{"id":436,"date":"2026-07-20T13:47:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T19:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warnercnr1.wpenginepowered.com\/ess\/?page_id=436"},"modified":"2026-11-11T10:27:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T17:27:41","slug":"news-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/warnercnr.colostate.edu\/ess\/news-events\/","title":{"rendered":"News and events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ESS in the news<\/h2>\n\n\n            <div class=\"alignnone is-style-enterprise wp-block-stalwart-blocks-source-stories\">\n        \n        <section class=\"feature columns-null stories-5\"><ul class=\"stalwart-cards-wrapper gap-m\">\n                        <li class=\"stalwart-card-traditional\">\n\n                                                        <div class=\"stalwart-source-image-wrapper aspect- inherit\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/warnercnr.source.colostate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/08\/WCNR-Seminar-Series-graphic-final-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Graphic in the shape of a circle with the Warner hand in the center with small icons around the border. Text across the top says: WCNR Seminar Series\">\n                            <\/div>\n                            \n                            <div class=\"stalwart-card-traditional-text\">\n                                <h3 class=\"stalwart-card-heading\">\n                                    <a class=\"stalwart-card-link\" href=\"https:\/\/warnercnr.source.colostate.edu\/warner-college-of-natural-resources-2026-27-seminar-series\/\">\n                                        Warner College of Natural Resources 2026-27 Seminar Series is here                                    <\/a>\n                                <\/h3>\n                                                                    <div class=\"stalwart-card-excerpt\"><p>Attend Warner College seminars throughout the 2026-27 academic year and earn raffle tickets for chances to win prizes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                                                                                    <small>\n                                        October 23, 2026                                    <\/small>\n                                                            <\/div>\n\n                        <\/li>\n\n                    \n                        <li class=\"stalwart-card-traditional\">\n\n                                                        <div class=\"stalwart-source-image-wrapper aspect- inherit\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/warnercnr.source.colostate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/09\/CSUFlow25-769x1024.png\" alt=\"Two women hold a water monitoring stream gauge in a Colorado stream\">\n                            <\/div>\n                            \n                            <div class=\"stalwart-card-traditional-text\">\n                                <h3 class=\"stalwart-card-heading\">\n                                    <a class=\"stalwart-card-link\" href=\"https:\/\/warnercnr.source.colostate.edu\/csu-flow-25\/\">\n                                        New CSU tool predicts streamflow in Colorado&#8217;s thousands of unmonitored streams                                    <\/a>\n                                <\/h3>\n                                                                    <div class=\"stalwart-card-excerpt\"><p>Researchers in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, ESS, have built a new tool called CSUFlow25 which is a free, publicly available web application that lets anyone drop a pin on a Colorado stream and get a statistically modeled estimate of how that stream flows across the year, no gauge or field visit required. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                                                                                    <small>\n                                        September 14, 2026                                    <\/small>\n                                                            <\/div>\n\n                        <\/li>\n\n                    \n                        <li class=\"stalwart-card-traditional\">\n\n                                                        <div class=\"stalwart-source-image-wrapper aspect- inherit\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/warnercnr.source.colostate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/08\/Aspen-Acres-Burn-Scar-43-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A fire burns behind a group of trees in the Aspen Acres fire in June 2026.\">\n                            <\/div>\n                            \n                            <div class=\"stalwart-card-traditional-text\">\n                                <h3 class=\"stalwart-card-heading\">\n                                    <a class=\"stalwart-card-link\" href=\"https:\/\/warnercnr.source.colostate.edu\/flood-risk-in-aspen-acres-burn-scar-will-last-years\/\">\n                                        Flood risk in Aspen Acres burn scar will last years                                    <\/a>\n                                <\/h3>\n                                                                    <div class=\"stalwart-card-excerpt\"><p>Pueblo County told people living in the burn scar that the flood risk will last for three to five years. Stephanie Kampf, a professor in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, said the recovery timeline depends on how quickly vegetation can grow back after the fire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                                                                                    <small>\n                                        August 19, 2026                                    <\/small>\n                                                            <\/div>\n\n                        <\/li>\n\n                    \n                        <li class=\"stalwart-card-traditional\">\n\n                                                        <div class=\"stalwart-source-image-wrapper aspect- inherit\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/warnercnr.source.colostate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/08\/Lake-Mead-Fassnacht-43-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A rock formation in the middle of a lake with receding water.\">\n                            <\/div>\n                            \n                            <div class=\"stalwart-card-traditional-text\">\n                                <h3 class=\"stalwart-card-heading\">\n                                    <a class=\"stalwart-card-link\" href=\"https:\/\/warnercnr.source.colostate.edu\/lake-mead-lake-powell-nearing-record-low-levels-data-shows\/\">\n                                        Lake Mead, Lake Powell nearing record low levels, data shows                                    <\/a>\n                                <\/h3>\n                                                                    <div class=\"stalwart-card-excerpt\"><p>&#8220;These reservoirs are really crucial for agriculture and other water needs throughout the Western states,&#8221; said Steven Fassnacht, professor in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                                                                                    <small>\n                                        August 7, 2026                                    <\/small>\n                                                            <\/div>\n\n                        <\/li>\n\n                    \n                        <li class=\"stalwart-card-traditional\">\n\n                                                        <div class=\"stalwart-source-image-wrapper aspect- inherit\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/warnercnr.source.colostate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/08\/Daniel-Dominguez-Tillman-Scholar-43-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Daniel Dominguez, a 2026 Pat Tillman Scholar.\">\n                            <\/div>\n                            \n                            <div class=\"stalwart-card-traditional-text\">\n                                <h3 class=\"stalwart-card-heading\">\n                                    <a class=\"stalwart-card-link\" href=\"https:\/\/warnercnr.source.colostate.edu\/daniel-dominguez-selected-as-a-2026-pat-tillman-scholar\/\">\n                                        Daniel Dominguez selected as a 2026 Pat Tillman Scholar                                    <\/a>\n                                <\/h3>\n                                                                    <div class=\"stalwart-card-excerpt\"><p>The national fellowship recognizes military service members, veterans, and spouses for their leadership, academic achievement, service, and potential for meaningful impact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                                                                                    <small>\n                                        August 5, 2026                                    <\/small>\n                                                            <\/div>\n\n                        <\/li>\n\n                    <\/ul><\/section>            <\/div>\n        \n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignfull has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-brushstroke-csu-texture\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESS in the news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"News and events - Ecosystem Science and Sustainability","description":"ESS in the news"},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-436","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/warnercnr.colostate.edu\/ess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/warnercnr.colostate.edu\/ess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/warnercnr.colostate.edu\/ess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warnercnr.colostate.edu\/ess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warnercnr.colostate.edu\/ess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/warnercnr.colostate.edu\/ess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1570,"href":"https:\/\/warnercnr.colostate.edu\/ess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/436\/revisions\/1570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warnercnr.colostate.edu\/ess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}