The Nebraska Invasive Species Project, based at SNR, is coordinating efforts across agencies to repel biological intruders such as zebra mussels and the common reed that can wreak havoc with ecosystems and interfere with intake pipes and other vital infrastructure. Continue reading…
More details at: http://go.unl.edu/yox
Students Today Leaders Forever is organizing a Pay It Forward bus tour to Washington, D.C., over spring break that will include stops along the way to provide volunteer service. Continue reading…
Walter Dodds of Kansas State University will present "Valuation of Freshwater Ecosystem Goods and Services," at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 29, in the Hardin Hall auditorium. His talk is part of the Spring 2012 Water Seminar Series, sponsored by SNR and the Nebraska Water Center. Continue reading…
Karina Schoengold, Ag Econ and SNR, will present "Contentious Choices: The Role of Economics and Policy in Global Water Management" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, in the Nebraska Union on City Campus. Her talk is part of the Nebraska Colloquium.
Raghavan Srinivasan of Texas A&M University will talk about "Review of Water Quantity and Quality Applications of the SWAT Model in the USA” at 11 a.m. Friday, March 2, in Room 111 of the Scott Engineering Center on City Campus. His talk is part of the Spring 2012 Water Seminar Series. Continue reading…
Shelby Buettner, a Ph.D. student in Human Dimensions at SNR, was accepted to the Duke Program on Global Policy and Governance Summer in Geneva. She'll spend several weeks this summer in Switzerland working with either the United Nations or the World Health Organization. Continue reading…
Michael Veres will present "The effect of the Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation on precipitation in the central U.S." as the Applied Climate Science graduate student seminar at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, in Hardin Hall 901.
Planners of this summer's Water and Natural Resources Tour found themselves deluged with options as they investigated informative visits to sites that were part of the 2011 Missouri River Basin flooding. Continue reading…
More details at: http://go.unl.edu/sqd