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Spring 2026 Department of Natural Resource Management Seminar Series (NRM 790)

Day and time: Friday at 10-10:50 a.m. Central Time
Classroom: Edgar S. McFadden Biostress Laboratory Room 103 and Zoom
(Updated on January 15, 2026)

Jan. 16

Josh Leffler, Assistant Department Head
Natural resource management introductions and department announcements, etc.

Jan. 23

Jackie Ott, United States Forest Service
(Host: Josh Leffler)
The Ecological Significance of Belowground Bud Banks

Jan. 30

Henning Nottebrock, University of Freiburg
(Host: Charlie Fenster)
Better Together? Scale-Dependent Effects of Wild Pollinators and Honeybees Fade Under Insecticides

Feb. 6 – Extension Cedar Seminar Series*

Pete Bauman, Natural Resource Management Field Specialist
Part 1: Are Conservation Programs Driving Cedar Encroachment in South Dakota
(*Registration required: )

Feb. 13 – Extension Cedar Seminar Series*

Sean Kelly, Natural Resource Management Field Specialist
Part 2: Private Lands Prescribed Burn Associations are the Solution to Cedar Encroachment in South Dakota
(*Registration required: )

Feb. 20

Matthew Rigge, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center
(Host: Steve Chipps)
Rangeland Applications of Remote Sensing

Feb. 27

Jeff Kopaska, American Fisheries Society
(Host: Alison Coulter)
Walleye Challenge and Citizen Science

March 06

Rachel Meyer, Lemonly
(Host: Jenn Zavaleta Cheek)
Information Architecture + Design

March 13

J. Trevor Vannatta, Minnesota State University, Mankato
(Host: Bill Severud)
Disgust, Decision-Making, and Disco Snails: The Ecology of Parasite Avoidance

March 20

No Seminar – Spring Break

March 27

Alex Shupinski, SDSU West River
(Host: Rachel Short)
Using Fossils to Guide Ecological Conservation and Restoration of Tomorrow

April 3

No Seminar – Easter Recess

April 10

2nd Annual NRM Open House Highlighting Graduate Student Research
9 a.m. - 1 p.m. McCrory Gardens Poster Session and Awards
1 p.m. - 3 p.m. McFadden Biostress Open House

April 17

International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists Celebration
9 a.m. - 12 p.m. President Barry Dunn etc.

April 24

Andy Caven, International Crane Foundation
(Host: Michele Dudash)
An Issue of Scale: Building Coalitions to Address Wetland Habitat Connectivity Challenges in the Great Plains using a Flagship Species

May 1

Zoe Almeida, Colorado State University
(Host: Dave Coulter)
Using Behavior as a Tool to Understand and Manage Invasive Species