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Outstanding Grad: Conner Wilson, Warner College of Natural Resources
“I came to understand a lot more of the world through a combined environmental and economic viewpoint. That intersection also excited me, as we work to solve environmental problems through valuation and human behavior, something I hadn’t known anything about before.”
The world’s boreal forests may be shrinking as climate change pushes them northward
Earth’s boreal forests circle our planet’s far northern reaches, just south of the Arctic’s treeless tundra.
CSU journalism faculty produce Rocky Mountain PBS doc on wildfires
The documentary — “CO-Existing with Wildfire” — was produced by Jesse Grace and Steven Weiss, faculty members in CSU’s Department of Journalism and Media Communication. The 30-minute documentary is now available to watch at rmpbs.org.
Cameron Peak Fire yields collaboration, new discoveries and more questions
As the largest wildfire in Colorado history was burning west of Fort Collins in 2020, Colorado State University researchers were making plans to study its effects on the local watershed. As soon as they were permitted in the burn area – before the Cameron Peak Fire was completely extinguished – they were collecting data and making discoveries.
How do trees die?
Trees can die suddenly or quite slowly. Fire, flood or wind can cause a quick death by severely damaging a tree’s ability to transport water and nutrients up and down its trunk.
Five CSU students named Presidential Management Fellows Program finalists
Colorado State University is well represented in one of the nation’s top programs dedicated to cultivating the next generation of leaders.
Salazar Center, Denver Parks and Recreation fund climate research by CSU team
A CSU team has been awarded the inaugural grant from a program created by the Salazar Center for North American Conservation in partnership with Denver Parks and Recreation. The Urban Climate Resilience initiative was launched earlier this year.
New CSU initiative provides faculty training in public policy
A cohort of seven Colorado State University faculty members are the first of a new initiative by the Office of Vice President for Research to help faculty influence public policy.
With $2 million from NSF, Indigenous knowledge and western science meet to advance mountain sustainability
Ensuring sustainability of mountainous regions and peoples around the world, centered around local and Indigenous knowledge, is moving forward with a $2 million funding push from a National Science Foundation award to Colorado State University. Mountain Sentinels, based at CSU, is an international alliance focused on synthesizing local and Indigenous knowledge, regional policy, and western science to strengthen mountain communities and sustain mountain ecosystems.
Professor Emeritus Bill Parton reflects on 50 years at CSU
Meet Bill Parton, CSU professor emeritus in the Department of Forest Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship and a senior research scientist at the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory. He has been a part of CSU for more than 50 years.