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The Warner College of Natural Resources had 21 Career Impact Award Honorees for Spring 2024. The honorees were recognized as having a positive impact on students' career journeys and student success, and were nominated by the campus community.
FWCB - Ann Randall, Caitlin Wells, Heather Jackson, Kelly Russo, Minh Nguyen, Mireille Gonzalez HDNR - Brett Bruyere, Kathryn Metzger, Kexin Yuan, Paul Laybourn FRS - Dominique David-Chavez, Maddie Wilson, Tiara Marshall ESS - Kaye Holman, Lauren Hibbard, Steven Fassnacht CEMML - Christi Gabriel NREL - James Henriksen CSFS - Kristen Switzer Ecology - Scott Bradfield Career Center/WCNR - Sam Palmer
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Bill Sanford - Faculty Council Award |
Bill Sanford, associate professor in the Department of Geosciences, received the Faculty Council Harry Rosenberg Distinguished Service Award. Bill has served as a member and chair of the Committee on Scholarship, Research and Graduate Education since 2005, and has served as a member of the Faculty Council Executive Committee since 2015. |
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| China/U.S. Multi-State Study Tour |
The Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources and the Center for Protected Area Management hosted the Multi-State Study Tour on U.S. Park and Protected Area Values for Officials, Community Leaders and Students from Hubei, China from May 15 - May 27. The tour included visits in Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota. |
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NSF Graduate Research Fellows |
Three Warner students were awarded fellowships through the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Emily Gross - Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, T.R. Heydman - Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, and Laura Lukens - Graduate Degree Program in Ecology/Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, will receive three years of financial support, including an annual stipend of $37,000 and a cost-of-education allowance of $12,000 through the five-year fellowship. Noelle Mason and Spencer Rhea, both WCNR alumni, received Honorable Mentions from the National Science Foundation.
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| WCNR Spring 2024 Commencement Speech |
During the Warner College of Natural Resources commencement of Spring 2024, graduating senior Claire Walther addressed her fellow graduates with an impactful speech. Claire received a B.S. in Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology with a concentration in conservation biology and a B.A. in political science with concentrations in environmental politics & policy and U.S. government, law and policy. She also holds a certificate in restorative justice facilitation and consultation.
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Bureau of Reclamation Research Grant |
Kevin Bestgen, Director of the Larval Fish Lab, senior research scientist, and assistant professor in the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, received a Bureau of Reclamation Research grant totaling $6,497,421.32, ending in 2028. The title of the project is "Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program." |
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| Climbers for Bat Conservation Grant |
Rob Schorr, Director of Climbers for Bat Conservation and Vertebrate Zoologist for CNHP, received the group's third grant from Access Fund. CBC and UC Merced will use this funding to host the first Cliff Ecology Conference in Yosemite National Park this fall. The conference will abut The Yosemite Facelift celebration in the Valley. |
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Transdisciplinary Grant Winners |
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Winners of the 24-25 Dean’s Grants for Transdisciplinary Solutions to Wicked Environmental Problems were announced at the semester’s end-of-year party. From left to right: Jordan Jacob-Perlman (ESS), Caitlin Wells (FWCB), Ed Warner, Jill Zarestzky (CSU’s School of Education), Dean A. Alonso Aguirre, Sara LoTemplio (HDNR), and Jon Selarno (HDNR). |
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The digital suggestion box is now 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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Warner College Office of Diversity & Inclusion Annual Report |
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| The Warner College of Natural Resources Office of Diversity and Inclusion 2023-2024 Annual Report is now available. Click below to read the full version. |
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Diversify Whitewater Community River Float |
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Join Diversify Whitewater, a nonprofit dedicated to introducing BIPOC to the beauty of paddling, for a day of free whitewater rafting on the Cache la Poudre River. They are partnering with the City of Fort Collins Natural Areas and Rocky Mountain Adventures again to hold this great event for the fifth year. |
Name: Diversify Whitewater Community River Float - Northern Colorado Date and time: Saturday, June 29, 2024 at 9 a.m. Location: Picnic Rock, Bellvue, CO |
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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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Warner College Business Services is your integrated support team for all
Financial Services, Human Resource Services, and Proposal Support Services |
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Business Services Training Workshops |
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Business Services is holding monthly trainings on the 4th Wednesday of the month. The next two trainings will be June 26 and July 24. Information on times and locations can be found in upcoming editions of the Business Services newsletter. |
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Lauren Harrison, assistant professor in Geosciences, recently discovered a kind of event that can instigate hydrothermal explosions. She has carefully studied the Twin Buttes explosion crater, a broad divot the size of an 18-hole golf course, located roughly 40 kilometers west of Yellowstone Lake. Its debris field spills a kilometer down a mountainside. When Harrison used airborne lidar to create a 3-D map of the debris, she realized that it came from two separate events. First, a landslide swept down the mountain, carrying the boulders. Then explosion debris rained down on top of the landslide.
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Costa Rica announced in May that it would close its two remaining state zoos, more than a decade after it passed a law to ban keeping wild animals in government-sponsored captivity but was met with legal blowback. “We have to get away from captivity,” said A. Alonso Aguirre, dean of the Warner College of Natural Resources. “I think that’s a huge lesson for the world. If Costa Rica can do it, everybody else can.” |
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Starting this summer, the Colorado Natural Heritage Program — which specializes in tracking species, wetlands and other natural resources— will embark on the state’s first comprehensive biodiversity survey. The study will provide detailed data on plant and animal populations in every Colorado county. “When we're empowered with this kind of information we can make great decisions. We can do the things we need to do to save nature,” said David Anderson, the chief scientist and director of the Colorado Natural Heritage Program.
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A new study led by Joel Berger, the Barbara Cox Anthony University Chair in Wildlife Conservation in the Warner College of Natural Resources, brings awareness to the human impacts of these encounters – ranging from economic loss to death – and conservation concerns for the wild animals that are often endangered. |
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Located 27 miles southwest of Telluride, Colorado, Rico is a town striving to rub off its black-eye mining legacy and embrace a new identity as a welcoming mountain community for its diverse residents and visitors. Playing a pivotal role in this revitalization is a recent $600,000 grant awarded through the Great Outdoors Colorado’s Community Impact Program, designated for the development of the Rico Town Park and Recreation Hub. At the project’s helm is Chauncey McCarthy, a 32-year-old former outdoor recreation guide, and volunteer firefighter turned town manager, and Master of Tourism Management online graduate.
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Keep up with your Warner colleagues and their impactful work |
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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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Professional Development Classes |
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Registration is now available for Talent Development's summer (May 13 - Aug 2) professional development opportunities. 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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Confluence 2024 Collaborative Voices |
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The WCCN Quarterly Newsletter: “Collaborative Voices of Confluence” is out. This is a place to learn and hear from peers across the West. This quarter is all about Confluence 2024 in Tucson, Arizona, where everyone gathered in the name of collaborative conservation. |
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| CSU Spur Campus | 4777 National Western Drive | Denver, CO 6:30 p.m. |
Host: University Advancement |
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| WCNR Business Services Training Workshop |
Host: Warner College of Natural Resources Business Services |
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| Online, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. |
Host: Center for Collaborative Conservation & Intermountain West Joint Venture |
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| Diversify Whitewater Community River Float |
Picnic Rock - Bellvue, CO, 9 a.m. |
Host: Diversify Whitewater |
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| WCNR Business Services Training Workshop |
Host: Warner College of Natural Resources Business Services |
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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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