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Sustainability Newsletter, September 2021, Jennifer Mclaughlin Sep 2021

Sustainability Newsletter, September 2021, Jennifer Mclaughlin

SD State Sustainability Newsletter

  • We Are Hiring
  • Sustainability Ambassador Program Returns for Second Year
  • SDSU Receives 2021 EPEAT Purchaser Award
  • SDSU Recycling Guide
  • Sustainability Tidbits


Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 5 Issue 4, Jennifer Mclaughlin Apr 2021

Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 5 Issue 4, Jennifer Mclaughlin

SD State Sustainability Newsletter

Content:

  • Don't Dump! Donate!
  • Spruce Up SDSU Day
  • Sustainability Institute Coming in May
  • Sustainability Tidbits


Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 5 Issue 3, Jennifer Mclaughlin Jan 2021

Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 5 Issue 3, Jennifer Mclaughlin

SD State Sustainability Newsletter

Content:

  • American Indian Student Center Earns LEED Gold
  • Reusable To-Go Container Program
  • Campus Race to Zero Waste
  • Reusing Is...
  • Sustainability Tidbits


Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 5 Issue 2, Jennifer Mclaughlin Nov 2020

Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 5 Issue 2, Jennifer Mclaughlin

SD State Sustainability Newsletter

Content:

  • SDSU in Princeton Review's 2021 Guide to Green Schools
  • Facilities & Services Adds Electric Delivery Vehicle to Fleet
  • Wokini Initiative Included in AASHE's 2020 Sustainable Campus Index
  • 5 Tips for a Sustainable Holiday
  • Inaugural Sustainability Ambassador Program Completed Last Week


Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter Vol. 5 Issue 1, Jennifer Mclaughlin Sep 2020

Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter Vol. 5 Issue 1, Jennifer Mclaughlin

SD State Sustainability Newsletter

Content

  • Sustainability Ambassador Program Announced
  • Intersections of Sustainability
  • SDSU Earns 2020 EPEAT Purchaser Award
  • Virtual Sustainability Tours
  • Sustainability Tidbits


Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter Vol. 4 Issue 2, Jennifer Mclaughlin Apr 2020

Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter Vol. 4 Issue 2, Jennifer Mclaughlin

SD State Sustainability Newsletter

Content

  • American Indian Student Center Generates Energy
  • STARS Results Are In
  • Harding Hall Earns LEED Gold Certification
  • Energy Conservation Tips at Home
  • Sustainability Tidbits


Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 4 Issue 1, Jennifer Mclaughlin Jan 2020

Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 4 Issue 1, Jennifer Mclaughlin

SD State Sustainability Newsletter

Food Pod Ties Environmental and Social Sustainability
Harding Hall Wins Award for Reuse
Recycling Factors
Sustainability Tidbits


Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter: Vol 3. Issue 5, Jennifer Mclaughlin Apr 2019

Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter: Vol 3. Issue 5, Jennifer Mclaughlin

SD State Sustainability Newsletter

Content:

Don't Dump! Donate! Starts April 30th
Present at UMACS Sustainability Conference
Brookings Earth Day 2019 Events


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


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


Oak Lake Wetland Restoration: Difference In Hydrology Between Newly Restored And Reference Wetlands, Jennifer A. Dailey, Nels H. Troelstrup Jr. Jan 2019

Oak Lake Wetland Restoration: Difference In Hydrology Between Newly Restored And Reference Wetlands, Jennifer A. Dailey, Nels H. Troelstrup Jr.

Oak Lake Field Station 30th Anniversary Retreat Presentations

No abstract provided.


Oak Lake Field Station : Station Overview, Nels H. Troelstrup Jr. Jan 2019

Oak Lake Field Station : Station Overview, Nels H. Troelstrup Jr.

Oak Lake Field Station 30th Anniversary Retreat Presentations

No abstract provided.


Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 3 Issue 1, Jennifer Mclaughlin Sep 2018

Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 3 Issue 1, Jennifer Mclaughlin

SD State Sustainability Newsletter

Content:
SDSU Launches Sustainability Minor
Upcoming Events
While You Were Away
Recycling Update
Sustainability Tidbits


Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 2 Issue 4, Jennifer Mclaughlin Apr 2018

Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 2 Issue 4, Jennifer Mclaughlin

SD State Sustainability Newsletter

Content:
More than Just the Environment
Earth Day Quiz
The Big Event
Climate Change & You
Sustainability Tidbeits


Quantifying Undisturbed (Native) Lands In Northwestern South Dakota: 2013, Pete Bauman, Benjamin Carlson, Tanner Butler, Brad Richardson Jan 2018

Quantifying Undisturbed (Native) Lands In Northwestern South Dakota: 2013, Pete Bauman, Benjamin Carlson, Tanner Butler, Brad Richardson

Quantifying Undisturbed (Native) Lands in Northwestern South Dakota: 2013

We employed simple GIS methods primarily utilizing the South Dakota Farm Service Agency’s Common Land Unit (CLU) data layers from 2013 and the 2012 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) county mosaic aerial imagery to evaluate 7,347,812 acres of land in northwestern South Dakota. The analysis area includes: Harding, Perkins, and Butte counties along with portions of Lawrence and Meade counties outside of the Black Hills Core Highlands and Plateau Ecoregions.

