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Extreme Conservation

Dr. Joel Berger’s latest work is receiving rave reviews.

Natural solutions

Preserving, restoring and improving the United States’ lands and coastal wetlands could have a much bigger role in reducing global warming than previously thought.

Beetle behavior: study offers new clues

Dominique David-Chavez

Teacher and researcher helping others ‘see the unseen’

Courtney Schultz finds her niche

Environmental Learning Center

Warner College students learn how to be natural resources educators while offering dynamic programming to the community

Warner College Headlines

CSU launches new graduate certificate in silviculture

A new continuing education program helps foresters develop the art and science of forest management.

Scenes from CSU's 150th birthday celebration

A variety of events marked CSU's official 150th birthday on Feb. 11, 2020.

Sara Rathburn: You’ll find her by the river

Geoscientist Sara Rathburn wades in the space where science and student success flow together.

CSU signs research, educational agreement with National University of Mongolia

Mongolia previously recognized two researchers from the college for their long-term efforts in the country.

Celebrate CSU’s official sesquicentennial at Founders Day, Feb. 11

Everyone on campus is invited to a birthday celebration in the lobby of the Foundry Dining Center at Corbett and Parmelee halls, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

CSU earns STARS Platinum sustainability rating for record third time

CSU is building upon its global reputation as an innovative leader in sustainability by becoming the only institution in the world to earn three Platinum ratings from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

Though declining, spruce beetle remains top priority for state and federal agencies

The spruce beetle remains the most damaging forest pest in the state.

Student Success

HDNR outstanding grad finds opportunities with Colorado Parks and Wildlife

HDNR outstanding graduate Ashley Daffron's love of nature started with family outings and has been fostered and nurtured through connection to HDNR faculty and the opportunities provided through her B.S. degree program.

Tourism student awarded trip to Colorado Governor's Tourism Conference

Vitoria Dante was recently awarded a scholarship to attend the Colorado Governor's Tourism Conference, an honor rarely bestowed upon an undergraduate student. Vitoria is a B.S. Natural Resource Tourism student with a concentration in Global Tourism and will be matriculating to CSU's Master of Tourism Management this spring.

GradShow award winners represent graduate programs throughout CSU

Presentations by nearly 300 graduate students at the 2019 GradShow included live performances, visual arts, and research posters.

Veteran grateful for the hope, support he found at CSU

Stephen Lunt suffered a traumatic brain injury in service to his country. He found support and new hope while earning a degree at CSU.

University staff, students gather forest data in Yellowstone National Park

The Yellowstone back country represents the most remote study location in the lower 48 states.

Warner Rams receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Graduate students are set to embark on new lines of environmental research.

Summertime Standouts: Diego Tovar

Second-year student making change by leading it

Research Impact

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.

Sara Rathburn: You’ll find her by the river

Geoscientist Sara Rathburn wades in the space where science and student success flow together.

CSU signs research, educational agreement with National University of Mongolia

Mongolia previously recognized two researchers from the college for their long-term efforts in the country.

Bird migration timing skewed by climate, new research finds

The study is one of the first to examine the impacts of climate on migration timing at a continental scale.

Funding available for SoGES Global Challenges Research Teams, Resident Fellows

The call for proposals is open to all CSU faculty and researchers, with a deadline of Jan. 31, 2020.

Warner Family

Center for Protected Area Management's Ryan Finchum Receives NAI President's Award

The National Association for Interpretation (NAI) President Jay Miller recently presented NAI’s President's Award to Ryan Finchum of Colorado State University’s Center for Protected Area Management during a November 16 ceremony at the NAI National Conference in Denver.

Dennis Ojima, longtime CSU professor, named president-elect of the Ecological Society of America

Ojima has been instrumental in the development of many international science programs.

GradShow award winners represent graduate programs throughout CSU

Presentations by nearly 300 graduate students at the 2019 GradShow included live performances, visual arts, and research posters.

Veteran grateful for the hope, support he found at CSU

Stephen Lunt suffered a traumatic brain injury in service to his country. He found support and new hope while earning a degree at CSU.

NREL scientist receives Outstanding Public Leadership Medal from NASA

Evangelista is the lead science advisor of the Fort Collins DEVELOP node, one of three programs that is affiliated with a university.

Warner College In the News

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.

Nations First Adventure Tourism Graduate Program at Colorado State University Grows With Industry

SNEWS just highlighted CSU's Adventure Tourism Program as adventure tourism is roaring into the new decade with unprecedented growth and new opportunities materializing daily.

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.

Colorado wolf reintroduction stokes fears, passions of ranchers, ecologists, sportsmen

Highlighting the history of the wolf in Colorado and it's potential reintroduction via ballot 107, HDNR faculty and research are quoted in this article which is centered around interviews that took place with persons from across the spectrum at the recent Pathways: Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management conference in Estes Park.