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December 18, 2014
Parents pass on their values to their children, and LRES professors are no exception.  Stephanie Ewing and Tony Hartshorn are both soil scientists, and they each have a child in 4th grade at Longfellow School.  The Longfellow 4th grade class is asking the Montana Legislature to name Scobey soil the official state soil.
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December 12, 2014
Findings from more than 60 MSU researchers, including many from LRES, is being presented during the 47th fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union - world's largest meeting devoted to earth and space science.
Cliff Montagne
December 4, 2014
Cliff Montange, MSU BioRegions director and Professor Emeritus from LRES, explains how MSU researchers and students are using America's experience with Yellowstone National Park to provide guidance to Mongolian environmentalists who are fostering the development of Mongolia's first national parks.
Alex Michaud
November 13, 2014
Alex Michaud, LRES graduate student, is the primary author on a paper on hailstone formation, research he started after the hail storm in June 2010.  The paper is titled "Biological ice nucleation initializes hailstone formation" and is published in the Journal of Geophyiscal Research: Atmospheres.
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November 10, 2014
Online programs are an excellent option for students whose work, geographical, or other life circumstances make it difficult to attend school in a traditional face-to-face classroom. 
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November 5, 2014
Jane Mangold and Fabian Menalled, along with their colleagues in the MSU Extension Climate Science Initiative Working Group, received the Visionary Leadership Award from the Montana chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi, a national fraternity of Extension educators.
Clain Jones
October 31, 2014
"With 'soil health' now being a frequently heard term, we want agricultural producers to be aware of what factors contribute to soil health and how they can be reliably measured."
Clain Jones
October 28, 2014
Jones, a soil fertility specialist in with MSU Extension and LRES, presents conclusions from a three-year study on the changes in soil nitrate levels and the implications for soil testing and fertilizer application.
Bruce Maxwell
October 10, 2014
Towne's Harvest Garden received the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities' award for Outreach and Engagement Scholarship, and also the C. Peter Magrath Engagement Award.  LRES Professor Dr. Bruce Maxwell was instrumental in Towne's Harvest Garden's creation, and many of LRES's Agroecology students have been involved in THG.
Bob Peterson
October 6, 2014
Peterson talks with Jay Sanderson, voice of the Bobcats, about his environmental risk assessment course and the LRES online master's program.
Diana Cooksey
September 30, 2014
LRES Instructor Diana Cooksey provides students in her GPS Mapping class with a service-learning project: building maps to assist the Bozeman Fire Department.  An article in Bozeman Magazine by Danielle Martin (Cooksey's TA) explains the value that the project provides to the Bozeman community.
Rob Payn
September 29, 2014
LRES Assistant Professor Rob Payn, along with LRES Associate Professor Geoff Poole and other colleagues, published a paper entitled "A generalized optimization model of microbially driven aquatic biogeochemistry based on thermodynamic, kinetic, and stoichiometric ecological theory" in an upcoming edition of the journal Ecological Modeling.  Thanks to a grant from the MSU library's experimental open access program, anyone with a creative commons license will be able access the paper.
Tony Hartshorn
September 16, 2014
LRES Assistant Professor Dr. Tony Hartshorn is the National Science Foundation grant's principal investigator.  The grants will be used to build after-school science programs across Montana, and the elementary students participating will study snow and soil.  
John Long
September 16, 2014
Dr. John Long, LRES Post-Doctoral Research Associate, and Dr. Paul Stoy, LRES Assistant Professor, studied tornado activity in the southern and central Midwest over the last six decades and found a significant shift in peak tornado activity.  Geophysical Research Letters published their findings last week.
David Weaver
September 11, 2014
Weaver was honored today by the National Academy of Inventors, along with other MSU faculty and students who have been named on issued patents or Plant Variety Protection Certificates.
Bob Peterson
September 9, 2014 
Dr. Bob Peterson, LRES Entomology Professor, discusses the success of the LRES online Master's degree program.  Enrollment in the program jumped from 11 students to over 50 after only two years in existance - a sign that the program has been an immediate success.  Students of the program share how the flexibility and challenge of online study is helping them achieve their educational goals.
John Priscu
September 6, 2014
"Quirks & Quarks" is the award-winning radio science program of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).  Listen to the September 6, 2014 edition featuring an interview with Priscu that discusses the WISSARD team's discovery of microbial life in subglacial Lake Whillans in West Antarctica.
John Priscu
September 2, 2014
Priscu will be honored for his pioneering work in biodiversity at an award ceremony in the Strand Union Building ballrooms on Wednesday, October 1 at 7:00 p.m.
Perry Miller
August 25, 2014
Miller, a Professor of Cropping Systems in the LRES department, has been awarded the American Society of Agronomy's highest honor.  He will be recognized at the ASA Awards Ceremony in November.
John Priscu
August 20, 2014
In January 2013, an MSU-dominated team of researchers including LRES professor Dr. John Priscu and LRES graduate students Alex Michaud and Trista Vick-Majors found life under Subglacial Lake Whillans.  Their breakthrough paper is being published in the August 21, 2014 edition of Nature.
David Weaver
August 7, 2014

Since the orange wheat blossom midge first devastated crops in Flathead County, MT in 2006, Weaver has been working with Extension, MAES, and College of Ag colleagues to manage the spread of this pest.

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July 8, 2014

For those unable to attend the Crops and Weeds Field Day that the LRES department hosted, view a report on the event prepared by KTMV, including words with LRES faculty Fabian Menalled and Jane Mangold, and LRES grad student Krista Ehlert.

