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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.