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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"David",sans-serif;color:black">Please join us this Thursday, March 4<sup>th</sup> from 1:30p-2:30p as we welcome our speaker
<b>Paige Stanley</b>, Ph.D. candidate in the <b>Sustainable Livestock and Agroecology lab</b> at the
<b>Dept. of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management</b> at the <b>University of California, Davis</b>! Details on the talk below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"David",sans-serif;color:black">Title</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"David",sans-serif;color:black">: Understanding the impacts of grazing management on climate change and
rangeland health: a socio-ecological approach <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"David",sans-serif;color:black">Abstract</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"David",sans-serif;color:black">: Globally, rangelands are among the largest ecosystems, covering
an estimated 45% of the Earth’s terrestrial surface and holding ~20% of the world’s soil organic carbon (C) stock. However, these ecosystems have lost a significant amount of their C reservoir due to overgrazing and are also increasingly threatened by fragmentation
and conversion to cropland. In this talk, I’ll introduce the core pillars of my current work: 1) Characterizing the spatial heterogeneity of soil C in rangelands to inform the improved design of soil C monitoring, 2) Introduce a novel method of grazing management
termed “adaptive multi-paddock grazing” - a grazing method hypothesized to increase soil C sequestration as well as rancher livelihoods. I discuss my work trying to understand its above (vegetation shifts) and below ground (soil C) impacts. 3) I also introduce
the socio-political aspects of my work in these systems to better understand the drivers and barriers of ranchers grazing specifically for soil health outcomes. <br>
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<b>About Paige Stanley:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"David",sans-serif;color:black">“I'm a PhD candidate in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at the University of California, Berkeley working under Drs. Timothy Bowles
and Lynn Huntsinger. I received her Masters of Animal Science at the Michigan State University. The long-term goal of my research is to understand how grazing on rangelands can help to increase soil carbon and mitigate climate change while restoring landscape
health and rancher livelihoods. Specifically, my current dissertation research aims to combine knowledge about animal behavior, grazing ecology, soil science, and rancher decision making to increase soil carbon sequestration on rangelands in California. I
am particularly interested in the use of adaptive multi-paddock (AMP) grazing by ranchers to sequester soil carbon, its impacts on soil carbon persistence, and the mechanisms behind this process. Core to my work is centering ranchers throughout the research
process, ensuring that my research contributes to solving their on-the-ground challenges.”
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