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Big applause for NRM Extension Specialists Pete Bauman and Sean Kelly, dedicated leaders supporting prescribed fire and prairie stewardship. Grateful for all you do! NY Times Article: nytimes.com/.../prescribed…... (Photo credit: Joe Dickie Photography)

A small collection🧺 of big gratitude🧡 from our faculty, staff, and grad students. 🍂Happy Thanksgiving!🎃

Our August 2025 Newsletter is out now! Check out the latest updates, news, and highlights here: rabbitfood.sdstate.edu/nrm-2025-augus….

Northern Plains Water Voice: Episode 1 youtu.be/vQr0brxggtk?si… via @YouTube SDSU Extension’s 1st episode of Northern Plains Water Voice Thank you David Kringen for all your hard work on this series!! 📷📷

Cynthia Anchor, a former NRM M.S. student poured her heart into researching migratory mallards in the Dakotas. Cindy is facing something unimaginable—a brain stem tumor. Any support or good thoughts can be sent her way at gofundme.com/f/help-cindy-h….

SDSU Extension’s first episode of Northern Plains Water Voice is now online! This series will focus on water resource issues in the region, giving a voice to wetlands, lakes, rivers, streams, and the fish and wildlife that depend on them. 🌎💧 🔗youtu.be/vQr0brxggtk

Last week, NRM's Mr. Abduallah Alomair successfully completed his comprehensive written and oral exams in NRM! He is studying the enhancement of alfalfa persistence in rangelands through evaluating and characterizing desirable novel morphological traits of alfalfa germplasm!!

Yesterday evening, an NRM faculty member was going about their evening when, to their utter astonishment, they spotted not one, not two, but three jackalopes standing outside of Biostress, calmly grazing on the grass before the snow arrived as if it were a perfectly ordinary day!

📢Students! The last day to drop a class is coming up next Monday, April 7th. Details on SDSU's drop grade policy are online: sdstate.edu/records-regist…. Just a few weeks to go before finals, you’ve got this!!

Last week, Mr. Walter Wafula successfully completed his comprehensive written and oral exams in NRM on Wednesday. Walter is studying the impacts of precision grazing on rangeland plant and soil carbon to determine whether these technologies can enhance carbon storage in soils.

Jeff Tillery, an SDSU Graduate Student in Dr. Severud’s lab was the first recipient of The Wild Sheep Foundation’s Midwest Chapter’s Career in Conservation Scholarship!!Congratulations Jeff! 🎉🐏 For more information visit: facebook.com/share/p/1BV8Tt…

Ever wondered how to effectively teach complex environmental topics to land managers and agency personnel? Dr. Krista Ehlert, Assistant Professor and Extension State Range Specialist helped developed The Stream Guide for western #sodak. Read more here: #ab005" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A few weeks ago, NRM grad and PhD students Maddy Siller, Hannah Mulligan, Maya Pendleton, and Mercedes Batalla attended the Women in STEM event in Sioux Falls. The goal of the event was to stimulate interest in STEM careers among 8th-grade girls!!

Happy World Water Day!! What better way to celebrate than with a new SDSU Extension video series called The Northern Plains Water Voice. The first video is expected in early April. The series will focus on water resource issues in the region.

Happy World Planting Day!! Celebrate by planting native plants to create vital habitat for pollinators in your backyard. @sdstatenpi grows out thousands of plants every year for restoration work, and backyard gardens alike. Here are some behind the scenes photos!!

A few weeks ago, one of #SDSTATE NRM’s very own was featured on the news! 🎉 Master's student Karma Choki was interviewed on Keloland about her research on leopards in her home country of Bhutan. Read more about Karmas research here: keloland.com/news/local-new…

Happy St Patrick's Day from #sdstatenrm!!☘️

Recent SDState NRM Graduate, Dr. White's study on habitat selection in the plains spotted skunk was recently published and selected by the co-editors-in-chief to be the Editors’ Choice article for February!! Read the article here: cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cj…

Happy Spring Break!!☀️🌼 We hope everyone has a fun, sunny, and relaxing spring break!!

Happy International Women’s Day!!🎉 Here are just a few of the many amazing women we are proud to have in our department!!