Q&A with fire ecologist Camille Stevens-Rumann

Camille Stevens-Rumann is an assistant professor of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship at Colorado State University and assistant director of the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute. Her research focuses on post-disturbance recovery and challenges facing disturbed lands, whether that is understanding species and ecosystem responses to disturbances or applications for improving future ecosystem management. 

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Confronting the Climate Crisis

The University houses an extraordinary array of research, education, and engagement activities to tackle the climate crisis. CSU experts are working on the interrelated challenges of climate change mitigation, which requires reducing greenhouse gas concentrations and emissions, and adaptation, which involves adjusting infrastructure, policy, and social systems to new conditions.

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Impact MBA alum helps launch first-of-its-kind reforestation company in Northern Colorado

Katelynn Martinez’s career has been propelled by a simple — but ambitious — goal: to help humans coexist with the environment in a mutually beneficial balance. She helped launch Colorado's first reforestation company, OneCanopy, a privately funded conservation nursery that grows native trees and shrubs for reforestation in the Rocky Mountain region. Within five years, the Loveland-based social enterprise aims to grow three million seedling trees per year, aiding in the reforestation of 10,000 acres annually in the Rocky Mountain region.

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