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Using Interdisciplinary Research to Reconcile Social and Biological Needs in an Endangered Ecosystem

IGERT students conducting work in the Palouse prairie

IGERT students conducting work in the Palouse prairie

IGERT students Yaniria Sanchez de Leon, Chris Looney and Thor Hanson and undergraduate Ben Caldwell conducting research in the Palouse prairie. With NSF-IGERT funding, students at the University of Idaho have made important contributions to understanding the social and biological dimensions of efforts to preserve the remaining remnants of a native prairie ecosystem.

Credits: University of Idaho