LRES Seminar Series
January 24th
No seminar (Class organization session with students only)
January 31st
Dr. Rob Payn
MSU Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
The practice and communication of scientific logic
(an informal presentation and discussion)
This session is open to the department and public, but the faculty advisors of the students presenting later in the semester are specifically requested to participate.
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February 7th
No seminar (Training session with students only)
February 14th
Dr. Nick Hagerty
Montana State University
Economics and Agricultural Economics
How economics can help understand water resources
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February 21st
No seminar (Presidents Day holiday and LRES Crosscut Snow Day)
February 28th
Dr. Ashley Helton
University of Connecticut
Department of Natural Resources and the Environment & the Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Where the past meets the present: Connecting streams to their watersheds through groundwater flow paths and land use legacies
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March 7th
Student presentations
Skye Keeshin
Land Use Impacts on Surface-Groundwater Interaction and Water Quality in Two Montana Ecoregions
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Matt Deyoe
Using Stable Isotopes of Aquatic Invertebrates as a New Bioassessment Tool
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March 14th
No seminar (Spring break)
March 21st
Student Presentations
Ian McRyhew
Evaluation of Grassland Restoration and Pollinator Conservation on Tribal Lands Degraded by Invasive Annual Grasses
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Jackson Strand
Importance of Parasitoids and Smooth Brome for Integrated Pest Management of the Wheat Stem Sawfly
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March 28th
Student Presentations
Erin Teichroew
Bromus tectorum's biotic interactions and the efficacy of non-traditional management on rangeland recovery
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Lochlin Ermatinger
Using remote sensing to detect wheat stem sawfly induced stress in growing wheat plants
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April 4th
Student Presentations
Emma Kubinski
Carrots as a Model for Holistically Increasing Sustainability of Vegetable Production
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Daniel Chichinsky
Integration of thistle rust into organic management of Canada thistle
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April 11th
Student Presentations
Elizabeth Reiva
Household Biodigesters: A Source of Biofertilizer
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Henry Stowell
Effects of climatic gradients and rhizobacterial inoculations on oilseed yields of camelinasativa in the Northern great plains
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April 18th
Student Presentations
Morgan Suddreth
Ecosystem Service Assessment in Rocky Mountain Wetlands
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Zane Ashford
Impacts of Cropping Systems on Soil Health in the Northern Great Plains
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April 25th
Student Presentation
Het Desai
Monitoring and management of problematic weeds in Montana cropping systems
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May 2nd
Student Presentations
Students giving their presentations in this seminar series are specifically working on developing their skills of communicating scientific logic. If you have constructive suggestions regarding what was effective or what still needs work, please consider filling out the Qualtrics survey form for the appropriate seminar. It is a very simple two-page, open-ended form.
LRES Capstone Class
How Do Policy, Laws and Incentives Shape Landscapes?
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May 9th
No seminar (Final week class schedule)
*Former seminar schedules and recordings
available in the 
LRES Archives