference Best Yet!

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Summer 2006, Volume 12, No. 3

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Summary Analysis of Grazing Yearling Response to Distillers Grains by Terry Klopfenstein, Department of Animal Science, UNL

Grassland Ecology and Management: A New Name for the Range Major by Walter Schacht, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL

Befriending Birds: Why Should Landowners Care about Integrating Wildlife Conservation with Livestock Production? The Reasons Are Plenty! by Kindra Gordon, Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative

Another Successful Nebraska Youth Range Camp by Daryl Cisney and Mary Reece, Nebraska Section of the Society for Range Management

Landowner, Foundation, City and Federal Government Preserve Native Prairie for Grazing and Education by Steve Chick, USDA Natural Resources …

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Spring 2006, Volume 12, No. 2

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Evaluation of Two Grasses for Silvopasture Systems in the Great Plains by Michael E.L. Perry, Tala Awada, Walter Schacht, and Sue Ellen Pegg Department of Agronomy and Horticulture and School of Natural Resources, UNL

Research for the Birds: Sandhills Is the Target of Grassland Bird and Grazing Investigation by Larkin Powell, School of Natural Resources, UNL

UNL Professional Golf Management Program Scores a First

Program Set for 2006 Nebraska Grazing Conference

The Nebraska Range Shortcourse

Invasive Species Is Theme of Prairie Conference

Third National Conference on Grazing Lands

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletters, Winter 2006, Volume 12, No. 1

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Nitrogen Sequestration and Groundwater Quality Charles Shapiro and Bill Kranz, Haskell Agricultural Laboratory, UNL

Maximize pre-emergence success in turf by Roch Gaussoin, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL Losing Grasslands and Natural Areas to Development by Richard Sutton, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL

New Prairie Grasses to Fatten Beef Cattle

Nike Golf Camp in Lincoln This July

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Winter 2005, Volume 11, No. 1

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Grass Seed Production Research in Nebraska Panhandle by David Baltensperger, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL

Can Perennial Grass Pastures be Profitable in the Great Plains by Rob Mitchell, Ken Vogel, and Gary Varvel, USDA-ARS, Lincoln, NE Terry Klopfenstein (Animal Science), Dick Clark (Agricultural Economics), and Bruce Anderson (Agronomy and Horticulture), UNL

Forum – Monitoring Rangeland Health for an Experiment in Public Land Ownership

2005 Nebraska Grazing Conference to be Aug. 8-9

PGM Program Swings into 2nd Semester

Dates for 7th Nebraska Ranch Practicum Set

Changing Natural Landscapes: Ecological and Human Dimensions

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Fall 2005, Volume 11, No. 4

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Using Legumes to Boost Quality of Smooth Bromegrass Pastures by Walter Schacht and Bruce Anderson, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL

The Grass is Always Greener: Consumer Preferences for Ornamental Grasses by Kim Todd, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL

PGM Enrollment More Than Doubles in Second Year

5th Annual Nebraska Grazing Conference Covered Diverse Topics Call for Papers, Third National Conference on Grazing Lands Planning: An Important Key to Native Planting Success

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Summer 2005, Volume 11, No. 3

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Why Do We All Work So Hard on Our Lawns? Blame Habit, Snobbery by Cynthia Crosses

Intensify Extensive Beef Systems? by Terry Klopfenstein, Jeff Folmer, and Galen Erickson

CGS Citizens Advisory Council and Associates Visit Southwestern Nebraska

Audubon’s First Important Bird Areas in Nebraska Announced

XX International Grassland Congress by Walter Schacht, Department of Agronomy, UNL

Visit the Ecological Site Information System by George Peacock, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Central National Technology Support Center, Fort Worth, Texas

Opportunity for Holistic Management Training

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Spring 2005, Volume 11, No. 2

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Can Distillers Grains Replace Forage? by Sarah Morris, Jim MacDonald, Don Adams and Terry Klopfenstein, Department of Animal Science, UNL

Nebraska Wildlife Federation Looking for Tallgrass Prairies by Penny Perkins and Duane Hovorka, Nebraska Wildlife Federation

Program Set for 2005 Nebraska Grazing Conference

CGS Associate Leaves Legacy of Native Plantings Along Nebraska Highways

Grazing Livestock Systems Update

Urbanized Buffalograss in Demand

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Winter 2004, Volume 10, No. 1

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Matching Beef Cattle Genetics to Feed Resources by Jim Gosey, Department of Animal Science, UNL

Ecological Monitoring to Assist Producers with Grassland Production Forecasts by George Green, School of Natural Resources, UNL

Nebraska Ranch Practicum Enters Sixth Year by Jerry Volesky, Don Adams, Richard Clark, Dillon Feuz, Patrick Reece, Brent Plugge, Bud Stolzenburg and Troy Walz, UNL

Bull Riders for Biodiversity? – And Other Heresies for the Northern Great Plains by Tyler Sutton, for The Conservation Alliance of the Great Plains

2004 Nebraska Grazing Conference to be Aug. 10-11

The Nebraska Turfgrass Conference: 42 Years of Educating Nebraska Turfgrass Managers …

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Fall 2004, Volume 10, No. 4

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Nebraska's Natural Legacy Project by Kristal Stoner, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Earth, Wind, and Fire in the Flint Hills by David Hartnett, Konza Prairie Biological Station, Kansas State University

