Research Environment and Ecology News

University of Saskatchewan Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence

From the ground up

After a successful first year, the University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence (LFCE) continues to provide unique research opportunities for live...

A section of the Moose Horn Pass caribou fence located on the Mackenzie Mountain landscape in the Northwest Territories. Photo by Colin Laroque.

Talking to trees

Researchers date caribou fence by reading the history told in its wood.

Dr. Melissa Arcand. Photo by Gord Waldner.

Unearthing agricultural land use on First Nations

Researcher to study land use and soil quality change in order to develop a ‘roadmap’ for First Nations agricultural lands going forward.

Dan Malamura, a Master of Science student in the Department of Plant Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources, talked about his research that integrates the management approach for optimizing red clover seed production. Photo: Gord Waldner

Large crowd gathers for first annual summer field day for producers

Facts, friends and food - and lots of each – combined for a hugely successful first annual summer field day for producers at the Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence.

Shútagot’ıne (Mountain Dene) homeland.

USask research receives funding to restore Indigenous geographic place names

Network of Centres of Excellence of Canada has awarded Dr. Colin Laroque (PhD), professor in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources, $36,000 through the Canadian Mountain Netw...

From the left: Researcher Colin Laroque, Diane Knight and Colin Whitfield

USask researchers awarded $3.4M for projects to mitigate greenhouse gases in agriculture

SASKATOON – University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources, the School of Environment and Sustainability (SENS), and the Global Insti...