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

Six Colorado State University students worked with the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute in June and contributed to a study that will help determine which tree species will survive in future forests and where seedlings should be planted to maximize forest resilience to wildfire. 

“The results may have a direct impact on our environment in the future,” said Kyle Lukowich, an Army veteran working on a degree in natural resources management. “This project means a lot to me because I feel like I have a hand in making a positive impact on the environment.” 

Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory research scientist Lauren Hoskovec has received a National Institutes of Health grant to investigate wildfire smoke exposure during pregnancy and effects on infant birth weight and growth trajectories.

CSU has partnered with the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster on a new interactive exhibit titled “Beyond the Hive: Discovering Colorado’s Bees.” The exhibit was was inspired by joint research between the Butterfly Pavilion and CSU’s Animal-Human Policy Center, Forest and Rangeland Stewardship Bee Ecology and Education Lab, and the CSU History Department.

The Salazar Center for North American Conservation is bringing together diverse voices in a new essay forum that seeks to explore assumptions about nature within economics, law, and political science — and how those assumptions impact sustainability and society. The inaugural forum includes a collaborative essay from Rick Knight, Warner College professor emeritus, and Erik Glenn, CSU alumnus and executive director of the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust.