Promoting producer engaged rangeland monitoring & building a network of knowledge exchange and feedback on management practices in the Nebraska Sandhills.
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Here's to SRMC's 2021 sandhills range crew! Grateful for our wonderful interns and our amazing field crew this year. Special thanks to @cheryl_dunn4556 & Jess Milby for all the plant ID help! #rangeland
Check out SRMC 2020 monitoring results by Sandhills region on our updated webpage here:
spark.adobe.com/page/BiET5uQ…
One of the great things about #SRM2021 going virtual is that range content and research is made more accessible than ever! Thanks @rangelands for hosting such a successful event. Here is our virtual “poster” on Monitoring Sandhills Rangelands: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories…
Join us for the SRMC Rangeland Monitoring Webinar on February 25th @ 3pm MT/4pm CT.
Register in advance:
unl.zoom.us/meeting/register…
More details:
beef.unl.edu/beefwatch/2021/…
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This program on controlling Eastern redcedar will be stopping in Bloomfield (11/9), Taylor (11/10), Thedford (11/12), and Imperial (11/13) starting at 930 AM local time. Lunch provided, program is free, but you MUST RSVP by THIS FRIDAY, November 6.
beef.unl.edu/beefwatch/2020/…
ALT This year’s road show will focus on winning strategies for woody encroachment. Photo credit Troy Walz.
Check out this interesting talk by Dr. Bijesh Maharjan. Some great food for thought about soil health. —->Soil Health Gap: Benchmark for the Soil health Measurement soilhealthnexus.org/soil-hea…
Prairie sandreed (Calamovilfa longifolia), beloved by many 🐮. This key warm-season grass found in sandy #rangelands stands tall by day and night. Photos at and near Wildcat Hills in the Nebraska Panhandle. For more about this plant see USDA Factsheet: plants.usda.gov/factsheet/pd…
Sand bluestem nodding in the breeze in the eastern Sandhills. Sand bluestem (Andropogon hallii) is an important warm season grass in the Sandhills with high forage value to cattle. It’s part of the climax plant community under good grazing management. plants.usda.gov/plantguide/p…
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Aaron Berger and Dr. Mitch Stephenson discuss the value of native rangelands in Nebraska (in particular, the Sandhills) in providing plants that support pollinator species in this UNL BeefWatch Podcast (~12min): beef.unl.edu/beefwatch/2020/…
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Ever think about all the pollinators that are supported by good rangeland stewardship? I do. Endless reasons to thank a rancher! beef.unl.edu/beefwatch/2020/…
The rangeland monitoring season is upon us in the Sandhills! The SRMC is looking forward to visiting cooperative ranches starting in mid-July. We will be measuring plant frequency, estimated dry weight rank, and ground cover. More info here: spark.adobe.com/page/EkDaaEd…
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Aaron Berger and Mitch Stephenson discuss options for management of flooded meadows and upland range sites in the Sandhills when the water goes down in the May 23 UNL BeefWatch Podcast (14 min): beef.unl.edu/beefwatch/2020/…
ALT Rock County, Nebraska, April 7, 2020. Photo by TL Meyer. https://beef.unl.edu/beefwatch/2020/flooded-sandhills-subirrigated-meadows-and-upland-sites
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Quarantine Quiz #5 prairieecologist.com/2020/04…
Want to learn more about the SRMC? Follow along with the project and see 2019 results by visiting our web page (spark.adobe.com/page/EkDaaEd…). We will continue to collect data for the next few years and update this page as we go!
Project MUSE - Invited Essay: Ecology, Culture, and Spirituality in the Nebraska Sandhills muse.jhu.edu/article/736875/…
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Cool story about one of the most recent successes coming out of the Engler Program @englerunl at UNL.
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Are you recently widowed or have you recently inherited farmland? Or, does this describe your new landlord? If so, check out or recommend the Dec. 11 Conference for Women Managing Agricultural Land. go.unl.edu/women-ag-land @GGlennis @UNLAgEcon
