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 …
Author: Raatz, Lisa
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 …
July 24 & 25, 2018 – 15th Annual Southern Alberta Grazing School for Women
Lisa Raatz will talk about the Rangeland Research Institute and provide some background as well as a brief research update on a few projects. For more information and to register: 15th Annual Southern Alberta Grazing School for Women
July 20, 2018 – MSc Thesis Defense seminar – Faezeh Najafi – University of Alberta, Edmonton
Faezeh Najafi will present her MSc thesis defense seminar entitled “Evaluating impacts of high voltage transmission line construction on Dry Mixedgrass prairie in Alberta”, on July 20, 2018 at 9:00 am in Agriculture/Forestry Centre Room 3-18J. All are welcome to Read More …
Do RFI ratings predict cattle performance on pasture?
Canadian Cattlemen, May 28, 2018 by Debbie Furber. Producers often wonder if genetic markers for feed efficiency based on drylot tests reflect feed efficiency on pasture where terrain, water sources and plant diversity are very different from a pen setting. Read More …
July 6, 2018 – Soil Health Field Day – Stavely Research Station
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Society for Range Management and Rangeland Research Institute have partnered to hold a field day at Stavely Research Station!
July 5, 2018 – Soil Health Field Day – Onefour Research Station, AB
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Society for Range Management, and Rangeland Research Institute have partnered to host a field day at Onefour Research Station!
July 4, 2018 – Range Health Field Day – Oyen, AB
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Chinook Applied Research Association, Society for Range Management and UofA Rangeland Research Institute have partnered to host a field tour in Oyen, AB!
Ranchers with burnt grassland sign up to participate in UofA study
CHAT News Today: Medicine Hat, AB May 11, 2018 by Brittney Matejka. HILDA, AB. – Researchers from the University of Alberta met with a room of ranchers affected by the devastating October wild fires near Hilda and Acadia Valley last night. Read More …
Universities partnering for research study into rangeland recovery following last October’s grass fires
CHAT News Today: Medicine Hat, AB May 2, 2018 by Charles Lefebvre. EDMONTON, AB — Universities in Alberta and Saskatchewan are partnering for a research program and study into rangeland recovery following wildfires, and they’re looking for ranchers and farmers from Read More …