![PhD student Grace Schuster measures the average depth of litter on the ground during vegetation sampling. She is working in a pasture southwest of North Platte. July 6, 2022. Photo by Iris McFarlin, AWESM Lab Communications.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220706_AWESM_Lab_040.jpg)
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![PhD student Grace Schuster uses a Daubenmire frame to measure the percent cover, frequency, and composition of vegetation. She is working in a pasture southwest of North Platte. July 6, 2022. Photo by Iris McFarlin, AWESM Lab Communications.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220706_AWESM_Lab_038.jpg)
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![PhD student Grace Schuster and field technician Hunter Swanson carry equipment for measuring vegetation. They are working in a pasture southwest of North Platte. July 6, 2022. Photo by Iris McFarlin, AWESM Lab Communications.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220706_AWESM_Lab_035.jpg)
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![PhD student Grace Schuster looks and listens for different bird species during point counts, which are used to help measure wild bird species richness and abundance. She is working in a pasture southwest of North Platte. July 6, 2022. Photo by Iris McFarlin, AWESM Lab Communications.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220706_AWESM_Lab_033.jpg)
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![A pasture southwest of North Platte. July 6, 2022. Photo by Iris McFarlin, AWESM Lab Communications.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220706_AWESM_Lab_031.jpg)
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![PhD student Grace Schuster looks and listens for different bird species during point counts, which are used to help measure wild bird species richness and abundance. She is working in a pasture southwest of North Platte. July 6, 2022. Photo by Iris McFarlin, AWESM Lab Communications.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220706_AWESM_Lab_030.jpg)
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![A pasture southwest of North Platte. July 6, 2022. Photo by Iris McFarlin, AWESM Lab Communications.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220706_AWESM_Lab_029.jpg)
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![A pasture southwest of North Platte. July 6, 2022. Photo by Iris McFarlin, AWESM Lab Communications.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220706_AWESM_Lab_027.jpg)
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![A pasture southwest of North Platte. July 6, 2022. Photo by Iris McFarlin, AWESM Lab Communications.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220706_AWESM_Lab_026.jpg)
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![A pasture southwest of North Platte. July 6, 2022. Photo by Iris McFarlin, AWESM Lab Communications.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220706_AWESM_Lab_025.jpg)
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![PhD student Grace Schuster looks and listens for different bird species during point counts, which are used to help measure wild bird species richness and abundance. She is working in a pasture southwest of North Platte. July 6, 2022. Photo by Iris McFarlin, AWESM Lab Communications.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220706_AWESM_Lab_022.jpg)
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![PhD student Grace Schuster looks and listens for different bird species during point counts, which are used to help measure wild bird species richness and abundance. She is working in a pasture southwest of North Platte. July 6, 2022. Photo by Iris McFarlin, AWESM Lab Communications.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220706_AWESM_Lab_020.jpg)
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![PhD student Grace Schuster looks and listens for different bird species during point counts, which are used to help measure wild bird species richness and abundance. She is working in a pasture southwest of North Platte. July 6, 2022. Photo by Iris McFarlin, AWESM Lab Communications.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220706_AWESM_Lab_019.jpg)
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![PhD student Grace Schuster IDs a grass while out conducting point counts for her research on grassland bird communities. She is working in a pasture southwest of North Platte July 6, 2022. Photo by Iris McFarlin, AWESM Lab Communications.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220706_AWESM_Lab_017.jpg)
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![PhD student Grace Schuster looks and listens for different bird species during point counts, which are used to help measure wild bird species richness and abundance. She is working in a pasture southwest of North Platte. July 6, 2022. Photo by Iris McFarlin, AWESM Lab Communications.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220706_AWESM_Lab_016.jpg)
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![PhD student Grace Schuster walks to her next point count site for her research project on grassland bird communities. She is working in a pasture southwest of North Platte. July 6, 2022. Photo by Iris McFarlin, AWESM Lab Communications.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220706_AWESM_Lab_015.jpg)
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![PhD student Grace Schuster looks and listens for different bird species during point counts, which are used to help measure wild bird species richness and abundance. She is working in a pasture southwest of North Platte. July 6, 2022. Photo by Iris McFarlin, AWESM Lab Communications.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220706_AWESM_Lab_014.jpg)
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![PhD student Grace Schuster walks to her next point count site for her research project on grassland bird communities. She is working in a pasture southwest of North Platte. July 6, 2022. Photo by Iris McFarlin, AWESM Lab Communications.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220706_AWESM_Lab_010.jpg)
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![PhD student Grace Schuster uses a Kestrel to measure wind speed during point counts, which are used to help measure wild bird species richness and abundance. She is working in a pasture southwest of North Platte. July 6, 2022. Photo by Iris McFarlin, AWESM Lab Communications.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220706_AWESM_Lab_009.jpg)
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![PhD Student Allison Barg looks and listens for different bird species while out checking acoustic monitors at Oak Glen WMA in Seward County. July 6, 2022. Photo by Iris McFarlin, AWESM Lab Communications.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220706_AWESM_Lab_007.jpg)
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![PhD Student Allison Barg looks and listens for different bird species while out checking acoustic monitors at Oak Glen WMA in Seward County. July 6, 2022. Photo by Iris McFarlin, AWESM Lab Communications.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220706_AWESM_Lab_006.jpg)
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![PhD Student Allison Barg looks and listens for different bird species while out checking acoustic monitors at Oak Glen WMA in Seward County. July 6, 2022. Photo by Iris McFarlin, AWESM Lab Communications.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220706_AWESM_Lab_004.jpg)
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