February 2, 2010

Briar Cliff Students Attend Tallgrass Prairie Management Seminar

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Environmental science students at Briar Cliff University recently returned from the Sixth Annual Tallgrass Prairie Management Seminar in Beatrice, Neb.  

Attending the seminar were BCU students Erik Lindsay of Pierce Neb., Brian Souder of Rockwell City, Iowa, and Craig Samek of Sioux City. While at the event, students heard environmental experts address the ecological history of North American grasslands, restoring oak woodlands, weed management and patch burn grazing, among other timely topics.

“I was truly grateful for this opportunity to be introduced to new ways of maintaining the balance of a delicate ecological system, as well as seeing land owners and scientists cooperate in this project,” said Samek, a senior at BCU.

“Attending this seminar has given these students an excellent start on the prairie ecology course we offer at BCU during Term III, which begins March 1,” said Brian Hazlett, Ph.D., director of environmental science and professor of biology, who accompanied the group to Beatrice.

For information about BCU’s upcoming environmental science and ecology courses and events, please email brian.hazlett@briarcliff.edu.

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 28 states.  Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care and compassion. For more information, please visit www.briarcliff.edu.

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