NSCSS congratulates...
Nebraska students Jayden L. Speed and Kristie Phuong Vy Trinh
for being selected as delegates for the USSYP program!
for being selected as delegates for the USSYP program!
Chloe Hackbart, a high school student at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo Academy who will be attending the University of Alaska, Fairbanks in 2022 for wildlife biology & conservation.
Cariena Murray, a high school student at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo Academy who is looking at attending the University of Washington in 2022 for conservation biology.
Cariena Murray, a high school student at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo Academy who is looking at attending the University of Washington in 2022 for conservation biology.
Chloe and Cariena received an honorable mention in Esri’s 2022 National ArcGIS Online Competition for high school and middle school students for their project, "From Dirt to Soil." This is the first time Nebraska has received an honorable mention for a student story map project.
Overview
Our ArcGIS StoryMap is centered around the past and present agriculture practices in Nebraska from an ecological perspective. Within this project we discuss in depth the implications of the current western farming practices that are being employed. We also examined indigenous practices that work with the environment instead of against it, and how they have inspired some of the regenerative methods of the future. These methods are meant to not only replace the ineffective and harmful methods that are currently being widely used (such as tillage, pesticides, herbicides, feedlots, etc.), but also help the natural environment recover and flourish after years of extortion and adverse effects from these methods. The perspective of real-life farmers in Nebraska is also highlighted as we redefine the scope of realistic changes that can be made, and offer additional resources specifically for farmers who are interested in making these changes on their own farms. The overarching goal of this project was not to shame farmers that are using the methods we mention, but show them that there are other options that are more cost effective and can produce more yield year by year that are also sustainable and restorative to the environment as a whole in a palatable way.
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3ca2ad30724b445d8cb6aa050bcc0ed1
Our ArcGIS StoryMap is centered around the past and present agriculture practices in Nebraska from an ecological perspective. Within this project we discuss in depth the implications of the current western farming practices that are being employed. We also examined indigenous practices that work with the environment instead of against it, and how they have inspired some of the regenerative methods of the future. These methods are meant to not only replace the ineffective and harmful methods that are currently being widely used (such as tillage, pesticides, herbicides, feedlots, etc.), but also help the natural environment recover and flourish after years of extortion and adverse effects from these methods. The perspective of real-life farmers in Nebraska is also highlighted as we redefine the scope of realistic changes that can be made, and offer additional resources specifically for farmers who are interested in making these changes on their own farms. The overarching goal of this project was not to shame farmers that are using the methods we mention, but show them that there are other options that are more cost effective and can produce more yield year by year that are also sustainable and restorative to the environment as a whole in a palatable way.
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3ca2ad30724b445d8cb6aa050bcc0ed1
The team also created this winning project in 2021!
