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Great Plains Grassland Management, with Jesse Nippert and Chris Helzer

5/20/2026 • 28 min

For this episode, we're joined by Jesse Nippert, Professor in Biology at Kansas State University, and Chris Helzer, Director of Science and Stewardship for the Nature Conservancy in Nebraska. They were on the show to discuss their recent BioScience article "Rethinking grassland management in the Great Plains during the era of woody plant encroachment." Play episode

The Red List Project
Prairie Strips and Pollinators, with Amy Toth and Matt O'Neal
Canopy of Titans, with Paul Koberstein
AI and Ecosystem Modeling, with Scott Spillias and Beth Fulton
A Cautionary Tale of Ecoservice Valuation, with John Van Stan
BIOFAIR to Solve Key Challenges
Socioeconomics, Biodiversity, and Birdsong Beats, with Diego Ellis Soto
iNaturalist and Biodiversity Research, with Brittany Mason and Corey Calla…
Science Storytelling, with Kristy Ferraro and Adam Meyer
Systemic Sexism in Academia, with Olivia del Giorgio, María Piquer-Rodrígu…
Urban Rewilding, with Patt Finnerty
Drones in Fieldwork, with Thilina Surasinghe, Kunwar Singh, and Amy Frazier
Moving Beyond Crisis and Ecological Grief, with Marco Malavasi
Gentoo Penguins in the Falklands, with John Bates, Sushma Reddy, and Racha…
Coalition-Building for Labor Actions in Life Sciences Departments, with As…
The Morris Animal Foundation Golden Retriever Lifetime Study, with Kelly D…
Live from the SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference
"Pocosin" and Respect for Indigenous Knowledge Systems, with Ryan Emanuel
Communicating Truth, with Michael Patrick Lynch
CAM Plants, with Kailiang Yu, Paolo D'Odorico, and Scott Collins
Flood Ecology, with Paul Humphries
Long-Term Coral Reef Monitoring, with Peter Edmunds
A Lunar Biorepository to Preserve Biodiversity, with Mary Hagedorn
Soundscape Ecology, with Bryan Pijanowski
Live from the Association of Southeastern Biologists Annual Meeting
One Health (and more) with DeeAnn Reeder
Spy Satellites for Ecology, with Catalina Munteanu and Volker Radeloff
Pollinator Roadside Habitat, with Thomas Meinzen, Diane Debinski, and Laur…
Shipwreck Ecology, with Avery Paxton, Chris Taylor, and Melanie Damour
The Global Women in Herpetology Project (and Book), with Sinlan Poo
The Re-Envisioning Culture Network, with Simone Soso
Rewilding Governance, with Jeremy Bruskotter and John Vucetich
READI-Net, with Adam Sepulveda
Organization of Biological Field Stations
On Site at the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Wolf Recovery and Its Challenges, with David Mech and David Ausband
A Dispatch from the AIBS Congressional Visits Day
The Past, Present, and Future of Water, with Peter Gleick
50 Years of SACNAS, with Executive Director Juan Amador
Under the Weather with John Van Stan: Scientists Should Spend More Time in…
Talking Science, Policy, and Congressional Visits with the Emerging Public…
Food Security in High Mountains of Central Asia, with Roy Sidle
Nature's Chefs, with Robert Dunn and Pia Sörensen
Evolution in the City: Urban Wildlife Coloration with Samantha Kreling
Richard Hill Discusses "Living Naked in the Cold"
Urban Green Spaces with Brenda Lin and Erik Andersson
Roberto Efraín Díaz
Neoclassical Economics from a Biologist's Perspective: Charles A. S. Hall
In Their Own Words: Osvaldo Sala

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