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Crew having fun on the Shortgrass Steppe. Hat's required!


Ecological restoration is the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed. Restoration ecology is the science upon which the practice of ecological restoration is based. Restoration ecology ideally provides clear concepts, models, methodologies and tools for practitioners in support of their practice.


REL In The News
 
~ Congrats to the REL Spring 2013 graduatesTravis Brooks has earned a M.S. in Natural Resource Management and is moving to Pagosa Springs to be the Banded Peaks ranch manager.  Ann Bishop is receiving her B.S. in Natural Resource Management and will be researching bats in western Colorado this summer.  Fin Eifert will get his B.S. in Rangeland Science (restoration ecology) and is starting a position as a range tech for the BLM in Meeker.  And Mark Klein has earned a B.S. in Forestry and work with the CSU Colorado Forest Restoration Institute this summer.  Congrats to all our REL grads, off to the real world with great jobs.  Proud of them all!!
 
~ Mark Paschke was recently featured in High Country News along with several other faculty from the CSU Warner College of Natural Resources in an article titled "An Industry Funded Education?" (Special issue: Natural Resource Education, page 20).  Mark commented on the positive impact energy companies financial support has had on his research, specifically Shell and the Shell endowed chair in Restoration Ecology.  The Restoration Ecology Lab is also participating in the collaborative mule deer and rare plant research in the Piceance basin...READ MORE
 
REL Spotlight

Tim Hoelzle worked at the REL during both his undergrad and graduate degrees at CSU.  His MS degree working on restoration in the Piceance basin was so complex it caused his hair to retreat from the middle of his back to above his ears by the time he graduated.  Read more about Tim's REL career here.


Preston Brown was on the REL Lab/Field crew for two years while completing his undergraduate studies.  When he wasn't climbing mountains or taking kids on nature walks, he was the fastest seed siever around the lab.  Read more about Preston's REL experience here.

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