Projects, Places, and People

Conducting annual monitoring and ecological health assessments for a partner ranch in south Texas using the Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health (IIRH) protocol. 

South Dakota crop-livestock integration systems examined during an investigation comparing cultivated, native prairie, and mixed used sites to identify land use legacies on soil and ecosystem functions (see Turner et al. 2018 Ecosphere here).

Pacific island beef production systems (See Tinsley et al. 2019 here)

Acequia irrigation systems of northern New Mexico (see project contributions here)

Watershed monitoring collaboration with farmers and ranchers to evaluate hydrologic functions and integrity given land use development pressures in rural working landscapes. 

Friend, collaborator, and systems thinking innovator Mike Goodman teaches the us the Production-Distribution Simulation Game a.k.a the "Beer Game" (2013). 

Students presenting at the Society for Range Management International Meeting, the Texas Section-Society for Range Management, the Veterinarians for the Advancement of Systems Thinking (VAST) Annual Conference, and the Soil and Water Conservation Society Conference.