This monthly roundup keeps our community informed by highlighting the top Warner College news stories and social media posts.

Dennis Ojima, a professor in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability as well as interim director and senior research scientist at the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, was part of a notable group of global climate leaders invited to speak alongside former U.S. Vice President Al Gore in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, during Gore’s Climate Reality Tour.

Colorado's snowpack is off to one of its weakest starts in recent years, the third-worst on record and the lowest since 2017. "We're not doing well. A lot of the snow measuring stations are at 10 or 20% of normal; things are really dry," said Steven Fassnacht, a snowpack expert in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, in an interview with CBS News Colorado.

The Flow Restoration Project, a partnership between Colorado State University’s Environmental Learning Center and the City of Fort Collins, is one of two projects in North America to receive the Society for Ecological Restoration 2025 Regional Award. Its innovative design uses rocks to better manage water levels and fish movement on a channel of the Cache la Poudre River, making it a model for stream restoration practice. 

Led by Richard Knight, professor emeritus in the Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, students from CSU and Front Range Community College traded their notebooks for gloves and wire cutters during a Wildlife Friendly Fence Workday held in September on a ranch conserved with a conservation easement managed by The Nature Conservancy. 

Kade Jackson graduated in 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in fish, wildlife, and conservation biology and now works as an aquatic biologist for Colorado Parks and Wildlife. During the Stoner Mesa Fire in August, Kade helped protect a unique strain of Colorado River cutthroat trout by assisting with their evacuation using electrofishing.

Fish, wildlife, and conservation biology student, Jazz Hennes, joined two students from other universities to observe whether spectacled flying foxes in Australia show a preference for one foot over the other while hanging from trees. What did they learn? 

Jamie Dahl, assistant professor of human dimensions of natural resources; Robert (Rocky) Coleman, master instructor emeritus of forest and rangeland stewardship; Leah Rathbun a forester at large, and Joe Beierle a forest technician of the Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands; co-instructed the forestry field camp, F230: Forest Field Measurements, and share their experiences about teaching this one-of-a-kind class. 

Thursday, Nov. 20 | 6 p.m. | MSNR 140

Feeling like an imposter looks different for us all, and adds unnecessary challenge to an already challenging sport. It’s more than an internal experience; but also how the cultural perception of our competence impacts on our own beliefs. Come and enjoy the premier of Imposters: Stories of Belonging, an all women's ski and splitboard film sharing femme experiences of finding belonging in uninvited spaces. 

Tuesday, Dec. 2 | 4-5:30 p.m. | LSC 390

The Center for Collaborative Conservation and the CSU Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology invite the campus community to explore the power and promise of collaborative conservation. The inaugural Common Ground Seminar will offer an inspiring look at a growing field of practice that is bringing stakeholders with very different values and perspectives together across differences. RSVP is required.