Natural Resources Management: Recent submissions
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Improving nitrogen management, including the use of cover crops, in North Dakota cropping systems
(North Dakota State University, 2024)Crop production in North Dakota covers nearly 64 million ha, playing a crucial role in the state’s economy. However, wide-spread agriculture also poses environmental risks resulting from soil erosion and loss of N to ground ... -
Factors Influencing the Implementation of Community-Wide Recycling Programs
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The purpose of this study was to determine how the social, economic, political, and administrative factors within a community influence the implementation of community-wide recycling programs. More specifically, this ... -
Assessment of Ecotourism on Community Development: Case of Ecotourism and the Ely Community
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This study evaluated ecotourism in Ely, Minnesota, gateway to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and the International Wolf Center. The study used Flora and Flora's (2008) community capitals framework to ... -
Impact of Rogun Dam on Downstream Uzbekistan Agriculture
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Strains among the states of Central Asia caused by overuse of the region's scarce water resources have been increasing in recent years. This is especially true for the relations between Tajikistan, upstream, and Uzbekistan, ... -
Effect of Aminopyralid on Crop Rotations and Native Forbs
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Aminopyralid often is used for invasive weed control in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land. As CRP land is returned to crop production, aminopyralid persistence in soil could limit future planting options. Field ... -
Factors Influencing the Current Residential Energy Related Building Practices in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The aim of the present study is twofold, develop a quantitative understanding of the current residential building practices related to energy efficiency in North Dakota and combine that understanding with an exploratory ... -
A Plan to Reduce Water Poverty in the Fertile Crescent: Getting from Science to Solutions.
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Water scarcity is an ever-growing worldwide problem. In particular, most Fertile Crescent (FC) countries (i.e., Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine and Israel) face severe problems related to water scarcity. Growing ... -
The Evaluation of Soil Carbon Levels on Post-contract Conservation Reserve Program Lands in Southwestern North Dakota using Multiple Agricultural Use Practices
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) removes highly erodible lands from production for a contract period of 10 to 15 years. During the contract period permanent vegetation cover is established, allowing biological, ... -
Developing Machine Learning and Deep Learning Soil Moisture Models for Precision Agricultural Applications
(North Dakota State University, 2023)Monitoring soil moisture is increasingly becoming a research focus in the fields of agriculture, hydrology, meteorology, and ecology. While soil moisture measurements at points (<1 m²) and their estimation at larger scales ... -
Avian Use of Rice Baited Trays Attached to Cages with Live Decoy Blackbirds in Central North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The viability of a management program using DRC-1339 (3-chloro-4-methylanaline hydrochloride) rice bait and live decoy blackbirds to reduce avian depredation on sunflower was assessed. In fall 2007 and 2008, observations ... -
Relationship between Visual Obstruction Reading and Herbage Production for Ecological Sites in a Semi-Arid Climate of the Northern Plains
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Carbon nanotubes have been the main focus in science and engineering fields lately for their extraordinary properties. But carbon nanotube fabrication process is very expensive, particularly for reinforcements and ... -
Evaluating Financial, Social, and Waterbird Implications of Farming Within Wetlands Imbedded in Agricultural Fields
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Wetlands of the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) provide many ecosystem services to the region such as floodwater attenuation, maintenance of water quality, carbon sequestration, and wildlife habitat. The biophysical process ... -
Evaluating Carbon Sequestration in CRP and Restored Grasslands in the North Central U.S.
(North Dakota State University, 2009)The issue of global climate change raises a need for information on the management and mitigation of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). The knowledge of carbon (C) characteristics within land resources can be useful for ... -
Management Influences on Plant Community Composition in the Prairie Pothole Region
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Remnant prairies in the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) should serve as repositories of native plant species, yet disrupted ecological process, invasive species, potential nitrogen deposition, climate change, and numerous ... -
Adaptive Management as a Tool in the Restoration of Grassland, Wetland, and Riparian Ecosystems within the Northern Great Plains
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Four individual restoration projects were conducted across grassland, wetland, and riparian ecosystems in the Northern Great Plains, with common themes of adaptive management and enhancing native plant species presence. ... -
Understanding Water Quality, Vegetation Establishment, and Stakeholder Success for The Fargo Project: A Multi-Stakeholder Led Community-Based Green Infrastructure Project.
(North Dakota State University, 2022)The Fargo Project is a dry detention basin that holds stormwater drained from urbanized and impervious areas that serves as a component of a greater stormwater infrastructure network. The project goals were to design a ... -
The Impacts of Exotic Species on Native Bee Communities and Interactions in Novel Northern Great Plains Grasslands
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Human alterations to landscapes impose novel conditions on native plant and animal species. Exotic plants are among these changes and are presently common and prevalent across Northern Great Plains (NGP) grasslands. Their ... -
Recovery of Physical and Biological Soil Properties and Vegetation on Reclaimed Oil Well Pads in Western North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Since 2000, the oil industry in North Dakota has grown to become the fifth largest oil producing and the second largest oil production and reserve state in the country. This increase in growth and activity has contributed ... -
Plant Blindness Represents the Loss of Generational Knowledge and Cultural Identity
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Elders from the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians (TMBCI) who have gathered plants within the region have seen the plant numbers reduced and species of plants disappear. Their statements of concern for the plants ... -
Evaluation of Habitat Selection by Nesting Sharp-Tailed Grouse and Survivorship of Hens, Males, and Nests on the Grand River National Grasslands in Northwest South Dakota, USA
(North Dakota State University, 2011)Plains sharp-tailed grouse nesting habitat was evaluated on the Grand River National Grasslands (GRNG) in northwest South Dakota, in the spring and summer of 2009 and 2010. Experiment #1 was conducted across the GRNG with ...