Spring lambs born at MSU s Red Bluff Research Ranch
MSU Photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez
Wyatt Geis, sheep foreman, assists ewes with lambing, Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at Montana State University s Red Bluff Research Ranch, near Norris, Mont.
By Reagan Colyer
MSU News Service BOZEMAN - Throughout a Montana spring, baby livestock become a welcome feature on the landscape, with both wild and domestic newborns appearing across the state. For the staff at MSU s Red Bluff Research Ranch near Norris, the arrival of springtime means preparing for several hundred new lambs. Red Bluff, which covers nearly 11,000 acres between Norris and the Madison River, is staffed by ranch foreman Noah Davis, sheep foreman Wyatt Geis and shepherd Raul Franco-Urcos. All three live on the property, which proves useful when the time comes for lambing. Nearly 700 lambs are born over five weeks each spring.
Teaching Innovation Award
Hannah DelCurto-Wyffels
Hannah DelCurto-Wyffels, an instructor in the College of Agriculture’s Department of Animal and Range Sciences, received the Teaching Innovation Award. The award recognizes faculty who have incorporated outstanding teaching practices into their classes at Montana State University. The award includes a $2,000 honorarium.
DelCurto-Wyffels teaches introductory animal science courses and specialized courses in livestock evaluation, calving and livestock management. She also advises MSU’s Steer-A-Year program, through which students oversee all elements of raising and caring for steers donated by agricultural producers across Montana. Meat from those steers is served annually in MSU’s dining halls.
NMSU club to train five new puppies to be guide dogs for the blind Leah Romero, Las Cruces Sun-News
LAS CRUCES – New Mexico State University’s Community Puppy Raisers club received five new puppies this weekend to prepare for guide dog school in California. The student club partners with Guide Dogs for the Blind to socialize and teach the puppies basic obedience.
Guide Dogs for the Blind is a nonprofit organization that breeds and prepares Labrador retrievers, golden retrievers and Lab-golden retriever crosses to assist people who are blind or visually impaired.
The five 8-week-old Labrador retriever puppies were delivered to the Las Cruces International Airport Saturday, Jan. 2, by an anonymous donor who volunteered to fly to California to pick up the puppies before delivering them to students in Las Cruces.