International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists Celebration – Virtual Presentations through South Dakota State University

Celebration at McCrory Gardens

The International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists aims to raise awareness of the critical natural resources provided by working land and its role in supporting the livelihoods of people worldwide. The celebration will highlight the role of grasslands for healthy soils, livestock production, wildlife conservation, prairie communities and rural economies in the Northern Great Plains. Please join us for opening remarks by President Barry Dunn, presentations from department faculty and students, and lunch at McCrory Gardens, followed by an open house at the McFadden Biostress Lab.

Opening Remarks by President Barry Dunn

Presentations by NRM faculty and graduate students

• Dr. Sean Di Stéfano “Hidden in Plain Sight: The Importance of Rangelands“

• Elena Friedman “Growing Resilience: Native Seeds and the Future of Rangelands“

• Dr. Josh Leffler “Our Rangelands and their Global  Importance in the Carbon Cycle“

• Victor A. Piñeiro “Burning Questions: Mammal Community
  Responses to Prescribed Fire Along the Missouri
  River in South Dakota“

• Dr. Jeff M. Martin “Home on the Range“

• Tori Dungey “Healing the Vital Veins of Rangelands: Riparian Restoration in Action“

Lunch: Please RSVP by April 1.