The School of Natural Resources is home to talented people, many of whom the media reach out to for comments on current affairs. Check out the stories featuring SNR that got people buzzing this October.
• The Union of Concerned Scientists featured a Q&A on Oct. 11 with drought experts, Mike Hayes and Tonya Haigh, with the National Drought Mitigation Center. The two talked about the complexity of drought and mitigation efforts. Read it here: http://blog.ucsusa.org/andrea-basche/preparing-for-severe-climate-events-a-qa-with-drought-experts
• The soils team, comprised of students from SNR and Ag/Hort, were featured in the Oct.13 Journal Star for their participation in the Regional Soils Judging Competition. See the story here: http://journalstar.com/news/local/dirty-job/image_51e42303-22e5-5fee-8522-540e0b2c06e2.html. They also were featured on NET for the same competition. See that story here: http://netnebraska.org/article/news/1046817/students-test-depths-their-soil-knowledge-regional-contest
This list is not comprehensive. If you saw SNR featured in an article, blog or other news medium not included here, please forward the link and information to Shawna Richter-Ryerson at shawna@unl.edu.
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