Dryland Ecology and Management Lab

We are a team of plant and soil ecologists @ColoradoStateU working to make dryland ecosystems more resilient to global change

[Journal of Applied Ecology @JAppliedEcology]

Meta-analysis shows active soil-based restoration improves various aspects of soil health across global drylands 🌱

Suggests optimal site conditions and treatments for specific soil improvement goals in dryland restoration 📈

🔗https://t.co/CNljzBJs5J

[Dr. Carrie Havrilla @Carrie_Havrilla]

New @DrylandLab paper led by @LouisaKimmell. Soil restoration increases soil health across global drylands: A meta-analysis. Key results below 🧵 https://t.co/klnw1McXrj

[Dr. Carrie Havrilla @Carrie_Havrilla]

Congratulations to @DrylandLab M.S. student @LouisaKimmell on her graduation today! Louisa’s thesis explored impacts of soil restoration on soil physical characteristics and microbial communities in drylands🦠 🏜️ So proud to have served as her mentor @ColoradoStateU

[Dr. Carrie Havrilla @Carrie_Havrilla]

Today was the @DrylandLab end of semester picnic. We celebrated graduations (@LouisaKimmell @SanchezGeist), new jobs, and each other. Such a great group 🏜️🥳

[USGS Arizona @USGSAZ]

A #USGS_SBSC @FRStewardship study found that perennial cool-season and warm-season grasses will likely respond differently to #climatechange, resulting in compositional changes in western US grasslands.

Learn more 👉 https://t.co/n1ywAdbf16

@WileyEcolEvol @Carrie_Havrilla

[Dr. Carrie Havrilla @Carrie_Havrilla]

Come join our team! The CSU Dryland Ecology and Management Lab is recruiting a Postdoctoral Scholar specializing in ecological restoration, trait-based approaches, and global change ecology with a preferred start in Summer 2023! Please RT!
https://t.co/OPTNF55wfY

[Dr. Carrie Havrilla @Carrie_Havrilla]

How will perennial grass distributions respond to future #climate change? 🌾 Our new paper investigates using an integrated modeling approach: https://t.co/tboyx7sic5 #OpenScience @SethMMunson

[Dr. Carrie Havrilla @Carrie_Havrilla]

Proud PI here! @DrylandLab grad students @LouisaKimmell @AmyShaminGill and John Bacovcin are in Flagstaff this week for the Biennial Conference for Science and Management on the Colorado Plateau and SW Region! If you're around, check out their talks on #dryland #restoration!

[Dr. Carrie Havrilla @Carrie_Havrilla]

Reminder: @DrylandLab is recruiting a PhD (or a highly motivated MS) student specializing in restoration , plant traits 🌱, climate change 🏜to join our team in 2023! Start dates are somewhat flexible. For full consideration, please apply by Friday, Sept 23.

[Dr. Carrie Havrilla @Carrie_Havrilla]

Love #drylands, #restoration, and plant #traits? Exciting news! The @DrylandLab is recruiting a (fully funded) PhD student to join the lab in Spring or Fall 2023! Please check out the full position posting at https://t.co/xG0QOCc6Mm and via the link below!

[Dr. Carrie Havrilla @Carrie_Havrilla]

Had a great time visiting some successful ⁦@usdafsa⁩ Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) pollinator plantings last week with ⁦@AmyShaminGill⁩ and collaborator Lauren Porensky ⁦@USDA⁩ The bees were out! 🐝 ⁦@DrylandLab⁩ ⁦@WarnerCollege⁩

[Dr. Carrie Havrilla @Carrie_Havrilla]

Another semester (almost) in the books! @DrylandLab get together today to celebrate a semester's worth of accomplishments and our lab's first graduate, Jessie! This group fills up my cup!

[Dr. Carrie Havrilla @Carrie_Havrilla]

First-ever graduate of the @DrylandLab Jessie Fagan presented her Honors Thesis today on the effects of dryland #restoration on physical soil characteristics in the #RestoreNet project 🎉 @WarnerCollege @FRStewardship

[Dr. Carrie Havrilla @Carrie_Havrilla]

Proud PI moment: Graduate students @AmyShaminGill and @LouisaKimmell from @DrylandLab presented amazing posters at the @SERestoration Rocky Mountain Conference this week. Exciting science and wonderful posters!

[Dr. Elise Gornish @RestoreCAL]

The second paper from @AmyShaminGill's Masters is out! Restoring Palmer's agave in a Lehmann lovegrass dominated grassland in Southeastern Arizona: https://t.co/YaXIVw1FGS

[Dr. Carrie Havrilla @Carrie_Havrilla]

As the first year of the @DrylandLab draws to a close, I’m beyond impressed with all the amazing things this group has accomplished this year. Excited to see what 2022 brings.

[Dr. Carrie Havrilla @Carrie_Havrilla]

NEW #RestoreNet study led by @KathleenBalazs out today in @JEcology with @SethMMunson and Brad Butterfield. How do plant community trait distributions change in response to restoration in drylands? Find out here 👇 https://t.co/z3mwtsRy4d

[Dr. Carrie Havrilla @Carrie_Havrilla]

@DrylandLab undergraduate Extension Intern @SanchezGeist gave an AWESOME poster presentation at last night’s @csuextension forum on his research about #RestoreNet stakeholder goals and engagement. Congrats, Hunter 🎉

[Dr. Carrie Havrilla @Carrie_Havrilla]

Harvest day at the greenhouse 🌱 Dryland seedlings from the #RestoreNet project just finished battling it out with cheatgrass 🥊. Stay tuned for results from ⁦⁦@AmyShaminGill⁩ ‘s native seed mix design project! @DrylandLab⁩

[Dr. Carrie Havrilla @Carrie_Havrilla]

Amazing @DrylandLab grad students @LouisaKimmell and John Bacovcin wrapping up a productive week in the field installing two new #RestoreNet sites in southern Colorado! 🎉