The Society for Range Management – International Mountain Section Fall meeting will celebrate rangelands! Honouring Rangelands for their Service to the Environment and Society Date: Friday, November 1, 2019 at 10:00 am – 5:15 Location: Hainstock Community Hall, Olds, Alberta Read More …
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October 22, 2019 – Guardians of the Grasslands documentary
In celebration of U of A Sustainability Week, the Guardians of the Grasslands film will be presented. When: Oct 22, 2019 at 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Where: U of A ECHA (Edmonton Clinic Health Academy) Level 1 Room 140 Read More …
Paying for pasture carbon called tricky issue
Western Producer, April 11, 2019, by Barbara Duckworth. Paying ranchers for carbon sequestration in grasslands is on the Alberta government agenda but it could be challenging to put into practice. “It is going to take some time to get done,” Read More …
April 15, 2019 – Rangeland seminar Guest speaker, Dr. Guodong Han
Everyone is welcome to join us for a guest lecture by Dr. Guodong Han on “Grasslands of Inner Mongolia and their management challenges“. Date: Monday, April 15, 2019 at 11:00-11:45 AM Location: University of Alberta; Ag/For Bldg. Room 3-18J Dr. Read More …
January 16, 2019 – MSc Thesis Defense seminar – Craig DeMaere – University of Alberta, Edmonton
Craig DeMaere will present his MSc thesis defense seminar entitled “The Relationship of Plant Diversity to Alberta’s Range Health Assessment”, on January 16, 2019 at 8:30 am in Agriculture/Forestry Centre Room 4-10C. All are welcome to attend. View Craig DeMaere Read More …
October 10, 2018 – MSc Thesis Defense seminar – Kassia James – University of Alberta, Edmonton
Kassia James will present her MSc thesis defense seminar entitled “Mitigating effects of access mats on construction traffic in Mixedgrass Prairie of Alberta”, on October 10, 2018 at 1:00 pm in Agriculture/Forestry Centre Room 3-18J. All are welcome to attend. Read More …
‘Heritage potential’ map aims to help urban planners preserve history
Folio Magazine, July 3, 2018, by Michael Brown. A University of Alberta student created a model to determine areas of potential archeological and heritage significance to help policy makers, urban planners and developers make better-informed decisions about where to set Read More …
Historic beef cattle herd moves into Faculty of ALES: Hays Converters donated to Livestock Genomics program by family that developed breed
Greenhouse Magazine, Spring 2018, by Helen Metella. The entire herd of cattle bred and developed by the Hays family was donated to Faculty of ALES livestock genomics program and moved to the Roy Berg Kinsella Research Ranch in December 2017. Read More …
Eye in the Sky: Drone technology research helps precision ranching develop new tools for success
Greenhouse Magazine, Spring 2018, by Cait Wills. Dr. John Church of Thompson Rivers University in collaboration with Dr. Cameron Carlyle are using drones to assess heat stress in cattle as well as determine carbon storage in grazed and ungrazed grasslands Read More …
July 21 – 26, 2018 – 4th North American Congress for Conservation Biology – Conservation Science, Policy and Practice: Connecting the Urban to the Wild – Toronto, ON
On July 24, 2018, Dr. Cameron Carlyle will give a presentation entitled, “Grazing Management Provides An Opportunity To Conserve The Canadian Prairies Through Carbon Storage”. Monica Kohler will also discuss her research, “Effects Of Environmental And Disturbance Gradients On Alberta’s Read More …