Welcome to the Center for Grassland Studies
The Center for Grassland Studies provides focused, interdisciplinary research, education, and service programs and activities that emphasize the role of grasslands as the natural resource and forage base for a diversity of ecosystem services, including livestock production, wildlife habitat, and turfs. The Center is home to Grassland Systems, and hosts the annual Fall Seminar Series and the Nebraska Grazing Conference. The Center also administers the management of University of Nebraska-Lincoln prairies, such as Nine-Mile Prairie, and provides an administrative platform for trans-disciplinary integrated beef systems research, extension, and education. To learn about the impacts of these programs go to Impacts At-A-Glance.
Nebraska’s Grasslands, vital to the state’s economy, environment and cultural heritage
Highlighted in a new video series featuring legendary Nebraska Volleyball coach John Cook.
"Our grasslands define Nebraska. They sustain our cattle industry, they provide habitat for wildlife, and they shape the character of our state," says Cook. Check out the video here:
The Lure of the Land - a Nebraska Story
The Homestead Act triggered one of the largest migrations in history for "free land" on the Great Plains. Photographs tell the story of African-American homesteaders in Nebraska. For more Nebraska Stories, visit
Solomon Butcher: Frontier Photographer The Lure of the Land - a Nebraska Story
