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Crew members monitor a control burn conducted in May near the entrance to the Prairie Plains Resource Institute warehouse and education center northwest of Marquette.
Control burns a useful management tool for PPRI
Jacob Courtney
To some, controlled fire might seem like an oxymoron. Fire seems always a dangerous, destructive force for most of our life.
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
The Prairie Plains Resource Institute staff pictured from left: Amy Jones, Jared Sullivan, Jeff Gustafson, Mike Bullerman and Sarah Bailey.
Jones takes the helm as PPRI’s new director
Kurt Johnson
Long-time employee Amy Jones has been named executive director of the Prairie Plains Resource Institute, stepping into her new role Oct. 4.
“The board is very excited to have Amy Jones take on the executive director role for PPRI,” said board president Brad Bangs.
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Atticus Miller, left, and Willa Sharp, right, observe bumble bees and practice identifying different species that they found at Gjerloff Prairie. Katie Lamke (center), Conservation biologist with the Xerces Society, presented to students about the Nebraska Bumble Bee Atlas and helped them net bumble bees so they could be studied up close and identified as a part of a survey out on the prairie.
Young NE Ecologists debuts with more in-depth look at nature
Kurt Johnson
Five high school students completed Backpacking 101 and studied various ecosystems in the first ever Young Nebraska Ecologists program last week.
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
