Colorado State University unveils educational resources on potential restoration of wolves in Colorado
CSU scientists have teamed up with Extension to produce educational materials on the possible wolf restoration.
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CSU PhD student Awarded Society of Woman Geographers Fellowship for Biosphere Research
The Society of Women Geographer's Evelyn L. Pruitt Fellowship was recently awarded to PhD Candidate Kathryn Powlen, enabling her to further her research on biosphere reserves in Mexico.
Study of wildlife crop raiding sheds light on possible solutions in Africa
Human-wildlife impacts are among the earth’s most pressing conservation challenges, and an ecologist at Colorado State University is studying how to reduce those impacts.
Three CSU undergraduates named Truman Scholar finalists
Three CSU undergraduates were named finalists for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, a highly competitive graduate fellowship program for students pursuing public service careers.
CSU researchers host workshop on wolf recovery
Stakeholders in the debate on Colorado wolf recovery discussed what successful collaboration around wildlife issues should look like.
Conservation Leadership student blends CSU expertise and local knowledge to solve human wildlife conflicts
Conservation Leadership master’s student Francis Sopia grew up amidst abundant wildlife in the Maasai Mara, Kenya and was acutely aware of the conflict between human livelihoods and healthy wildlife populations. Forged from this conflict Sopia has devoted his life to further community-based conservation efforts to ensure the preservation of both.
The Battle Against Crowded Ski Hills
The graduate certificate in Ski Area Management's program coordinator, Natalie Ooi, PhD was recently interviewed by Outside Magazine on what ski areas are doing to combat over-use and crowding. Ooi shared that many within the ski industry are moving away from walk-up ticket sales.
CSU researcher lands National Science Foundation grant to encourage planting of native plants
A team of Colorado State University researchers is partnering with the City of Fort Collins and the Audubon Rockies Habitat Hero program to encourage Front Range residents to replace lawns with native plants and encourage neighbors to do the same.
Anthropomorphism Favors Coexistence, Not Deadly Domination
CSU researchers Manfredo and Don Carlos' work on how anthropomorphism is changing the social context of modern wildlife conservation was recently highlighted by Psychology Today. They found that anthropomorphism is strongly associated with increasing mutualist wildlife values which is not aligned with the ethics of traditional wildlife management.