LRES Seminar Series
August 29th
No Seminar (First week of classes)
September 5th
No seminar (Labor Day)
September 12th
No Seminar (Class orginization session- students only)
September 19th
Dr. Andrew Felton
Assistant Professor; MSU Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
"Intra- and interannual dynamics of dryland sensitivity to climate variability"
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September 26th
Dr. Mike Suplee
Water Quality Scientist; Montana Deptartment of Environmental Quality
"Stream aquatic plant and dissolved oxygen response to experimental nutrient addition and relevance to Montana’s evolving nutrient regulations"
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October 3rd
Dr. Chuck Rhoades
Research Biogeochemist; US Forest Service; Rocky Mountain Research Station
Dr. John Frank
Research Ecologist; US Forest Service; Rocky Mountain Research Station
"The Beetles and the Damage Done: Findings from US Forest Service Experimental Forests in the Southern Rockies"
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October 10th
Dr. Sarah Church
Assistant Professor; MSU Earth Sciences Department
Dr. Adam Sigler
Assistant Professor; MSU Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
"Citizen Water Data – Water Quality Insights and Social Outcomes"
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October 17th
No Seminar
October 24th
Dr. Margaret Eggers
Research Assistant Professor; MSU Dept. of Microbiology and Cell Biology
"Cumulative health risk assessment of home well water across Montana, a Tribal - MSU - USGS partnership"
Please reach out to the LRES front desk for a link to the seminar recording
October 31st
Susan Tallman
CPAg, Montana State Agronomist; US NRCS
"Applying Conservation on Private Lands in Montana: Bridges between the USDA NRCS and MSU"
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November 7th
Dr. Sam Zipper
Assistant Scientist; Kansas Geological Society
"Where did my water go? Irrigation and water conservation impacts on the stream, aquifer, and atmosphere"
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November 14th
Rick Schonenberg
LRES Graduate Student
"Taking the Temperature of Forest Management: An Evaluation of Burn Severity Trends, Forest Management, and Soil Properties in the Pacific Northwest"
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November 21st
No seminar (Fall Break)
November 28th
No seminar
December 5th
Dr. Sara Goeking
We unfortunately must cancel this LRES seminar.
We will be working to reschedule with Dr. Goeking in the future.
Please reach out to Dr. Adam Sigler (asigler@montana.edu) if you would like to be kept in the loop for the rescheduled seminar or would like to meet with Dr. Goeking when we are able to reschedule a visit.
December 12th
LRES Capstone Presentation
LRES Seniors
"Wildfire: history, effects, and solutions to a complicated problem"
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*Former seminar schedules and recordings
available in the LRES Archives