Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management
Research
Developing applicable solutions to natural resource management needs, problems and policies.
Degrees
Equipping sound stewards and preparing industry leaders for careers in the public and private sector.
Extension
Disseminating science-based knowledge to landowners, industry professionals and law makers.
We are RWFM
Preparing the next generation
of natural resource stewards through teaching, research and engagement.
Saving the Great Plains with prescribed fire, mixed grazing
Rangelands in the Great Plains, and the ranchers who depend on them, are losing battles against an invasion of brush and shrubs on historical grasslands.
Ranchers are under increasing stress due to changing environmental conditions and subsequent losses of rangelands to woody plants, but a relatively new management approach shows promise in turning the tide against encroaching brush and shrubs.
