History of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences (through 2011) And Department of Natural Resource Management (as of August 2011) South Dakota State University

Contents: Chronological Listing of Significant Department Events [Page] 3 Listing of Natural Resource Management Faculty Members [Page] 33 Listing of Department Support Staff [Page] 34 Listing of Wetland Inventory Team Members [Page] 34 Courses Taught by the Department [Page] 35 Wildlife and Fisheries Type Courses Offered Before Department Formation [Page] 37 Undergraduate Curricula at Five-Year Intervals Starting in 1940 [Page] 37 Course Descriptions at Five-Year Intervals Starting in 1940 [Page] 56 Natural Resource Management Enrollments by Major [Page] 82 Officers of Departmental Clubs [Page] 84 Buffalo Banquet Speakers [Page] 87 Fiscus Speaker Endowment Recipients [Page] 88 Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Awards and Scholarship Recipients [Page] 88 Biological Sciences Graduate Awards, Ecology and Environmental Science Scholarships, and Range Science Scholarships [Page] 10

Natural Resource Management Newsletter

This is the Summer - Fall 2015 issue of the Department of Natural Resource Management newsletter

Department of Natural Resource Management Newsletter

[Page] 2-3 2018 Natural Resources Camp[Page] 4-5 Oak Lake Field Station 30th Anniversary Celebration[Page] 6-7 New Faculty in the NRM Department[Page] 8 NRM Graduate Student Awarded SARE Graduate Student Grant[Page] 9 Northern Great Plains Native Plant Research Start Up Plan[Page] 10 Precision Ag and Conservation Pilot Capstone Course[Page] 11 The Fourth National Climate Change Assessment Report[Page] 12 Removing ‘Typhoid Marys’ Restores health of Custer Bighorn Sheep Herd[Page] 13 Mallards: New technology to Gather Information on Duck Migration[Page] 14 Hobo Day 2018 Parade, and Dr. Patricia Johnson 2019 Director of Society of Range Management[Page] 15 Congratulations on Your Completion![Page] 16-19 Opportunities to support the NRM Departmen

Department of Natural Resource Management Newsletter

Welcome to the NRM seasonal newsletter [p] 1Save the Dates [p] 2NRM News: American Fisheries Society - Kansas City [p] 2Scientists monitor forests, grasslands in West Africa [p] 3Nutritional Landscapes of Caribou in Northern Alaska [p] 4News from the South Dakota Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit [p] 4Improving Bald Eagle Monitoring in Southern Alaska [p] 5Pheasant ecology in agricultural landscapes: optimizing agriculture and pheasant production [p] 12Unveiling Bison Summer Diet Selection at Northern Fringe of Historical Distribution [p] 6SDSU Range Club [p] 7Natural Resource Management Techniques (NRM 230) [p] 8Natural Resource Camp [p] 8Opportunities to support the NRM Department: [p]

Department of Natural Resource Management Newsletter

2018 NRM Award and Scholarship Banquet [page] 2Undergraduate Student Awards [page] 2 -8Graduate Student Awards [page] 9-10Faculty Award Recipients [page] 10Professor Carol Johnston [page]11Botanical Society of America Young Botanist Award [page] 11Botanical Society of America PLANTS Grant [page] 11Appreciation & Graduation Reception [page] 122017 Fall Undergraduates and Graduates [page] 122018 Spring Undergraduates and Graduates [page] 13A Sampling of our Presentations [page] 14ASF Chili Feed [page] 152018 Gamma Sigma Delta Honors Society of Agriculture [page] 16SDSU DC Bootcamp [page] 17Welcome to NRM World [page] 18Leslie Vincent Farewell Potluck [page] 19Oak Lake Field Station Spring Bird Count [page] 20Opportunities to Support the NRM Department [page] 21-2

