It is our sincere pleasure to announce the winners of the 2018 SRM Graduate Student Oral Paper and Poster Competitions.
The First and Second Place winners for each of the Competitions are:
MS ORAL PRESENTATION:
1st Place: Torrey Ritter, Montana State University
“Ecosystem Pioneers: Examining Beaver Dispersal and Settlement Site Selection to Improve Riparian Restoration Efforts”
2nd Place: Ryan Call, Brigham Young University
“Emerging Seed Enhancements to Improve Sagebrush Post-Fire/Restoration Seeding Success”
PHD ORAL PRESENTATION:
1st Place: Rory O’Connor, Kansas State University
“Fire and browsing effects on woody encroached grasslands”
2nd Place: Colin Tobin, New Mexico State University
“Potential of Accelerometers to Remotely Detect Diseases, such as Bovine Ephemeral Fever in Cattle”
MS POSTER PRESENTATION:
1st Place: Rhoda Aderinto, Texas A&M University – Kingsville
“Managing cowherd dynamics in common-pool forage resource systems characterized by poor forage quality and productivity”
2nd Place: Devon Snyder, University of Nevada, Reno
“Research in Progress: Quantifying Plot-level Canopy Interception of Rainfall by Mountain Big Sagebrush”
PHD POSTER PRESENTATION:
1st Place: Jasmine Bruno, Colorado State University
“A Systematic Review of US Rangeland Social Science”
2nd Place: Flavie Audoin, University of Arizona
“Raramuri Criollo, a Cattle Breed Adapted to Semi-arid and Arid Rangelands, which Produces High Quality Meat”
Please join us in congratulating these students on their accomplishments! We would like to thank and commend all students who participated, and hope to see you at the 2019 SRM meeting in Minneapolis, MN.
Sincerely,
Kasey DeAtley and Marc Horney
Co-Chairs, SRM Graduate Student Competitions Sub-Committee