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Mid-Missouri River Prescribed Burn Association: A landowner-led effort along the Missouri River
Started in 2016, the Mid-Missouri River Prescribed Burn Association is a landowner-led effort to combat the spread of trees along the Missouri River corridor in Gregory, Charles Mix, Brule and Lyman counties.
SDSU Extension program leader receives Society for Range Management Fellow Award
The Society for Range Management recently named SDSU Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources Senior Program Leader Sandy Smart a 2023 Fellow Award winner.
SDSU Extension receives $1 million contribution agreement from NRCS to protect grasslands from invasive trees
Trees are taking over the grasslands in the Northern Plains. To meet that threat, SDSU Extension recently received a $1 million contribution agreement from the Natural Resources Conservation Service to combat the spread.
