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SUMMARY:Dixie Forum: A Window to the World
DESCRIPTION:Many consider wild horses to be an iconic symbol of the west\, while others view them as agents of ecological destruction. Learn about one of the most polarizing natural resource issues in the west when Eric Thacker presents "Wild Horses in Utah: Managing Conflict" at Dixie State University's weekly lecture series "Dixie Forum: A Window on the World." \n\n\n\nDuring his Dixie Forum presentation\, Thacker will discuss what is being done to manage wild horses. He will also address the implications to rural counties and taxpayers under the current management regime as well as how to balance managing natural resources on public lands with maintaining ecological resources. \n\n\n\nThacker\, a Duchesne County native\, currently serves as the range extension specialist for Utah State University. He worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service Poisonous Plant Research lab in Logan for six years before going on to work for the service's Southern Plains Range Research Station in Oklahoma for two years and Oklahoma State University for a year and a half. He earned bachelor's and master degrees in range science and a doctorate in wildlife biology from USU. \n\n\n\nAdditionally\, as a member of the Society for Range Management since 2000\, Thacker has been involved with the organization's Undergraduate Range Management Exam as a participant\, coach and administrator. \n\n \n\nDixie Forum is a lecture series designed to introduce the St. George community and DSU students\, faculty and staff to diverse ideas and personalities while widening their worldviews via a 50-minute presentation. \n\n\n\nThe remainder of the spring Dixie Forum schedule is below. All forums will be at noon on Tuesdays in the Dunford Auditorium of the Browning Resource Center on the DSU campus. \n\n\n\nTuesday\, December 8 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): Frederick Crook Topic: The China Dream: An Interpretation of Contemporary Wall Posters\n\nTuesday\, December 15 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): No Forum (Finals week) Topic: No Forum (Finals week)
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="line-height: normal\;">Many consider wild horses to be an iconic symbol of the west\, while others view them as agents of ecological destruction. Learn about one of the most polarizing natural resource issues in the west when Eric Thacker presents &quot\;Wild Horses in Utah: Managing Conflict&quot\; at Dixie State University&#39\;s weekly lecture series &quot\;Dixie Forum: A Window on the World.&quot\;&nbsp\;</span><br style="font-family: Tahoma\, Geneva\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\;" />\n<br style="font-family: Tahoma\, Geneva\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\;" />\n<span style="line-height: normal\;">During his Dixie Forum presentation\, Thacker will discuss what is being done to manage wild horses. He will also address the implications to rural counties and taxpayers under the current management regime as well as how to balance managing natural resources on public lands with maintaining ecological resources.&nbsp\;</span><br style="font-family: Tahoma\, Geneva\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\;" />\n<br style="font-family: Tahoma\, Geneva\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\;" />\n<span style="line-height: normal\;">Thacker\, a Duchesne County native\, currently serves as the range extension specialist for Utah State University. He worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture&#39\;s Agricultural Research Service Poisonous Plant Research lab in Logan for six years before going on to work for the service&#39\;s Southern Plains Range Research Station in Oklahoma for two years and Oklahoma State University for a year and a half. He earned bachelor&#39\;s and master degrees in range science and a doctorate in wildlife biology from USU.&nbsp\;</span><br style="font-family: Tahoma\, Geneva\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\;" />\n<br style="font-family: Tahoma\, Geneva\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\;" />\n<span style="line-height: normal\;">Additionally\, as a member of the Society for Range Management since 2000\, Thacker has been involved with the organization&#39\;s Undergraduate Range Management Exam as a participant\, coach and administrator.&nbsp\;</span><br />\n<span style="line-height: 20.8px\;">&nbsp\;</span><br />\nDixie Forum is a lecture series designed to introduce the St. George community and DSU students\, faculty and staff to diverse ideas and personalities while widening their worldviews via a 50-minute presentation.&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\nThe remainder of the spring Dixie Forum schedule is below. All forums will be at&nbsp\;<span data-term="goog_1932431726" style="border-bottom-width:1px\;border-bottom-style:dashed\;position:relative\;top:-2px\;z-index:0\;" tabindex="0"><span style="position:relative\;top:2px\;z-index:-1\;">noon</span></span>&nbsp\;on Tuesdays in the Dunford Auditorium of the Browning Resource Center on the DSU campus.&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\nTuesday\, December 8 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): Frederick Crook Topic: The China Dream: An Interpretation of Contemporary Wall Posters<br />\nTuesday\, December 15 from 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Speaker(s): No Forum (Finals week) Topic: No Forum (Finals week)</span></span></span>
LOCATION:Dixie State University Dunford Auditorium
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URL:https://business.stgeorgechamber.com/events/details/dixie-forum-a-window-to-the-world-12-01-2015-7095
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