WELCOME TO THE LIVESTOCK LOUNGE

 “Be it deep or shallow, red or black, sand or clay, the soil is the link between
​the rock core of the earth and the living things on its surface.” 
- Roy W. Simonson, USDA Yearbook of Agriculture, 1957

DIXIE CROWE

Photo by Karen Vaughn.
I'm a soil science Ph.D. student at the University of Wyoming. My research in the Bighorn Basin looks at soil-plant interactions in fall cover crops in two tillage treatments, two irrigation levels on the research station, and soil-plant-livestock interactions on cooperator farms. My interest in soil intersects with forage and rangeland livestock production. Previously, I volunteered for the NRCS Soil Survey, updating a data entry manual for PedonPC for U.S. Forest Service historical field data forms and entering 1980s data from Washington and Idaho post Mount Saint Helens eruption. Along with a master's of natural resource stewardship in rangeland ecology from Colorado State University, I benefited from two soil field surveys to inform grazing management planning for the National Park Service in Dinosaur National Monument on both the Colorado side in 2018 and the Utah side in 2017.  For two and a half years, I was a non-competing graduate student member of the Colorado State University Soil Judging Team.
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I have a full resume on LinkedIn.

What You'll Find Here at The Livestock Lounge

I love to write about what I'm learning, experiencing and focused on
when I can find the time between classes, work, and creative projects.
I also keep my portfolio here, both journalism pieces, photography, and art work in different media.  
​(Yup, all the artwork & photos on here are mine)

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