Tuesday, October 12, 2021
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM (ET)
Filene Hall Filene Recital Hall
Event Type
Lecture
Contact
Department
Environmental Studies
Link
http://ems.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=31938
The
Environmental Studies and Sciences program welcomes Meredith Ellis on Tuesday,
Oct 12 at 6:30 pm in Filene Auditorium. Ellis will give a talk
entitled:
Our Grazing Lands, The Great Barrier Reef of North America:
What the Future of Ranching Means for Our Planet
Ellis,
a second-generation rancher, passionately
believes in ranching’s ability to provide nutritious food to a growing
population while leaving habitat and natural ecosystems intact. She received
her Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture with a focus on sustainability
from the University of New Mexico. Through her formal education she is very
familiar with the health and fragility of the ranch’s natural ecosystems and
knows its importance to not only the success of her operation but to the health
of our planet as a whole. The Ellis family
ranch has been a cooperator with the Noble Research Institute for two decades and
currently is involved in their Land Stewardship Program seeking to quantify the
benefits that ranchland provides to carbon sequestration, clean water, and
biodiversity, and is a member of the United States Roundtable for Sustainable
Beef and American Angus Association.
Due to Covid restrictions, only 60 ESS students and faculty will be able to attend in person, but the event will be live-streamed for everyone else. Details to follow.