BOZEMAN, Mont., Sept. 29 -- Montana State University issued the following press release:

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Researchers from Montana State University's Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences set up equipment along a stream near Mocassin, Montana, for a study of stream water quality. MSU file photo by Kelly Gorham

BOZEMAN - Brett Griesbaum grew up on a corn and soybean farm in Palmyra, Missouri, and went to college to study agriculture science with a focus on horticulture and agronomy. He said that when it was time to consider his choice of graduate school, he deliberately chose a place where he could grow as a scientist by addressing entirely different challenges than those faced by agriculture producers in hi...