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		<title>Natural History for Conservation: Grasslands of the Southeastern United States</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grassland talk by Reed Noss at UGA. Natural History for Conservation: Grasslands of the Southeastern United States February 15, 2012 &#160;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=421&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Major Land Use of the United States</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Major Uses of Land in the United States, 2007 from ERS (Click on image below). By Cynthia Nickerson, Robert Ebel, Allison Borchers, and Fernando Carriazo Economic Information Bulletin No. (EIB-89) 67 pp, December 2011<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=419&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mapping tool for renewable energy resources</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Renewable Energy Lab has put together an interactive website showing best locations for a number of renewable energy sources, including biomass<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=417&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Farming for Wildlife Video</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2012/01/10/farming-for-wildlife-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<title>Southeastern Prairie Symposium</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2011/11/22/southeastern-prairie-symposium/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 14-17, 2012 Starkville, Mississippi &#160;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=410&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Agricultural Landscapes from Space</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2011/11/22/agricultural-landscapes-from-space/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[aerial photographs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some excellent images of agricultural landscapes from space from Wired magazine.  The contrast between anthropogenic and natural parts is striking.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=406&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Introduction to Native Bees</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2011/10/03/an-introduction-to-native-bees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Pollinator Partners in co-op with the Forest Service &#8211; a nicely illustrated publication on the basics of bee biology and an overview of major bee pollinators.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=404&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shelterbelts on the Prairies</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2011/10/03/shelterbelts-on-the-prairies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buffers & Corridors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out a nice guide from Agriculture &#38; Agri-Food Canada entitled &#8220;Shelterbelts &#8211; Design Guidelines for Farmyard, Field, Roadside, Livestock, Wildlife and Riparian Buffer Plantings on the Prairies.&#8221;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=401&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Ag Research</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2011/07/21/the-importance-of-ag-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everett Griner at Southeast AgNET tells us today how agriculture research is slowing down in the current economic/political environment.  This is not good for agriculture.  American farmers now compete in an ever-changing global economy.  To compete, they must innovate, and innovation means taking risks &#8211; innovative practices and crops are by definition possible (likely?) to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=396&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Native Grass Forage &#8211; New Extension Bulletins for Mid-South</title>
		<link>http://practicalconservation.org/2011/05/19/391/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 21:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new series of extension bulletins focused on native grass forage production is being produced here at UT’s Center for Native Grassland Management.  The first four are now available (see below).  Five others are planned with the first of those, Economic Implications of Growing Native Warm-Season Grasses for Forage in the Mid-South (SP731-E), becoming available [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=391&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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