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Professional Staff
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Don Kirby
Professor and Assistant Director,
North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station
701-231-8386
donald.kirby@ndsu.nodak.edu
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Interests: Grazing
Management, Mined Land Reclamation, Wetland Ecology, Noxious Weeds.
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Kevin Sedivec
State Extension Rangeland Specialist/Associate
Professor
701- 231-7647
ksedivec@ndsuext.nodak.edu
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Interests: Range
Nutrition, Noxious Weed Management, Grazing Systems, Plant Growth
Patterns and Production, Mineral Status of Range Plants, Winter Grazing
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Carolyn Grygiel
Associate Professor Rangeland Ecology
Department of Animal & Range Sciences
Director Natural Resources Management Program
701-231-8180
carolyn.grygiel@ndsu.nodak.edu
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Interests: Prairie
Restoration, Landscape Processes, Natural Resources Management
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Mario Biondini
Professor Department of Animal and Range Sciences
701- 231-8208
Mario.Biondini@ndsu.nodak.edu
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Interests: Ecosystem
level carbon flows and nutrient cycling, grazing ecology, ecosystem
modeling, statistical ecology, spatial pattern analysis, scaling issues
in ecology, landscape ecology and plant community ecology. |
Paul E. Nyren
Director and Range Scientist
Central Grasslands Research Extension Center, Streeter, ND
(701) 424-3606
paul.nyren@ndsu.nodak.edu
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Interests:
Range ecology, Range fertilization, Range management, Natural resources
management, Use of GIS software to monitor range production and condition,
Rangeland equipment research, Conservation reserve program research
(CRP), Nature-based tourism |
Bob Patton
Assistant Range Scientist
Central Grasslands Research Extension Center, Streeter, ND
(701) 424-3606
bob.patton@ndsu.nodak.edu
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Interests:
Range ecology and grazing effects, Range management, Conservation
reserve program research, Grazing intensity research, Natural resources
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Llewellyn Manske
Range Scientist
Dickinson Research Extension Center, Dickinson, ND
701-483-2076
lmanske@ndsuext.nodak.edu
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Xuejun Dong
Range Scientist
Central Grasslands Research Extension Center, Streeter, ND
701-424-3606
Xuejun.Dong@ndsu.nodak.edu
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Interests:
Plant eco-physiology with an emphasis on plant-water relations and
gas exchange;
Soil-plant system carbon and nitrogen dynamics;Ecosystem modeling
with an emphasis on plant eco-physiology.
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Chris Schauer
Research Associate
Hettinger Research Extension Center, Hettinger, ND
701-567-4323
christopher.schauer@ndsu.nodak.edu
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Interests:
Range nutrition, Land management systesm, Livestock distribution,
Winter grazing impacts, Feedlot Nutrition, Value-added livestock |
Timothy Faller
Director
Hettinger Research Extension Center,
Hettinger, ND
701-567-432
tfaller@ndsuext.nodak.edu
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Interests:
Sheep production, brazing management systems that assist in control
of noxious weeds, reclamation of grazing lands impacted by noxious
weeds, natural resourse management, value added animal production
systems. |
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Shawn DeKeyser
Rangeland Specialist & Lecturer
701.231.7868
edward.dekeyser@ndsu.nodak.edu
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Main interest is wetland
ecology, especially wetland plant ecology and how wetland vegetation
can be used in the assessment and monitoring of prairie pothole wetlands. |
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Lynn Foss
Ag Research Tech III
701-231-7868
Lynn.Foss@ndsu.nodak.edu
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Interests
Wetland ecology with an emphasis on hydric soils, hydrology, and
remote sensing to assess levels of wetland disturbance.
Vegetative sampling and analysis of reclaimed
mined-land.
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Jack Norland
Research Specialist
701.231.9428
Jack.Norland@ndsu.nodak.edu
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Special technical skills
include knowledge of GIS, modeling of ecological systems, statistics,
field sampling under extremely difficult field conditions. |
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Luke Samuel
Rangeland Specialist
701.231.8759
luke.samuel@ndsu.nodak.edu
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Interests include noxious
weed control using integrated pest management. Also, plant ecology
and the recovery of areas after weed control.
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