Each spring semester, the Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship hosts a course for students in which speakers present their research or talk about their work as practitioners. The interdisciplinary talks also include speakers invited by the Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability and the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, and seminars are open to interested visitors.
For 2024, the theme for the seminars is “Climate Resilience in Research and Practice.”
Each talk is planned to be in person from 4 to 5 pm MT with a remote viewing option for the FRS and ESS talks. FRS and ESS recordings will be made available on Youtube after the event, if the speaker permits. Please reach out via email for a virtual link in advance of the talk.
Schedule:
| Date | Presenter and Affiliation | Seminar Title | Seminar Department and Location | Recordings will be available on the FRS Youtube Page. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 21, 2024 | John Waconda; Indigenous Partnerships program manager, The Nature Conservancy | "A Perspective of Southwest Tribal Forest and Fire Management (1990 to present), and Outlook for Positive Future Opportunities" | FRS, NR 345 | Youtube |
| February 28, 2024 | Naomi Pierce; Professor of Biology, Harvard University | “On wings and wavelengths, and how an analysis of butterfly scales can lead to climate change solutions” | GDPE, Lory Student Center University Ballroom | n/a |
| March 20, 2024 | Jianguo Liu; Professor, Michigan State University | “Systems Integration for Global Sustainability” | GDPE, Lory Student Center University Ballroom | n/a |
| March 27, 2024 | Meg Mills-Novoa; Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, UC Berkeley | "How Climate Change Adaptation Projects Endure: A community-based approach to ex-post assessment of adaptation projects in Ecuador" | ESS, NR 345 | |
| April 3, 2024 | Marc Castellnou; Fire Chief and GRAF (prescribed fire) Team Leader, Catalan Fire Service. President of Pau Costa Foundation | "Extreme fire events: intensification and decoupling" | FRS, NR 345 | |
| April 10, 2024 | Antônio Alves Meira Neto; Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, CSU | "A framework for timescale propagation of hydrologic variability" | ESS, NR 345 | |
| April 17, 2024 | Aida Cuni-Sanches; Postdoctoral research associate in Environment and Geography, University of York | TBA | GDPE, Lory Student Center University Ballroom | n/a |
| May 1, 2024 | Sarah Federman; Director of Landscape Decarbonization Susan Cook-Patton; Senior Forest Restoration Scientist, The Nature Conservancy Matt Ramlow; Research Associate in World Resources Institute's Climate program | Climate Solutions Panel, reception to follow 5 - 6 pm in MSNR lobby | ESS, NR 345 |