Owens Highlights UNL Grazing Activities at Grazing Conference

Professional Golf Management Program Tees Off with 31 Students

CGS Director Massengale Inducted into CSREES Hall of Fame

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Summer 2004, Volume 10, No. 3

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WILD Nebraska Grasslands by Bill Vodehnal, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

High School Students Improve Their Game While Having Fun at UNL Golf Camp

Multiple Dimensions of a Strong Professional Golf Management Program by Charles Francis, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL

CGS Advisory Council Tours Northeast Nebraska

Groundwater Nitrates Being Used to Fertilize Intensive Grazed Pasture

Grazing and Grassland Management Is Theme of Wildlife Society Meeting

Regional Researchers Collaborate to Improve Grazing Systems

UNL Researchers Study Seed Production of Eastern Red Cedar

Range Management Focus of Beef Basics VI

Still Time to See Exhibition – Listening to the Prairie …

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Spring 2004, Volume 10, No. 2

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CGS Coordinates New Professional Golf Management Program

Alternatives to Grazing Drought-Stricken Pastures by Ivan Rush, Panhandle Research and Extension Center, UNL

2004 Nebraska Grazing Conference in Kearney August 10-11

Dave and Loretta Hamilton: Grazing and Ranch Management Mentors by Dana Larsen, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA

Loess Hills Conservation Measures Improve Rangeland Conditions and Aid American Burying Beetle in Nebraska by Thomas Walker, Jr., Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Jerry Volesky, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL Wyatt Hoback, Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Kearney

XX International Grassland Congress, Ireland, 2005

Allan Savory on Holistic Resource Management at …

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Winter 2003, Volume 9, No. 1

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Planning for Bison Grazing on Native Rangeland by Kristin Miller, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Pooled Sales Add Value to Cull Cows by Rebekka Martin and Jana Beckman

The Grass Dance

UNL Offers Online Course in Turf Diseases

Second National Conference on Grazing Lands

Seed Dormancy – the Uncertainty in Native Grass Seeding

Prairie Pines to Benefit UNL Programs by Steven Ress, Water Center, UNL

Platte River Trust Begins Study of Birds Breeding in Grasslands by Felipe Chavez-Ramirez, Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Fall 2003, Volume 9, No. 4

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Students: Study Sustainable Animal Systems in Norway! by Charles Francis, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL

High Plains Partnership: Conserving High-priority Species in Cooperation with Private Landowners

Private Individuals Can Now Provide and Receive Conservation Technical Assistance with TechReg

Legumes Boost Quality in Bromegrass Pastures

Nebraska Agriculture Industry Partnership Formed

UNL Scientists Earn $1.8 million NSF Grant to Study Sandhills Ecosystem

Online Forage and Grazinglands Journal Part of Plant Management Network

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Summer 2003, Volume 9, No. 3

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Slopes: Maintenance Hassle or Landscape Asset? by John Fech, Extension Educator, UNL

Potentials and Precautions in Turfgrass Biotechnology by Charles Francis, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL

Applications for Grassland Reserve Program Due Sep.30

CGS 2003 Fall Seminar Series

CGS Citizens Advisory Council Tours Southeast Nebraska

Reminder of Nebraska Grazing Conference

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Spring 2003, Volume 9, No. 2

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Turfgrass Biotechnology – 2003 Update by Terrance Riordan, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL

Ecosystem Consequences of Trees in Grasslands: Insights from Bessey’s Forest by David Wedin, School of Natural Resource Sciences, UNL

UNL Offers New Professional Golf Management Program

Richard Knight to Speak on Biodiversity on Rangelands Oct. 20

2003 Nebraska Grazing Conference in Kearney August 11-12

National Speakers to be Featured at Brush Creek Ranch Conference & Field Day

Iowa Prairie Conference: The Practical Prairie

Center For Grassland Studies Center, Winter 2002, Volume 8, No. 1

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Study Shows Importance of Biodiversity to Grasslands

Managing Prairies for Biodiversity by Chris Helzer, The Nature Conservancy

2002-2003 Nebraska Ranch Practicum

2002 Nebraska Range Shortcourse by Lowell Moser, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletters, Fall 2002, Volume 8, No. 4

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Examining the Roles of Plant Species and Nitrogen in the Structure and Function of Microbial Communities by Kate Bradley, Rhae Drijber and Johannes Knops, UNL

Carcass and Palatability Characteristics of Calf-fed and Yearling Finished Steers by Perry Brewer, Rosemary Anderson, Chris Calkins, Terry Klopfenstein, and Rick Rasby Department of Animal Science, UNL

2nd Nebraska Grazing Conference Another Winner

New Grasslands Plan Holds Promise for People, Wildlife, and Public Lands (reprint of Hovorka article)

Tracking Movement of Cattle With Satellites

Integrating Forage and Cattle Resources to Maximize Profitability of Beef Enterprises Conferences

Nebraska Partnership for All-Bird Conservation Formed

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Summer 2002, Volume 8, No. 3

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• Influence of Topography on Sediment Trapping in Grass Buffers by Dean Eisenhauer, Michael Dosskey, Matthew Helmers, Jason Brothers, and Thomas Franti, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, UNL

• Vivien Allen to be Leu Distinguished Lecturer

• Arbor Links Golf Course Opens

• CGS Tour Showcased Golfing, Hunting, Ranching, Biology Education and Research

• New Grassland Reserve Program in Farm Bill

• Landscape Connections September 14

• Gudmundsen Ranch Open House August 28