The theme for the Fall 2002 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Center for Grassland Studies Seminar Series is Grassland Ecosystems. Below is a list of speakers and their topics. All seminars, which are open to the public, are 3:00-4:00 p.m. in the East Campus Union. Refreshments served, compliments of the Leu Foundation.
If you have questions, please call the Center office at 402/472-4101.
    8-26
Martin Massengale, UNL, Center for Grassland Studies 
Introduction to the Seminar (for students taking for credit)
    9-9
Wallace Wilhelm, USDA, Agricultural Research Service and UNL, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
“Using Crop Residue as a Biofuel”
    9-16
 John Kimble, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service
“Carbon Sequestration and Grasslands”
    9-23
 Rob Mitchell, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
“Prescribed Burning: A Hot Topic in Ecosystem Management”
    9-30*
Rick Darke, author, photographer, and landscape design consultant
“Celebrating Grasses in the American Landscape”
    10-7
Duane Hovorka, Nebraska Wildlife Federation
"Wildlife and Grasslands”
    10-14**
Vivien Allen, Texas Tech U., Department of Plant and Soil Science 
“Grassland Ecosystems: Pieces of the Puzzle”
    10-21
 No seminar
    10-28
Kathleen Keeler, UNL, School of Biological Sciences

“Populations of Native Prairie Plants: Individual Lifespans and Turnover Rates”
    11-4
 Video from a previous seminar given by Richard Hartnett, Kansas State U. "Fire and Rangeland Management Research on the Konza Prairie" 
    11-11
No seminar
    11-18
 Kim Stine, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service
“Ecological Site Descriptions for Rangelands”
    11-25
 Steve Merkel, Landscapes Unlimited, Inc.
“Environmental Aspects of Arbor Links Golf Course”
    12-2
 Kristal Stoner, Graduate Student, UNL, School of Biological Sciences
“The Effect of Tallgrass Prairie Fragmentation on the Diversity of Insects”
    12-9
 Richard Clark, UNL, Department of Agricultural Economics, West Central Research and Extension Center
“Conservation Aspects of the 2002 Farm Bill”

Videotapes of most seminars are available for onsite viewing or checkout from the CGS reference center, 221 Keim Hall.
* Seminar at 3:30, preceded by an informal visit with the speaker beginning at 3:00.
** Leu Distinguished Lecturerer for 2002

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