Courses:
NRM 404 - Perspectives in Natural Resources Management
NRM 480 - Soil Management for Quality and Conservation
NRM 485 - Soil Biology
NRM 685 - Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry
Research
Interests: Soil management, forage crops
Current
Research Programs:
1) Long-term Tillage,
2) Crop Data for Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation
for Alaska,
3) Forage Crop Harvest Management,
4) Forage Variety Trials,
5) New Legumes Crops for Alaska
Examples
of Research Support:
RUSLE Crop Data, USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service, $50,000 New Legumes for Alaska, USDA CREES,
$100,000
Examples
of Publications:
Sparrow, S.D. Panciera, M.T., Hall, B.A., masiak,
d.t., and Gavlak, R.G. 2003. No-Till Forage Establishment
in Alaska. AFES Bulletin 110.
Grünzweig,
J.M., Sparrow, S.D. and Chapin, F.S. 2003. Impact
of forest conversion to agriculture on carbon and
nitrogen mineralization in subarctic Alaska. Biogeochemistry
64: 271-296.
Sparrow,
S.D. and Panciera, M.T. 2001. Crop yield and soil
characteristics following various cropping regimes
in Alaska. Acta Agricutlure Scandinavia, Section B,
Soil and Plant Science 51: 143-150.
Sparrow,.S.D.
and Panciera, M.T. 2000. Forage yield and soil characteristics
under various crops in Alaska. Acta Agricutlure Scandinavia,
Section B, Soil and Plant Science 50: 75-81.
Cochran,
V.L., Pugin, J.A., and Sparrow, S.D. 2000. Effects
of migratory geese on nitrogen availability and primary
productivity in subarctic barley fields. Biology and
Fertility of Soils 32: 340-346.
