A man on a horse and a man on foot are two different things The snow was predicted to start falling at midnight. Temple Grandin, one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World, was scheduled to speak with UW students the morning…
A $26,546 National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant to Professor Jim Heitholt is one of fourteen 2015 projects to help train and/or diversify the agricultural work force. Heitholt, head of the Department of Plant Sciences, says this planning grant will bring collaborators together from…
The 12th annual University of Wyoming Entomology Short Course brought 21 participants from 13 Wyoming counties to Laramie March 15-17 to learn the fundamentals of insects, insect eggs, pupae, ecology, and insect-caused disease diagnosis. Most participants are from the county weed and pest districts, says…
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The United States Agricultural Information Network (USAIN) in April will present honorary membership to John Tanaka of the University of Wyoming in recognition for making rangeland science more widely accessible, collecting local knowledge and strengthening knowledge networks. Tanaka is a professor and associate director of…
Three University of Wyoming students took top honors for posters and papers at the 2016 meeting of the Western Society of Weed Science in Albuquerque, March 7-10, says Associate Professor Andrew Kniss of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources plant sciences department. Carl Coburn…
Two College of Agriculture and Natural Resources graduate students earned first place honors at the 2016 Society for Range Management annual meeting in February in Corpus Christi, Texas. Kristen Gunther won first in the Ph.D. student poster competition for the poster, “Approaches for Communicating Rangeland Science:…
Christmas came a little late – or a lot early – for a Crook County 4-H’er who last year coordinated efforts to fill more than 600 shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. Grace Anderson, 15, of Devils Tower was selected as a Wyoming Top High School…
This class project gave Casper College students a warm feeling and a hot, nutritious drink for more than 650 Natrona County elementary students during their spring break March 25-April 1. Casper College students, college staff, and volunteers took turns in early March in an assembly…
Blake Hauptman began March 1 as a University of Wyoming Extension area educator in northeast Wyoming. Hauptman is based in Sundance and serves Campbell, Crook, Johnson, Sheridan, and Weston counties. Hauptman was raised on a 1,000-head cow/calf operation in Montana his father managed for over…
Deborah Battleson will join the Goshen County office of University of Wyoming Extension Monday, April 4, as the new Cent$ible Nutrition Program educator. Battleson has a background in psychology, social sciences, organizational leadership, and education. The goal of the Cent$ible Nutrition Program is to help families…
The Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory (WSVL) in Laramie has achieved full accreditation for its work to diagnose potentially high-stakes animal diseases in the Cowboy State. An eight-month review by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians culminated in March with recognition that personnel, practices, equipment,…
Roop, Kelsey: Park County UW Extension, 4-H/youth development educator (5/16)
University of Wyoming Extension rangeland specialist Derek Scasta offers new insights for landowners, livestock producers, and others interested in wildland fire in Wyoming and those planning prescribed fires. “Wildland Fire in Wyoming: Patterns, Influences, and Effects” presents a view of wildfire in the state, including…
A new University of Wyoming Extension bulletin addresses common compliance concerns for interim oil and gas reclamation on federal lands. The bulletin is a joint effort by the Bureau of Land Management and UW Extension to improve resources for field personnel to identify problems and…