LRES Seminar Series
Fall 2015 Schedule
1:10 - 2:00 p.m.
346 Leon Johnson Hall (Annex)
September 14th
Bruce Maxwell, LRES, MSU
"Sabbatical Talk: Will pine invasions destroy Southern Hemisphere ecosystems?"
Watch the seminar
September 21st
Bob Zimdahl, Bioagricultural Sciences & Pest Management Department, CSU
"Ethics, Agriculture, and the Environment" Watch the seminar
September 28th
Erin Espeland USDA-ARS Sydney, MT
"The role of natural history in restoration along the Yellowstone river and into the
Bakken oilfield"
October 5th
Brent Christner Dept of Biological Sciences, LSU
"Ice nucleating microbes and the water cycle: functionaries or freeloaders? -- abstract
below"
October 12th
Douglas Jackson-Smith Dept of Sociology, USU
"Engaging Farmers and Communities to Address Enviornmental Problems: Lessons from the
Judit Watershed Nitrogen Project"
October 19th
Rich SmithDepartment of Natural Resources and the Environment , University of New Hampshire
"A tale of two strategies: sustainable intensification AND extensification of agriculture
in northern New England"
October 26th
Bill Curran, Department of Plant Sciences, Pennsylvania State University on sabbatical leave in
LRES
"Can Herbicide Resistance Drive Adoption of Integrated Weed Management?"
November 2nd
Kristen Intemann History & Philosophy Department, MSU
"Beyond bias: Why values are important in climate modeling"
November 9th
Bo Walker Perry Miller: Advisor
"Cover Crop Grazing: Optimal Seasonality for Soil and Livestock Benefits"
TBA
November 16th
Dorjderem Sukhragchaa Cathy Zabinski: Advisor
"Consistency of Heavy Metal Tolerance of Some Plant Species through Successive Generations:
Re-visiting the Development of Acid Tolerant Release project, BPMC"
November 23
Mikindra Morin, Rick Lawrence: Advisor
"Carbon Sequestration Monitoring: A Multi-platform Remote Sensing Approach"
November 30th
Madison Nixon Fabian Menalled: Advisor
"Pest Management Challenges in Current and Predicted Climate Scenarios of Water-limited Agroecosystems"