With you, we build thriving communities
At Colorado State University, we engage with communities throughout Colorado to learn and collaborate. We share, develop, and apply knowledge aimed at helping you and your community thrive. Discover more about CSU extension and outreach by exploring programs and resources.
Advancing solutions
locally and globally
We work with communities across Colorado and beyond to lead solutions to complex environmental challenges.
Areas of engagement
Expanding on our areas of research expertise and emphases, we collaboratively investigate interconnected issues across multiple scales and disciplines, integrating insights from individual behavior to cultural systems.
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Center for Protected Area Management
The Center for Protected Area Management is dedicated to equipping area managers and personnel across the globe with the knowledge and tools they need to safeguard protected areas. Through developmental programming and innovative techniques, conservation practitioners are trained and motivated to support equitable management across landscapes for present and future generations.
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Collective for Nature Immersion Science and Practice
The Collective for Nature Immersion Science and Practice exists to increase the capacity of nature-based programming to support happier, healthier, and more sustainable communities. They facilitate collaboration and co-learning between practitioners and researchers working at the intersection of nature immersion and human health and well-being.
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Animal Human Policy Center
The CSU Animal-Human Policy Center synthesizes socio-ecological information and brings diverse perspectives together to help policymakers and government agencies improve the lives of animals and people.
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Pathways: Human Dimensions of Wildlife Conference
Pathways: Human Dimensions of Wildlife is a conference and training program designed to address the myriad issues that arise as people and wildlife struggle to coexist in a sustainable and healthy manner. Their mission is to increase professionalism and effectiveness in the Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management field.
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Outdoor Recreation Ecosystem
In 1967, CSU founded the first academic department focused on outdoor recreation, which today is known as HDNR. Today, HDNR is on the steering committee for Outdoor Recreation Roundtable's Workforce Consortium, Colorado Outdoor Equity Grant Program Board of Directors, and has served as a primary contributor to the Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan developed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
Contact us
Our mission of empowering people to explore and sustain the natural world begins with our students and the community. Contact us to be a part of learning and discovery to train the next generation of conservation leaders, researchers, and practitioners.
Phone: (970) 491-6591
Email: [email protected]