We utilized the FSA CLU data layer queried to show current and former cropland to identify and remove any areas with cropping history regardless …


Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 2 Issue 2, Jennifer Mclaughlin Nov 2017

Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 2 Issue 2, Jennifer Mclaughlin

SD State Sustainability Newsletter

Contents:
Winter Energy Conservation
Sustainable Holiday Tips
Recycling, Recycling, Recycling
Tiny House Visit
Sustainability Tidbits
Recycling Bin & Dumpster Guide
SDSU Recycling Guide


Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 2 Issue 1, Jennifer Mclaughlin Aug 2017

Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 2 Issue 1, Jennifer Mclaughlin

SD State Sustainability Newsletter

Contents:
Calling All Jackrabbits
Bike for a Better Future
Faculty Workshops
Sustainability Tidbits


Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 1 Issue 2, Jennifer Mclaughlin Apr 2017

Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 1 Issue 2, Jennifer Mclaughlin

SD State Sustainability Newsletter

Contents:
Earth Day is Every Day at SDSU
Dumpster Diving
Help SDSU Reduce Waste by Picking up Trash
Sustainability Tidbits


Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 1 Issue 1, Jennifer Mclaughlin Jan 2017

Sdstate Sustainability Newsletter: Vol. 1 Issue 1, Jennifer Mclaughlin

SD State Sustainability Newsletter

Contents:
Meet the Sustainability Specialist
Recycling Sees Change on Campus
Coal...No More
Sustainability Tidbits


Quantifying Undisturbed (Native) Lands In Eastern South Dakota: 2013, Pete Bauman, Benjamin Carlson, Tanner Butler Oct 2016

Quantifying Undisturbed (Native) Lands In Eastern South Dakota: 2013, Pete Bauman, Benjamin Carlson, Tanner Butler

Quantifying Undisturbed (Native) Lands in Eastern South Dakota: 2013

We employed simple GIS methods primarily utilizing the South Dakota Farm Service Agency’s Common Land Unit (CLU) data layers from 2013, along with 2012 US Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) county mosaic aerial imagery, to evaluate approximately 22.6 million acres of land in the 44 counties that comprise eastern South Dakota. Mapping of this total project area was done in three distinct project phases from 2014 through 2016. We utilized the CLU data layer, queried to show current and former cropland, to first identify and remove any areas with a cropping history, regardless of current land …


Quantifying Undisturbed Land In Minnesota's Prairie Coteau And Lac Qui Parle Valley Regions, Pete Bauman, Ben Carlson, Tanner Butler Aug 2015

Quantifying Undisturbed Land In Minnesota's Prairie Coteau And Lac Qui Parle Valley Regions, Pete Bauman, Ben Carlson, Tanner Butler

Quantifying Undisturbed Lands in MInnesota's Prairie Coteau and Lac qui Parle Valley Regions

We employed simple GIS methods utilizing the Minnesota Farm Service Agency’s Common Land Unit (CLU) cropland data layer from 2013, along with 2013 USDA National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) county mosaic aerial imagery, to evaluate over 5 million acres of land in 14 southwest Minnesota counties, including all or portions of 10 counties within the Minnesota portion of the Prairie Coteau region and the entirety of four counties in the Lac qui Parle region. We utilized the CLU cropland layer to first identify and remove any areas with a cropping history, regardless of current land use. We then analyzed the …


South Dakota Thriving, Fall 2009, College Of Agriculture &. Biological Sciences Oct 2009

South Dakota Thriving, Fall 2009, College Of Agriculture &. Biological Sciences

Growing South Dakota (Publication of the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences)

Table of Contents:
[Page] 2 Growing Farmers Markets: South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service Helps Develop and Grow Booming Homegrown markets
[Page] 4 Lighari Leads Restructuring of Extension: Director of South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service Focuses on Building Relationships
[Page} 6 South Dakota's Newest Research Station: The Addition of the SDSU Cow Camp Means Another Tremendous Resource for South Dakota and SDSU
[Page] 8 SDSU Rodeo Builds World Champs: Focus on Academics and Team Leads to Success Inside Both the Classroom and the Arena
|[Page] 12 Behind the Scenes in SDSU's Anatomy Lab: SDSU's Hands-On Anatomy Lab Gives Students the Edge …


Eastern South Dakota Wetlands, Rex R. Johnson, Kenneth F. Higgins, Michael L. Kjellsen, Charles R. Elliot Jan 1997

Eastern South Dakota Wetlands, Rex R. Johnson, Kenneth F. Higgins, Michael L. Kjellsen, Charles R. Elliot

Natural Resource Management Faculty Books

Diverse and extensive wetland resources have always been familiar parts of the landscape to farmers, hunters, and residents of eastern South Dakota. The journals and oral histories of adventurers, trappers, and natives and immigrants reveal how wetlands shaped the wildlife and the people who lived on and modified the land to meet their own needs. The history of South Dakota wetlands parallels the history and interactions of people and wetlands elsewhere in North America and the world. This interaction can best be characterized as constant conflict. Driven primarily by economics, farmers the world over expended tremendous energy to "reclaim" and …


Wetland Resources Of Eastern South Dakota, Rex R. Johnson, Kenneth F. Higgins Jan 1997

Wetland Resources Of Eastern South Dakota, Rex R. Johnson, Kenneth F. Higgins

Natural Resource Management Faculty Books

The mere mention of the word "wetland" in coffee shops and other gathering places on the prairies today brings out emotions and opinions that run the gamut from saving them all to draining them all. To some people, what we do with wetlands has been, and still is, a personal choice, a matter of exercising individual rights on private property. To others, wetlands are community resources that provide values that touch all of society. They contend that what is done to and about wetlands is a community decision regardless of ownership. Herein lies the controversy we have experienced over wetlands …