Prairie’s Got the Goods Week 2019
Native Prairie –it’s more than just grass! Learn about the goods and services provided for us by our grasslands!
Join us for daily webinar presenations! Watch from your own home or office! This event is FREE and everyone is welcome to particpate!
March 17-23, 2019
Our presentation schedule is still in the works! Stay tuned for more information.
Updated Prairie’s Got the Goods Week Schedule
| Monday March 18 | Tuesday March 19 | Wednesday March 20 | Thursday March 21 | Friday March 22 | |
| 12:00pm MST | Topic: The Prairie Commons Project
By: Katie Doke Sawatzky, Prairie Commons |
ALUS in the Little Saskatchewan River
Conservation District By: Colleen Cuvalier, ALUS Canada – Manitoba |
Topic: Prairie Wetlands
Pascal Badiou, Ducks Unlmited Canada |
Topic: Does Livestock Grazing Regulate Soil Carbon in Northern Temperate Grasslands?
Dr. Edward Bork, University of Alberta |
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| 3:00pm MST | Presentation: Beef and Biodiversity: How CRSB is driving advancement in beef sustainability
By: Monica Hadarits, Canadian Roundable for Sustainable Beef |
Presentation: Native grassland and its importance to grassland songbirds
Sarah Ludlow, Nature Conservancy of Canada |
Presentation: Wetlands, Flood Control and Ecosystem Services in the Smith Creek Drainage Basin: A Case Study in Saskatchewan
By: Presenter: John Pattison-Williams, Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, University of Alberta |
Topic: The influence of grazing management on plant community diversity and production across Western Canada
By: Jessica Grenke, PhD Student at the University of Alberta |
Don’t miss a webinar presentation by Ruaraidh Petre, Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef on Tuesday April 2nd, 2019 at 10:00am MST.