Nancy Hastings has spent 34 years as a botanist with CSU’s Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, helping military installations across the U.S. and overseas manage their natural resources.
Q&A: Alumnus Chris Herron shares his career path from CSU to overseeing environmental projects for the U.S. Department of Defense.
In June of 2019, lightning ignited a wildfire on the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage, Alaska, threatening homes and infrastructure. The Swan Lake fire would go on to burn nearly 170,000 acres of Alaskan wilderness. When the initial call for support went out, a small group of wildland firefighters from Colorado State University’s Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands joined the response. Based at nearby Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, the CEMML team was just getting its footing as the base’s new Wildland Support Module.