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Ian Pepper as Regents Professors. The designation of Regents Professor is an honored position reserved for faculty scholars of exceptional ability who have achieved national or international distinction. The Regents Professor title serves as recognition of the highest academic merit and is awarded to faculty members who have made a unique contribution to the quality of the university through distinguished accomplishments in teaching, scholarship, research or creative work. "These outstanding members of our faculty exemplify everything we strive to achieve at this university," said University ...

  Energy development is one of the leading industries in North Dakota. “Successful reclamations of lands used for energy development is critical as these lands are often key to the state’s leading industry, agriculture,” says Miranda Meehan, NDSU Extension livestock environmental stewardship specialist. “The advancement of reclamation methods and strategies must continue for the sake of landowners, oil and gas industries, and the state.” To aid that effort, NDSU Extension, Dickinson State University, the Society for Range Management, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultu...

California must burn more of its forests to save them. Is the public ready? FacebookTwitterEmail 1of8 Smoke from a prescribed burn rises above Hambrecht Vineyards in Healdsburg in November.Photos by Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of8 Firefighters from Cal Fire and North Sonoma County crews set a controlled burn in Healdsburg.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of8 Firefighters with a PG&E crew spray down a tree during a controlled, intentional burn in Healdsburg in November.Photos by Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 4of8 Ne...

Farmers, ranchers and foresters know very well the value of soil carbon for the health and water holding capacity of their soil. But economic barriers limit adoption of practices that build soil carbon. No-till equipment is costly, and cover crops don’t generate revenue. Fortunately, soil carbon also has an economic value beyond its impact on crop productivity. A ton of carbon added to the soil is a ton of carbon pulled out of the atmosphere, where it acts as a greenhouse gas, warming the planet and causing economic disruption. For carbon emitters concerned about or required to mitigate ...