University of Alberta Alumni Educated Luncheon: Cows, Carbon and Grasslands Apr. 30, 2024 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Maple Leaf Room, Lister Conference Centre, Edmonton AB To Register (cost is $18 and includes lunch) Grasslands store carbon thus offsetting climate Read More …
Category: Events
Range Seminar – Dr. Barbara Zimmerman – Grazing in Norway’s carnivore forests – Feb 27, 2024
University of Alberta Faculty of Science and the Rangeland Research Institute are hosting a guest speaker: Dr. Barbara Zimmerman from Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences Title: Grazing in Norway’s carnivore forests: Research on cattle grazing with virtual fencing technology Read More …
Range Management webinar series – Winter 2023 – SRM, RRI, and MSU
The Society for Range Management International Mountain Section in partnership with the University of Alberta Rangeland Research Institute and Montana State University are pleased to present: Range Management Webinars highlighting practical aspects of research projects taking place at the University Read More …
Field Tour – July 20, 2022 – Precision Management Tools: Innovations in Land and Animal Stewardship to Build Climate Resilience
Livestock Gentec and the Rangeland Research Institute are hosting a Field Tour at the Roy Berg Kinsella Research Ranch on July 20, 2022: Precision Management Tools: Innovations in Land and Animal Stewardship to Build Climate Resilience The agriculture industry has Read More …
March 23, 2021 – Cattle herd genetics and Ecosystems Goods & Services – seeking research study participants
Are you curious about the genetics of your cattle herd and the environmental impact this has on your ranch? The University of Alberta is seeking participants in a study on cattle genetics and ecosystem goods & services. We are having Read More …
March 15-19, 2021 – Prairie Conservation Action Plan: Prairie’s Got the Goods Week – webinar series
March 17, 2021 at 12:00 noon MT – Linking rotational grazing with greenhouse gas dynamics in grassland soils By: Dr. Edward Bork and Dr. Bharat Shrestha, University of Alberta March 19, 2021 at 12:00 noon MT – Cattle grazing Read More …
Feb 15-18, 2021 – Society for Range Management Virtual Annual Meeting: New Frontiers
RRI-affiliated researchers will be presenting at the 2021 SRM Virtual Annual Meeting: Monday, Feb 15, 2021 in the Invasive Species session Lisa Raatz – Wild licorice control following herbicide application at two growth stages in Mixedgrass Prairie, Alberta, Canada Read More …
Feb 25-27, 2020 – 7th Native Prairie Restoration/Reclamation Workshop and 5th Transboundary Grassland Partnership Workshop
MSc student, Brendan Bischoff, will be giving a presentation entitled, “Forage recovery following wildfire in the northern dry mixedgrass prairie” at the joint meeting: 7th Native Prairie Restoration/Reclamation Workshop & 5th Transboundary Grassland Partnership Workshop. Where: Ramada Plaza in Regina, Read More …
January 24, 2020 – MSc thesis defense seminar – Junhong Lui – U of A, Edmonton
Junhong Lui will present his MSc thesis defense seminar entitled “Assessment of rumen microbiota in beef heifers with different feed efficiency and managed under different feeding systems”. When: January 24, 2020 at 1:30 pm Where: Agriculture/Forestry Centre Room 3-18J All Read More …
December 11, 2019 – MSc Thesis Defense seminar – Sara Barszczewski – University of Alberta, Edmonton
Sara Barszczewski will present her MSc thesis defense seminar entitled “Simulated Livestock Soil Compaction, Plant Defoliation and Litter Removal on Extracellular Enzyme Activity and Vegetation Across a Moisture Gradient in Southern Alberta, Canada”. When: December 11, 2019 at 9:00 am Read More …