Happy Independence Day from the Warner College of Natural Resources. |
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Rick Aster will begin his 2024–2025 sabbatical after more than 10 years as head of the Geosciences Department. “Rick’s longevity as department head speaks for itself. After a decade, he is one of the best department heads we’ve had at Warner College,” said Ed Warner, for whom Warner College is named. “He understood what it took to grow the department from both the faculty and the student perspective.” |
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Ken Wilson, head of the Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Department, retires for the second time after coming out of retirement in 2022 to serve as the interim department head. “Ken is such a star, he’d be the MVP whether in baseball, football or even hockey,” said FWCB Professor and Endowed Chair Joel Berger. “His transparency is legion; he fights for faculty and for the administration and he’s helped bring in the most amazing of faculty. Ken steps in whenever needed – all hours of the day, bar none."
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| VPR Graduate Fellows Program |
Carolyn Coyle, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, and Megan Podolinsky, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, will be joining the 2024-2025 VPR Graduate Fellows Program cohort. Coyle's project is titled Songbirds as Pollinators: Mapping Bird-Flower Interactions for North American Passerines and Podolinsky's project is titled Assessing Surface Water Dynamics in Depressional Wetlands of the US High Plains and Beyond.
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Impacto Screen and Submitting Stories |
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Warner College has partnered with the CSU System to bring CSU’s Impacto system to the Michael Smith Natural Resources Building. A new touchscreen display in the atrium of the building will allow visitors to interact with stories of global impact from all over the University. We hope you will add your stories of research with world-wide impact so we can get even more excellent content into the system. |
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The digital suggestion box is available on the College intranet. Anyone is welcome to submit questions, ideas, perspectives, or feedback anonymously, or through self-identification. A link to submit feedback will be included in Warner's regular email messages. |
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
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Explore how your family’s wellness can benefit from connecting with nature in new ways.
The Healthy By Nature Fair will be held on Saturday, July 27 from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Lee Martinez Park. This free community picnic will have snacks, hands-on learning activities, community resources and more! Pre-register below for a chance to win a $50 REI gift card.
Sponsored by: CSU, Larimer County Extension, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Larimer County and City of Fort Collins Natural Areas. |
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Financial Services, Human Resource Services, and Proposal Support Services |
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What’s in a name? It’s more than a sound people make to get your attention — it’s a seemingly universal hallmark of human society and language, the specifics of which set us apart from our fellow animals. Now, scientists say they have found evidence with the help of artificial-intelligence-powered tools that elephants call each other by names too. These insights into elephant communication reveal “how important that social fabric is to the very existence of this animal,” George Wittemyer, professor in the Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology department said. “Social bonding is fundamental to everything about elephants,” he said.
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John Sovell, an invertebrate zoologist and ecologist with the Colorado Natural Heritage Program, joined a parade of naturalists for a so-called “bioblitz” on a 350-acre property south of Golden Gate Canyon State Park, owned by descendants of American writer and naturalist, Aldo Leopold. The bioblitz served as the launch of CNHP's statewide biodiversity survey, during which naturalists will establish Colorado’s first comprehensive survey of plants, animals and natural heritage resources.
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What do you get when you cross Norse mythology with a 78-million-year-old ancestor to the Triceratops? Answer: Lokiceratops rangiformis, a plant-eating dinosaur with a very fancy set of horns. The new dinosaur was identified and named by Geosciences affiliate faculty member Joseph Sertich and University of Utah Professor Mark Loewen. The dinosaur’s name, announced in the Scientific journal PeerJ, translates roughly to “Loki’s horned face that looks like a caribou.” “We think that the horns on these dinosaurs were analogous to what birds are doing with displays,” Sertich said. “They’re using them either for mate selection or species recognition.”
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As Colorado’s human and moose populations have grown, so have the number of conflicts between them. Moose attacks in the state now outnumber attacks by bears and pumas (also known as mountain lions or cougars) combined, even though moose numbers are significantly lower. According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, cars struck and killed 59 moose in 2022. In 2012, the number was just four. In State Forest park, where officials originally released moose in 1978, as many as 700 now roam the area. “It’s the last frontier,” says Tony Johnson, a State Forest ranger. “There are no chain stores, but moose on every corner.”
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Keep up with your Warner colleagues and their impactful work |
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Butterfly Pavilion Partnership |
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CSU has codified its ongoing research partnerships with Denver Butterfly Pavilion in a new MOU. This new agreement creates opportunities for researchers to work with Butterfly Pavilion to share their research through exhibits at their Westminster facility, which hosts over 300,000 people per year. In particular, researchers seeking National Science Foundation funding can work with Butterfly Pavilion in the broader impacts section of the grant. Please see the PDF linked below for more details of how to engage with Butterfly Pavilion and make your NSF grant applications stronger through the partnership.
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One Health Institute and USDA Mini-Grant Challenge |
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The One Health Institute’s (OHI) Mini-Grant Challenge, in collaboration with the USDA-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services Department of Veterinary Services, is now open. OHI is seeking One Health solution-oriented approaches to emerging disease threats that also demonstrate clear potential to inform preparedness and response for African Swine Fever.
The opportunity is open to students at Colorado State University (non-funded collaborators welcome). Undergraduate, graduate, professional, and postdoctoral students are encouraged to apply.
Up to five awarded mini-grants (up to $10,000 per award for a total of $50,000) will apply innovative methods and analysis that can inform real-world ASF challenges. Up to four awarded mini-grants (up to $10,000 per award for a total of $40,000) will focus on understanding extreme weather impacts on viral disease risk. Proposals must be submitted by September 15, 2024, at 5 p.m. MDT |
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Governor Jared Polis speaks at a past ClimateCon! |
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ClimateCon! is a launchpad that brings people together – in person and online – to boost collective action on climate change, and ClimateCon! is coming to CSU on Tuesday, November 12 at the Lory Student Center. We're seeking researchers like YOU to suggest topics for our breakout sessions. ClimateCon! is known for its actionable strategies, so share your expertise on how we can combat climate change.
Possible topics include: Emerging technologies for sustainability | Local solutions with global impact | Climate policy and activism | Building resilient communities This is your chance to: Showcase your research to a wide audience | Connect with policymakers, businesses, and the public | Contribute to meaningful climate action
Submit your topic suggestions by August 1 to Michael Scanlon, organizer of ClimateCon! |
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| Professional Development Classes |
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Registration is available for Talent Development's summer professional development opportunities through August 2. Class selections rotate and Talent Development will alternate many classes between online and in-person formats throughout the year to provide both options. |
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Save the Date - Colorado Forest Collaboratives Summit |
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Each fall, approximately 100 collaborative leaders and partners gather somewhere in Colorado for the Colorado Forest Collaboratives Summit. This year, they will gather in Durango to share updates, build relationships, and learn from one another September 4-6. Save the date so you can join them and learn more on the #CFCSummit webpage. |
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| Location: Online, 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. |
Hosts: Center for Collaborative Conservation and Intermountain West Joint Venture |
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| Location: Lee Martinez Park, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. |
Hosts: CSU, Larimer County Extension, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Larimer County and City of Fort Collins Natural Areas. |
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Location: Colorado State University |
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Incorrect name: Jacob Petersen-Perlman (ESS) was the winner of a Dean's Transdisciplinary Grant, not Jordan Jacob-Perlman
- Incorrect name: Paul Layden was a Career Impact Award Honoree, not Paul Laybourn
- Misspelled name: Jon Salerno (HDNR) is the correct spelling, a Dean's Transdisciplinary Grant winner
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