Dillon Fogarty

New paper out in Landscape Ecology @SpringerEcology How do patterns of woody encroachment drive grassland loss, near and far? Local spread (<200 m) drives transition to woody, long-dist creates new nodes of spread and advance the leading edge rdcu.be/cWdEY

One of the great success stories for grassland conservation! In Nebraska’s Loess Canyons, Setting Trees Ablaze Gives Prairie Birds a Boost audubon.org/magazine/summe… via @audubonsociety

Tracking large-scale outcomes are critical to adaptation and conservation success. Our new paper shows opportunity to build success for regional woody control strategies. Woody Plant Encroachment and the Sustainability of Priority Conservation Areas mdpi.com/851260

Join @UNL_IANR for the first Heuermann Lecture of 2020! The lecture will feature @ElenaBennett, an ecosystem ecologist and associate professor at McGill University. #HLSeries 📅 Tuesday, Jan. 14 ⏰ 7:00 PM 📍 Innovation Campus

Sometimes you need a different perspective on just how much eastern red cedar trees have swallowed our native grasslands. Google earth allows us to go back in time and wish we would have started burning 25 years ago but realizing you should have been burning 40 years ago before

Thank you Dr. Sam Fuhlendorf @okstate and Dr. Dirac Twidwell @TwidwellLab for the engaging #Keynote Presentation at the 2019 Nebraska Natural Legacy Conference. They both provided a #CallToAction to change how we think about managing rangelands in #Nebraska for #wildlife .

@DonovanTori @krismac27 Thanks @DonovanTori for putting on this great symposium!

Check out this sweet #R package by @TrashBirdEcol, @LWszola, and @gabbspalomo to assist in North American Breeding Bird Survey analyses! trashbirdecology.github.io/bbsAssistant/

@TwidwellLab members @dillon_fogarty, @ALudwig7, @CB1920 did a fieldwork blitz in the Loess Canyons of #Nebraska! They're working with ranchers to understand how #fire restores grasslands. Hint: 🔥 kills trees and encourages grass 😉 @unlagrohort @UNL_OS @RxFireNebraska

Awesome #CedarLiteracy video series by @emccready24, well done!!

Common misconceptions about Eastern redcedar can hurt efforts to maintain and restore grassy ecosystems. Get the consensus from scientists in the Great Plains agronomy.unl.edu/eastern-redced… #CedarLiteracy

"Cut and stuff" methods combine mechanical and #PrescribedFire to raise fire intensities for grassland restoration

Managing Eastern Redcedar: Mechanical Treatments or Prescribed Fire? #CedarLiteracy mediahub.unl.edu/media/11066

Does it Require Wildfire-like Conditions to Kill Eastern Redcedar? What have we learned from #prescribedfire research? @TwidwellLab #CedarLiteracy mediahub.unl.edu/media/11065

Tree planting in grassland biomes is #afforestation, the equivalent of #deforestation in forested biomes, and is especially proplematic for grasslands when planted trees are biologically invasive #CedarLiteracy mediahub.unl.edu/media/11064

Is cedar invasion simply an issue for ranchers... Or should folks in cities care, too? From the science by @TwidwellLab #CedarLiteracy mediahub.unl.edu/media/11063

How Does Cedar Impact Wildlife in the Great Plains? From a wildlife ecoligist, Dwayne Elmore of @okstate mediahub.unl.edu/media/11062

Can native species become invasive? Check out what Craig R Allen has to say about cedar in the Plains #CedarLiteracy mediahub.unl.edu/media/11061

What is theFuture of the Great Plains Without Fire? From @FuhlendorfSam mediahub.unl.edu/media/11060

Should We Use Fire to Manage Land? From John Weir #prescribedfire in Plains benefits #livelihoods #wildlife #WaterConservation #PublicEducation and has been used by people here for 1000's of years to shape the Plains iconic landscapes @RxFireNebraska mediahub.unl.edu/media/11067