Events Updated 4/3/2026

ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER FIRESIDE EVENT

3:00PM – 5:00PM |  ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER, 2400 S COUNTY RD 9, FORT COLLINS, CO 80525

Join us for the 1st Sundays Fireside event series at the CSU Environmental Learning Center…this month on April 12, the 2nd Sunday, from 3 pm to 5 pm. The theme for April is “Earth Day.” Enjoy a relaxing afternoon outdoors with nature activities, crafts, and time around the campfire. The event is family-friendly and fun for all ages! We do not allow pets; service animals are welcome.
$5 per adult and $3 per child in cash at the door, or register online and your children can attend for free! Members and their families may attend for free!

COLLEGE COUNCIL PANCAKE BREAKFAST

9:00AM – 11:00AM |  SHERWOOD FOREST

Show your Warner swag and grab some FREE breakfast, courtesy of Warner College Council and Flippin’ Flapjacks! We will be serving pancakes with syrup and butter, sausage, fresh fruit, OJ, and coffee.

DISCOVER YOUR URBAN FOREST: ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION SKILLS TRAINING

5:00PM – 7:00PM |  WALNUT 118

Level up your environmental education skills by exploring the benefits of urban forests! Gain ready-to-use PLT tools that help your future audiences engage in inclusive dialogue and investigate how city trees support wellness and environmental health for all. You’ll receive lessons from PLT’s Discover Your Urban Forest activity guide. This workshop is FREE and open to students, staff, and community members, but only 40 spots are available! RSVP HERE

RESEARCH POP-UP: SUPER (SKILLS FOR UNDERGRADUATE PARTICIPATION IN ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH)

1:00PM-2:30PM  |  MSNR ATRIUM

The SUPER Program brings together teaching from the Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability (ESS) with research mentoring performed largely by Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL) scientists. Undergraduate students from all WCNR majors are given the opportunity to perform research on their own or part of a team. Students from the 2025-2026 cohort will be sharing their research projects and findings with the WCNR community.

CNHP GREEN BAG SEMINAR SERIES: GEMARA GIFFORD

3:00PM-4:00PM  |  Location TBD

More Info: https://cnhp.colostate.edu/greenbagseminar/

CNHP looks forward to hosting speakers to connect our campus community and partners working in natural resources and conservation.
All seminars will be held from 3:00-4:00 PM
Happy hour to follow at 4:30 PM at Tap & Handle at 307 S College Ave, Fort Collins, CO

All interested faculty, staff, students and off-campus guests are welcome to attend!

FOREST AND RANGELAND STEWARDSHIP SPRING SEMINAR SERIES

4:00PM-5:00PM  |  MSNR 345 + ZOOM

Restoration as reassembly of a plant soil-system: Emergent properties beyond species lists
Mark Paschke is the Shell Endowed Chair of Restoration Ecology in the Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship at CSU’s Warner College of Natural Resources.
Zoom Link

GEOSCIENCES SPEAKER SERIES: DAN MCGRATH 

12:30PM-1:20PM  |  MSNR 320

Topic: On Thin Ice: Reports from a Rapidly Changing Cryosphere

RESEARCH POP-UP: SUPER (SKILLS FOR UNDERGRADUATE PARTICIPATION IN ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH)

1:00PM-2:30PM  |  MSNR ATRIUM

The SUPER Program brings together teaching from the Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability (ESS) with research mentoring performed largely by Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL) scientists. Undergraduate students from all WCNR majors are given the opportunity to perform research on their own or part of a team. Students from the 2025-2026 cohort will be sharing their research projects and findings with the WCNR community.

RESEARCH POP-UP: SUPER (SKILLS FOR UNDERGRADUATE PARTICIPATION IN ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH)

9:00AM-10:30AM  |  MSNR ATRIUM

The SUPER Program brings together teaching from the Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability (ESS) with research mentoring performed largely by Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL) scientists. Undergraduate students from all WCNR majors are given the opportunity to perform research on their own or part of a team. Students from the 2025-2026 cohort will be sharing their research projects and findings with the WCNR community.

CSU ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION

12:00PM-1:00PM  |  CSU MAIN CAMPUS (NORTH SIDE OF HARTSHORN)

The CSU community and student volunteers are welcome to join us on the north side of Hartshorn. The celebration will include a short ceremony followed by a tree planting demonstration before planting 5 trees in honor of Arbor Day. This is our 16th consecutive arbor day planting, and our 15th year being acknowledged as a Tree Campus Higher Education institution. *Back-up date (in case of inclement weather): April 24, 12-1 p.m.

