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Fall 2026 Department of Natural Resource Management Seminar Series (NRM 790)

Day and time: Friday at 10-10:50 a.m. Central Time
Classroom: Edgar S. McFadden Biostress Laboratory Room 103 and Zoom
(Updated on Aug. 21, 2026)

Aug. 28

Josh Leffler, Assistant Department Head
Natural Resource Management Introductions and Department Announcements

Sept. 4

John Cook, SDSU Department of Biology and Microbiology
(Host: Josh Leffler)
Utilizing Geometric Morphometrics in Functional Morphology

Sept. 11

Raghav Sriram Yogeeswari, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Naturalist and School Program Coordinator
(Host: Sandy Smart)
Outdoor Education and Wildlife Management

Sept. 18

Josh Leffler, Sandy Smart, Jiyoung Kim
Graduate Program Basics: Who, What, When, Where and Why.

Sept. 25

Mark "Merriwether" Vorderbruggen, Foraging Texas
(Host: Zavaleta Cheek)
Space Farmer – Surprising Difficulties of Growing Plants Off Earth

Oct. 2

Trevor Vannatta, Biology University of Minnesota-Mankato
(Host: Bill Severud)
TBD

Oct. 9

TBD

Oct. 16

TBD

Oct. 23

Rachel Short, SDSU Natural Resource Management West River
(Host: Sandy Smart)
Functional Traits Indicate Mammalian Responses to Environmental Change across Spatial and Temporal Scales

Oct. 30

TBD

Nov. 6

Rocco Murano, SDGFP
(Host: Joshua Stafford)
Two-Tier Duck Harvest

Nov. 13

Mikayla Call, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
(Host: Christy Wails)
Bridging Science and Action: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ to Support the Management of Coastal Ecosystems in a Changing World

Nov. 20

Alexej Siren, University of North Dakota
(Host: Josh Leffler)
Integrating Theory and Novel Monitoring to Conserve Wildlife in a Changing World

Nov. 27

No Seminar - Thanksgiving Break

Dec. 4

Carrie Olson-Manning, Augustana Biology
(Host: Katie Wenzell)
The Consequences of Hybridization in Milkweeds (Asclepias speciosa and syriaca) on Chemical Ecology