SNR announces fall research seminar series schedule

UNL's School of Natural Resources has announced the schedule for its fall research seminar series.
UNL's School of Natural Resources has announced the schedule for its fall research seminar series.

UNL's School of Natural Resources has announced the schedule for its fall research seminar series. All of the seminars will take place on Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. in the Hardin Hall auditorium. Hardin Hall is located on UNL's East Campus. The seminars are free and open to the public.

• Oct. 14
"Using a Water Budget Analysis to Understand Surface Water and Groundwater Interaction"

Presented by Duane Woodward, district hydrologist, Central Platte Natural Resources District

• Oct. 28
"Communicating Human Dimensions Findings to Non-technical Audiences: The Potential for Conflict Index"

Presented by Jerry Vaske, professor of human dimensions of natural resources, Colorado State University

• Nov. 4
"Attempting a Conservation '0 to 60': Sampling and Detection, Life History and Habitat Use, and Correlates of Widespread Extirpation in Bridle Shiner"

Presented by Jason Vokoun, associate professor and director, Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Center, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut

• Nov. 11
"Water Law Update"

Presented by Anthony Schutz, associate professor of law, University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law

• Nov. 18
"The Impact of Climate and Irrigation on Crop Yields"

Presented by Tara Troy, assistant professor of water resources engineering, Lehigh University

• Dec. 9
"A Species of Special Conservation Concern Occupying Anthropogenic Habits: Studies of Piping Plovers in the Great Plains"

Presented by Mary Bomberger Brown, research assistant professor and program coordinator, Tern & Plover Conservation Partnership, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

For more information, including speaker bios and seminar abstracts, please visit http://go.unl.edu/rvnn.

More details at: http://go.unl.edu/rvnn