Great Plains Grassland Management, with Jesse Nippert and Chris Helzer

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on grassland management in the Great Plains with experts Jesse Nippert and Chris Helzer.

For this episode, we're joined by Jesse Nippert, Professor in Biology at Kansas State University, and Chris Helzer, Director of Science and Stewardship for the Nature Conservancy in Nebraska. They were on the show to discuss their recent BioScience article "Rethinking grassland management in the Great Plains during the era of woody plant encroachment."

People in this episode

Guests: Jesse Nippert, Chris Helzer

Topics covered

• grassland management
• Great Plains
• woody plant encroachment
• biodiversity
• ecology

Keywords

• grassland management
• Great Plains
• woody plant encroachment
• biodiversity
• ecology
• Nature Conservancy
• Kansas State University

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kansas State University, Nature Conservancy

Books & works: Rethinking grassland management in the Great Plains during the era of woody plant encroachment

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