Tag: Jackson Newman

Investigating Producer Responses to Grasshopper Outbreaks – Alexia Zolenski and Jackson Newman

Posted on by Josh Blake

Check out the end result of Alexia Zolenski and Jackson Newman’s project, described here! Jackson Newman – WCC Coordinator | Jackson is a master’s in environmental management candidate specializing in ecosystem conservation and management. Prior to Yale, Jackson was a community organizer in eastern Montana for a conservation and family agriculture non-profit. Jackson is particularly Read more about Investigating Producer Responses to Grasshopper Outbreaks – Alexia Zolenski and Jackson Newman[…]

Limiting that One Bad Year – Jackson Newman

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Grassland conservation depends on ranching. So, with the number of ranches dwindling across the West, and more land being developed every day, how do we support the sustainability of existing ranching operations? In my mind, sustainability in ranching is a two-sided coin. On one side, we must work to fix the market dynamics that make Read more about Limiting that One Bad Year – Jackson Newman[…]

Investigating Producer Responses to Grasshopper Outbreaks on Western Rangelands

Posted on by Josh Blake

UHPSI research assistants, Alexia Zolenski and Jack Newman, are investigating producer (farm and ranch) responses to grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks in central and eastern Montana and eastern Oregon. Every year, grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks cause significant economic damage and defoliation to western rangelands. Simultaneously, the strategies employed in managing these outbreaks, from pesticide Read more about Investigating Producer Responses to Grasshopper Outbreaks on Western Rangelands[…]