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Welcome to the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science at UNR.
We are a vibrant community of faculty and students that work across diverse but integrated disciplines to address the management, conservation, restoration, and sustainability of the natural resources and environments of Nevada and the Great Basin region of the western USA .
Find out more by checking out this website or by contacting us directly.
Kurt Pregitzer
Department Chair
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Can Repeated Burning Of Cheatgrass Dominate Rangelands Be Used To Restore Sagebrush Steppe? |
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Many studies have shown that cheatgrass growth is inhibited with nitrogen availability. Other studies have shown that fire causes the volatilization of nearly all nitrogen in the material that is burned. In this study, we are investigating the possibility of inhibiting cheatgrass through repeated burning of it, thereby reducing nitrogen availability over the long term.
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Dale Johnson, Department of
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