More info: www.fm.colostate.edu/arboretum

 

FWCB Graduate & Faculty Seminars: Carolyn Coyle, PhD candidate

3:00PM-3:50PM  |  WAGAR 133 OR ZOOM

The FWCB Graduate & Faculty Seminar Series features weekly research presentations by completing graduate students, invited scientists, and FWCB faculty. Topics span fish, wildlife, and conservation biology, highlighting current scholarship, applied science, and emerging questions in the field. All are welcome!

Complete Schedule and Zoom Links: FWCB Graduate & Faculty Seminars – Warner College of Natural Resources

 

CSU DAY AT THE GARDENS ON SPRING CREEK

10:00AM-2:00PM  |  THE GARDENS ON SPRING CREEK – 2145 CENTRE AVE., FORT COLLINS

Calling all CSU students! Join us for a day of learning and wellness at The Gardens on Spring Creek. Explore our 12 acres of curated botanic gardens while enjoying resource booths, art stations, wellness activities and food trucks. Admission is free for CSU students with student ID. Event Info

FWCB Graduate & Faculty Seminars: Dan Briggs, MS student

3:00PM-3:50PM  |  WAGAR 133 OR ZOOM

The FWCB Graduate & Faculty Seminar Series features weekly research presentations by completing graduate students, invited scientists, and FWCB faculty. Topics span fish, wildlife, and conservation biology, highlighting current scholarship, applied science, and emerging questions in the field. All are welcome!

Complete Schedule and Zoom Links: FWCB Graduate & Faculty Seminars – Warner College of Natural Resources

 

2026 WARNER ALL-COLLEGE AWARDS RECEPTION

6:00-8:00PM  |  LORY STUDENT CENTER THEATER

Join Dean Conant, Warner department heads, and College Council as they present faculty, staff, and student awards. Warner faculty, staff, and students are invited. Refreshments will be served.

VOICES FROM THE FIELD SEMINAR SERIES: WYATT WILSON

2:00PM-3:00PM  |  ZOOM

The community-based natural resource management course seminar series, “Voices from the Field,” is being led by Dominique David-Chavez, assistant professor in the Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship.

More information and the Zoom link: https://warnercnr.source.colostate.edu/voices-from-the-field-seminar-series-starts-march-10/

EARTH DAY CLOTHING SWAP

11:00AM – 1:00PM |  SHERWOOD FOREST

Give your clothes, shoes, bags, scarves, and accessories a second life with our Earth Day Clothing Swap.

Now accepting clean, gently used donations.
Drop off in Forestry 123 before April 17.
Any remaining items will be donated to the Murphy Center.

JSET SEMINAR: MIA GROFF

12:00PM-1:00PM  |  MSNR 402 & ZOOM

The core of the Just Social-Ecological Transformations Program is their weekly seminar where knowledge keepers from across the world, academic disciplines, languages, and walks of life come together to share experiences and learn together.

Zoom login information:
Zoom code: 899 8672 6373
Zoom passcode: 279009

COLLEGE COUNCIL MAKERS’ MARKET

3:00PM – 6:00PM |  MSNR 140

Hosted by Warner College Council. Arts and crafts for sale. All are welcome!

FOREST AND RANGELAND STEWARDSHIP SPRING SEMINAR SERIES

4:00PM-5:00PM  |  MSNR 345 + ZOOM

Bees and the flowers they visit in the Colorado Front Range by Seth Davis
Zoom Link

POP-UP PRINTMAKING

9:00AM-2:00PM  |  MSNR ATRIUM

Print a postcard or bring clothing to print on using custom Warner College lino blocks! Linocut is a relief printmaking technique where a design is carved into a rubber block, which can then be stamped onto a surface of your choice.

NATURAL RESOURCES TRIVIA AT RAMSKELLER PUB

5:00PM-7:00PM  |  RAMSKELLER PUB (LORY STUDENT CENTER LEVEL 100)

Eat, drink, and test your knowledge! Create your own team of up to 6 Warner students and compete for bragging rights and prizes for the top teams! Players can get a free cheese pizza slice (while supplies last). This is a free event.

MR. ENTOMOLOGY NIGHT DRAG SHOW

TIME TBD | LOCATION TBD

A bug-themed drag show sponsored by the CSU Entomology Club!

FWCB Graduate & Faculty Seminars: Robyn Thomas, MS student

3:00PM-3:50PM  |  WAGAR 133 OR ZOOM

The FWCB Graduate & Faculty Seminar Series features weekly research presentations by completing graduate students, invited scientists, and FWCB faculty. Topics span fish, wildlife, and conservation biology, highlighting current scholarship, applied science, and emerging questions in the field. All are welcome!

Complete Schedule and Zoom Links: FWCB Graduate & Faculty Seminars – Warner College of Natural Resources