Thursday 12 March 7:30pm
Guest Speaker
Professor Pat Kennedy, Oregon State University
Can cows and raptors co-exist on a Northeast Oregon grassland?
Pat is a Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management at Oregon State University. She is
stationed at an off-campus Agricultural Research Experiment Station in northeast Oregon
and is the only vertebrate ecologist serving in this capacity (OSU has 12 off-campus
research stations designed to provide technical support for agricultural production).
Her position was requested by agricultural producers who wanted research conducted that
would assist with identifying ecological sustainability of their agricultural practices. In this
position (which she began in 2002), Pat and her colleagues have developed an integrated
research, education and outreach program for the state of Oregon on sustainable,
rangeland-based beef production. The focus of this research is to identify how
conservation value can be added to agricultural lands without economic hardship.
All welcome.
Meeting venue Life Sciences Lecture Theatre 1, Life Sciences Building, University of
Tasmania, Sandy Bay. Access and parking are from College Road or from the parking
area outside the University Centre via the pedestrian bridge over Churchill Avenue.
Enquiries Dr Eric Woehler 0438 204 565
Trish McKeown, TCT
