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Pete Bauman

Pete Bauman

Title

SDSU Extension Natural Resources and Wildlife Field Specialist

Office Building

Off-Campus

Mailing Address

SDSU Extension Watertown Regional Center
1910 W Kemp Ave
Watertown, SD 57201

Biography

I have been with South Dakota State University Extension as a range field specialist since October 2012. I specialize in range, pasture and grassland management with an emphasis on educating producers about how profitability and ecological balance are complimentary. Focus areas/areas of interest also include alternative grassland management tools such as fire, biological control, controlled grazing and reduction of artificial chemical inputs for systems health. Prior to South Dakota State University, I was a land manager for The Nature Conservancy for their southwest Minnesota and Eastern South Dakota programs.
If you would like my CV or more information, please feel free to contact me at my SDState email address noted above. Thank you!

Education

  • B.S. in environmental management | 1996
  • B.S. in wildlife and fisheries sciences | 1996
  • M.S. in wildlife and fisheries sciences with large mammal ecology emphasis | South Dakota State University | 1998

Academic Interests

  • Land use history/change
  • Praire ecology
  • Grassland habitats and management of the Northern Great Plains

Committees and Professional Memberships

  • South Dakota Society for Range Management
  • National Society for Range Management
  • South Dakota section for The Wildlife Society
  • South Dakota Grassland Coalition
  • South Dakota Soil Health Coalition

Extension Responsibilities

Pete supports the citizens of South Dakota in his role as an SDSU Extension Range Field Specialist in Watertown.

Areas of Research

  • Land use history and change
  • Fire ecology
  • Alternative weed management

Department(s)