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A day in Rocky Mountain National Park helps students see forest recovery in real-time
...on a science field trip to study how forests recover after wildfires. For two weeks in September, they dove deep into CIRES Education & Outreach’s Future of Forests (FoF) curriculum. Funding...
Research studying grassland resilience to climate change receives USDA grant support
...colors that can pale in comparison to nearby forests. But in an area of grassland the size of a large room, there may be upward of 50 plant species. There...
The Colorado-Brazil Program on Sustainable Development Education
The tropical forests of Brazil are legendary for their breadth and beauty. But beneath the canopy, concerns about the forests’ role in carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation overlap with the...
CU Science Discovery Receives Statewide Recognition for Excellence
CU Science Discovery recently received two statewide awards in recognition of its efforts and achievements in STEM and environmental education. This month the Forests and Fire Field Course received a...
A scientist, an artist, and student interns walked into a forest
...way CU Science Discovery approached its recent ‘Forests and Fire’ field course held at Cal-wood Education Center, located near Jamestown. The course was part of CU Science Discovery’s efforts to...
CU-Boulder Releases New 9-Minute Video About Colorado’s Unprecedented Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic
...million acres of forests have already been affected. In a newly-released video, entitled “Colorado’s Forests and the Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic,”CU-Boulder scientists explain what happens when pine beetles attack trees...
CU in the Community to Present “Birds, Beetles and Other Forest Friends and Foes”
...2010, to talk about a variety of factors affecting the health of Colorado’s forests as part of the “CU in the Community” series. Among these is the co-dependent relationship...
CU-Boulder Professor to Travel State to Raise Awareness About Unprecedented Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic
...and the devastating toll the small insects are taking on Colorado’s forests. The mountain pine beetle is in the midst of its largest epidemic in recorded history. The geographic infestation...
CU-Boulder Researchers Investigate Warming Climate’s Threat to Western Water
...continental United States, Alaska, Antarctica, and islands in the Caribbean and the Pacific—including deserts, estuaries, lakes, oceans, coral reefs, prairies, forests, alpine and Arctic tundra, urban areas, and production agriculture....
Boulder County Ecosystem Symposium: Boulder Burns
... Fire History and Fire Risk in Boulder County Forests 10:15AM-10:30 AM – BREAK 10:30AM- 11:15AM – David Lasky, Sugarloaf Fire Department Lessons Learned from the 2010 Fire Season...