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July 2, 2014

A recent review on bioenergy and invasive plants published in WSSA's Invasive Plant Science and Management journal, vol. 7 iss. 2, highlights the work of the Center for Invasive Species Management.  In addition to reading the article, learn more about CISM.

Patrick Lawrence
June 13, 2014

Patrick Lawrence will spend his six-month fellowship assisting CDKC students and Northern Cheyenne Reservation community members make decisions about land use and agricultural production.

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Dr. Sharlene Sing, LRES Affiliate, Receives National Forest Service Award for Excellence

June 12, 2014

Sing, a Research Entomologist at Rocky Mountain Research Station, was honored with the 2013 NFS Award for Excellence in Invasive Species Partnership Development for her work in implementation, safety, and assessment of classical biological control of exotic weeds.

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June 11, 2014

LRES professors and researchers, along with interdepartmental colleagues, will present on topics such as weed management, pest identification, and more.  Credits are available for licensed attendees.

Jane Mangold
June 6, 2014

Mangold, a rangeland weed specialist, is providing education about noxious weed management as part of Montana's second annual Noxious Weed Awareness Week (June 9-13).  The Awareness Week will include community weed pulls, field days, speakers, and presentations.

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June 6, 2014

7 LRES students have been named to the spring 2014 president's list, and 24 students to the spring 2014 dean's list.  Congratulations!

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June 4, 2014

Former rear admiral David Titley is coming to Bozeman in July to discuss climate change as a national security issue.  A former "hard-core skeptic" turned climate change expert, Titley will present at the Museum of the Rockies on July 8 at 7 p.m.

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May 28, 2014

Towne Harvest Garden was started by students in 2007.  The garden provides students from multiple disciplines with service learning opportunities, as produce is provided to the Gallatin Valley Food Bank.

Kevin O'Neill
May 23, 2014 
Dr. O'Neill joins colleagues from the Department of Animal and Range Sciences in studying Montana's sage grouse territories and analyzing the effectiveness of the federal Sage Grouse Initiative program intended to help keep the sage grouse population healthy. 
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May 6, 2014
Daniel "DJ" Firova of Laredo Community College received an FATE Grant and is spending his summer in Bozeman with the Rocky Mountain Research Station studying invasive weed management.
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April 21, 2014
MSU students and researchers share their experience searching for life beneath the ice of a subglacial lake in Antarctica.
Melody Schimpf
April 8, 2014
Schimpf was honored for her fiscal skills, efficiency, and dedication when she was named one of five MSU employees to receive the 2014 Employee of the Year Award at the 25th Annual Employee Recognition Awards Ceremony.
Emery Three Irons
April 3, 2014
Three Irons, from the Crow Indian Reservation, is studying geospatial and environmental analysis.  This is the first time an MSU student has been selected in the Tribal Public Policy category.
John Priscu
March 21, 2014 
Priscu, who studies the microbial ecology of Antarctic ecosystems, will be the final speaker this year in the Provost's Distinguished Lecturer Series.  Priscu's talk is set for 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, APril 1, at the Museum of the Rockies' Hager Auditorium.  A reception will follow. 
Clain Jones
March 20, 2014 
Jones, Tallman, and two film students produced a 7 minute YouTube video on cover crop cocktails that highlights their pros an dcons, and introduces the Miller, Zabinski, Jones, and Tallman USDA WSARE research project on polycultures. 
David Weaver
March 18, 2014 
LRES Professor Dr. David Weaver discusses the large-scale regional impacts and economic losses due to problems associated with the wheat stem sawfly, which have lead to the 6th International Wheat Stem Sawfly Conference to be held at MSU April 3-4. 
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March 3, 2014 
Agweek.com highlights the Sustainable Food and Bioenergy Systems program, ranked one of the top 10 best environmental college programs in the U.S. by the Mother Jones Network, an online network that promotes environmental and social responsibility. 
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LRES Assistant Professor Paul Stoy Featured in Montana Water News

February 28, 2014 
Stoy is featured in a question and answer interview about his research and projects in this month's issue of Montana Water News. 
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February 18, 2014
The 32rd Annual Awards for Excellence honor 40 MSU students and their mentors.
Bruce Maxwell
January 27, 2014
Maxwell's work investigates the invasion effects of the North American native Lodgepole Pine on the native ecosystems of Chile and New Zealand.  The article is in Spanish; Google Translate can assist in translation.
Bill Inskeep
January 7, 2014

Frontiers ranks Inskeep's article, "The YNP Metagenome Project: Environmental Parameters Responsible for Microbial Distribution in the Yellowstone Geothermal Ecosystem" #8 in the top 10 most viewed research articles of 2013.

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LRES's Sustainable Food and Bioenergy Systems Undergraduate Degree Highlighted in High Country News

January 6, 2014
LRES's Sustainable Food and Bioenergy Systems undergrad degree is highlighted in the "Sustainability in Higher Ed" section of the High Country News.
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January 6, 2014
The president's and dean's lists for the Fall 2013 semester.
Diana Cooksey
January 3, 2014
Cooksey is a GPS lab manager and spatial sciences instructor in LRES.  Since 2003, the City of Bozeman has worked with Cooksey and the LRES Department to develop a collaborative project that benefits both students and the community.
Kevin O'Neill
January 3, 2014 
O'Neill has been a faculty member since 1990, and colleagues say he is committed to high standards, quality course content, and engagement with students.  He is also recognized for his dedication to student learning, innovation in the classroom, and passion for interdisciplinary collaboration.