Srijana Baral is an assistant professor of forest and natural resource economics in the Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship at Colorado State University. Learn more about why she came to CSU and her research interest in forest economics.
During the 2022-23 academic year, we are highlighting one Colorado State University student or alum from each of Colorado's 64 counties. The Centennial State's land grant university has a connection to the diverse lands and people from the counties of Moffat to Baca, Montezuma to Sedgwick and everywhere in between.
Colorado State University researcher Chad Hoffman is among many researchers who provide scientists and land managers scientific support for the safe and effective use of prescribed fire, a common management tool used to reduce the negative impacts of wildfire and meet ecological objectives.
As the climate warms, tree species distributions are shifting, and managers are considering whether to promote the same tree species that previously existed at a site or more climate-adapted trees. Will long-lived tree species migrate on their own as fast as the climate is changing? Recently published work by Rocky Mountain Research Station research forester Mike Battaglia, Colorado State University’s Katie Nigro, Miranda Redmond, and Monique Rocca, and Western Colorado University’s Jonathan Coop addressed this question.
The burn scar spread over four counties and may never be what it once was. But it remains the poster child for the new norm.
A team of Colorado State University researchers is pioneering the use of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, and data modeling to create significant efficiency in evaluating post-fire impacts and give accurate predictions of post-fire tree health, enabling land managers’ decision making for post-fire recovery.
Dr. A. Alonso Aguirre will be the next dean of the Warner College of Natural Resources.
At Colorado State University, Hannah Hatheway found a place to explore a career in natural resources and make a difference.
A Q&A with WCNR outstanding graduate Susan Baden, Forest and Rangeland Stewardship department.
“When I joined the Army, I told them I would go to college. My parents came here to the United States from poverty in Mexico so they could have a better life for themselves and their kids could live the American dream.”