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                        <title>Ecosystem Science and Management Department</title>
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                        <description>What's new at the Ecosystem Science and Management Department, Texas A&amp;M University.</description>
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						<title>Wetlands of the Southeastern US Field Trip</title>
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<p><a href="http://essm.tamu.edu/{localLink:1484}"
title="Wetlands of the Southeastern US Field Trip">Wetlands of the
Southeastern US Field Trip May 2009</a></p>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:40:24 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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						<title>Green Invader</title>
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<p><a href="http://rgs.tamu.edu/publications/green-invader">Green
Invader - Georgianne Moore is looking at Arundo's effect on water
relations and management</a></p>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:18:00 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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						<title>Candace Seeve receives Outstanding Student Award</title>
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<p><a href="http://essm.tamu.edu/{localLink:1482}"
title="Candace Seeve receives Outstanding Student Award">Candace
Seeve receives Outstanding Student Award in Molecular and
Environmental Plant Sciences</a></p>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:43:12 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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						<title>Dr. Mark Tjoelker awarded top faculty honors</title>
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<p><a href="http://essm.tamu.edu/{localLink:1480}"
title="Dr. Mark Tjoelker awarded top faculty honors">Dr. Mark
Tjoelker awarded top faculty honors in Molecular and Environmental
Plant Sciences</a></p>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:25:49 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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						<title>South Africa/Botswana Study Abroad Trip</title>
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<p><a href="http://www.aggiesinafrica.com/">South Africa/Botswana
Study Abroad Trip</a></p>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 11:19:43 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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						<title>Dr. Ben Wu - 2009 Winner</title>
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<p><a
href="http://dmc-news.tamu.edu/templates/?a=7695&amp;z=15">Dr. Ben
Wu has been recognized as one of two recipients of the 2009
Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence Award at Texas
A&amp;M</a></p>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 09:12:51 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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						<title>Morgan Oliver, Leader and Influencer</title>
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<p><a href="http://coals.tamu.edu/news/4-2009-oliver.php">Morgan
Oliver, Leader and Influencer</a></p>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:37:59 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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						<title>Paper on biomass assessment</title>
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<p><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2008.09.009">Paper on
biomass assessment with lidar is in ScienceDirect's Top 25 Hottest
Articles in remote sensing (Zhao, K., S. Popescu, and R. Nelson,
2009)</a></p>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:34:05 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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						<title>Generations on the Land</title>
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<p><a
href="http://sandcounty.net/programs/landholder/LCA/Generations/">Generations
on the Land: Working for Land Stewardship</a></p>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:17:46 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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						<title>Study-abroad course benefiting range students</title>
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<p><a href="http://agnews.tamu.edu/showstory.php?id=1127">ESSM
Faculty-led Study Abroad Opportunity in Southern Africa</a></p>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:34:31 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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						<title>Poster Session Winner</title>
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<p><a href="http://essm.tamu.edu/{localLink:1449}" title="Poster Session Winner">Poster
Session Winner - First place Ecology/Conservation Taxonomy</a></p>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:29:55 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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						<title>Christopher Cheleuitte-Nieves</title>
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<p><a href="http://essm.tamu.edu/{localLink:1444}"
title="Christopher Cheleuitte-Nieves">ESSM student, Christopher
Cheleuitte-Nieves receives 2nd place in the Graduate Oral Research
Content, Indianapolis, Indiana</a></p>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:37:16 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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						<title>EIS Poster Competition</title>
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<p><a href="http://essm.tamu.edu/{localLink:1443}" title="EIS Poster Competition">ESSM
Students Capture 3 of 4 Awards in Ecological Integration Symposium
Poster Competition</a></p>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:36:57 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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						<title>Plant Identification Team</title>
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<p><a href="http://essm.tamu.edu/{localLink:1442}"
title="Plant Identification Team">Undergraduates excelled at the
Society for Range Management Annual 2009 meeting held in
Albuquerque NM</a></p>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:36:43 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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						<title>Range society honors AgriLife researchers</title>
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<p><a href="http://agnews.tamu.edu/showstory.php?id=1044">Range
society honors AgriLife researchers, Dr. Steven G. Whisenant and
Dr. Jerry W. Stuth</a></p>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:36:26 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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						<title>All-Star Advisors</title>
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<p><a
href="http://aglifesciences.tamu.edu/news/2-2009-advisors-presidents.php">
Heather Haliburton receives President's Award for Academic
Advising</a></p>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:35:40 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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						<title>Cheryl Yeager</title>
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<p><a
href="http://aglifesciences.tamu.edu/news/12-2008-meritorious.php">Cheryl
Yeager receives 2008 President's Meritorious Service Award</a></p>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:35:04 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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						<title>ESSM student takes 2nd prize</title>
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<p><a href="http://essm.tamu.edu/{localLink:1438}"
title="ESSM student takes 2nd prize">ESSM student takes 2nd prize
in SSSA poster competition</a></p>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:34:18 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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						<title>2008 COALS Award</title>
						<link>http://essm.tamu.edu/awards-and-merits/2008-coals-award.aspx</link>
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<p><strong><a href="http://essm.tamu.edu/{localLink:1437}"
title="2008 COALS Award">2008 Outstanding Alumni - T. Michael
O'Conner</a></strong><br />
Class of '77, B.S. Range Science, Fifth Generation Texas Cattleman,
Texas A&amp;M University Board of Regents.</p>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:32:12 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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						<title>Afghanistan PEACE</title>
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<p><a
href="http://agnews.tamu.edu/showstory.php?id=1003">Agriculture
project helps bring 'PEACE' to Afghanistan</a></p>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:44:23 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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						<title>Silvilaser</title>
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<p><a href="http://silvilaser.tamu.edu">9th international
Silvilaser conference on lidar applications for assessing forest
ecosystems - October 14-16, 2009</a></p>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:41:57 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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						<title>Dr. Feagin: Dune and dirty</title>
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<p><a href="http://essm.tamu.edu//default.aspx?umbPage=1135"
title="Dr. Feagin: Dune and dirty">Dune and dirty: Hurricane
teaches lessons through ecosystem research</a></p>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:34:48 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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						<title>New Online Degree</title>
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<p><strong>NEW online degree:<br />
</strong> <a href="http://dist-ed.tamu.edu/MNRD.html">Master of
Natural Resource Development</a></p>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:40:12 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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						<title>New Undergraduate Degree</title>
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<p><strong>NEW undergraduate degree:</strong><br />
<a href="http://essm.tamu.edu/media/248/ecordegreead.pdf">Ecological
Restoration</a></p>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:38:20 GMT</pubDate>                                                                               
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