Natural Resource Management Newsletter, Fall 2020/Winter 2021

[Page] 2 One Day for State[Page] 2 SDSU Extension NPI Range Roundup[Page] 3 Con McCrea and NRLE News[Page] 3 Pete Bauman Updates Western SD Undisturbed Land Data[Page] 4 First Annual NPI Photo Contest[Page] 4 Conservation Planning & Park Management Undergraduate Student Eagle Scout Project[Page] 5 Joe Jenks\u27 Zoom Retirement Celebration [Page] 6 NRM Affiliate Assistant Professor, Maaz Gardezi - NSF Precision Ag Project: NSF project to build farmers’ confidence in precision ag technologies[Page] 6 NRM Affiliate, Stella Liu - Faculty Feature video[Page] 7 SDSU Extension to assess farm-ranch stress statewide[Page] 8 Undergraduate Graduation 2020[Page] 9 NRM Faculty Google Scholar Profiles[Page] 10 Opportunities to support the NRM Department[Page] 11 Off Campus Research Facilities; Endowed Research Faculty[Page] 12-25 NRM 2019 & 2020 Award and Scholarship Progra

Department of Natural Resource Management Newsletter

[Page] 2 Congratulations on your graduation[Page] 3-4 NRM Award & Scholarship[Page] 5 2019 Society and Club meetings[Page] 6 Department Events[Page] 7 Retirement Receptions[Page] 8 Alumni News[Page] 9 NRM Faculty Google Scholar Profile

Natural Resource Management

This is the Spring 2016 issue of the Department of Natural Resource Management newsletter

Natural Resource Management Newsletter, January 2022

CAFES Awards: Teacher of the Year & Student Club Honorable Mention 2021NRM Affiliate Professor Receives Fulbright to NorwayService AwardsElisha YT Summer InternshipDeva Raj Khanal 2021 ASPT Research AwardGary Larson Memorial Burr Oak at Dakota Nature Park in BrookingsOak Lake Field Station Jon Haertel Undergraduate Research AwardUndergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Day (URSCAD)Seven Wokini Challenge Grants Awarded for FY 2022 - Lan XuFire School at Oak Lake Field StationUSDA project to produce wildflower seeds, improve soil healthPollinators in an Agricultural ContextWelcome new faculty members: Alison, Chris, Amanda & Jenn!Byre receives June’s Civil Service Employee of the Month AwardSDPRA Scholarship WinnersHobo Day 2021: Homecoming photos on October 29Shiva Torabian, PhD Candidate named Graduate Student of the MonthNSF SD ESPCOR Graduate Student Spotlights: Elisha YellowThunderPheasant State & Under Armour On-Field Football Merchandise to Support NRM ScholarshipsSDSU Scientists to Improve Prairie RestorationJon Jenks’s Former PhD Students were named “Fellows” of The Wildlife Society (TWS)Awards and Scholarships2020-2021 Graduation RollsNRM Faculty Google Scholar ProfilesCheck out the Active Research in NRM Happening in 2021!Opportunities to Support the NRM Departmen

Department of Natural Resource Management Newsletter

[Page] 2 Natural Resource Management Homecoming Day Float 2019[Page] 2 Faculty News[Page] 3 Fall 2019 Seminars[Page] 4 NRM Career & Job Fair, NRM Students Attend the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco, CA, and AFS Subunit News[Page] 5 NRM Botanist / Herbarium Director to analyze history of Russian thistle invasion, Native Plant Initiative, and Botanical Society of America (BSA) - SDSU Student Chapter[Page] 6 Rob Lonsinger to examine bear harvest rates in Pennsylvania, AFS-TWS Joint Meeting Fall 2019, Reno NV[Page] 7 The South Dakota Grassland Coalition[Page] 8 NRM Undergraduate Students receive College level Scholarships[Page] 9 Rob Lonsinger interviewed by National Geographic Society, Josh Leffler’s Lab in Summer 2019[Page] 10 USGS SD Cooperative Unit[Page] 11 ASPIRE: South Dakota State Joins National Alliance Aimed at Developing a More Inclusive and Diverse STEM Faculty, Lora Perkins’ Biological Invasions class took a field trip to Camelot Intermediate School in November.[Page] 12 NRM Faculty Books & Publications[Page] 13 Alumni News[Page] 14 NRM Faculty Google Scholar Profiles[Page] 15-16 Opportunities to support the NRM Departmen