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2025-2026 Green Bag Seminar Series

CNHP 2025-2026 Green Bag Seminar Series Web

Please join us for this year's seminar series!

 

CNHP looks forward to hosting the following 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 (locations noted below)

 

Happy Hour to follow at 4:30 PM

Tap & Handle | 307 S College Ave, Fort Collins, CO

 

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

 

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DateSpeaker Abstract & BioPresentation Title & SlidesLocation
Oct 1Bort Edwards -- Colorado Natural Heritage Program, CSUUnderstanding how the landscape and environment shape diversity and distributions: From the savannahs of Australia to the mountains of Colorado
Oct 15Sara LoTemplio -- Dept. Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, CSUYour Brain in Nature: From the Lab to the Outdoors and Beyond
Nov 5Ellie Linden -- Colorado Natural Heritage Program, CSUFrom Data to Decision: Transforming Data to Conservation Intelligence
Nov 19Andy Seidl -- Dept. Agricultural and Resource Economics, CSUNature's bounty: Public returns to investments in Colorado's working landscapes
Dec 3Lauren Laughlin and Gabrielle Smith -- Colorado Natural Heritage Program, CSUMapping Fen Inventories
Jan 21Ken Shockley -- Dept of Philosophy, CSUVulnerability and the practice of environmental ethicsMichael Smith Natural Resources Building, Room 142
Feb 4Ana Davidson -- Colorado Natural Heritage Program, CSUPrairie Dog Ecosystem Conservation from Genes to Landscapes: Plague-Resistance Genomics, Priority Areas, and Decision SupportMichael Smith Natural Resources Building, Room 142
Feb 18John Sanderson -- Center for Collaborative Conservation, CSUCollaborative Conservation: What it is and why it is more important now than everMichael Smith Natural Resources Building, Room 142
March 4Mitchell McGlaughlin -- University of Northern ColoradoColorado's Rare PlantsMichael Smith Natural Resources Building, Room 142
April 1Daniela Bueso -- Trees, Water & PeopleInterconnections between Indigenous People and our EnvironmentMichael Smith Natural Resources Building, Room 142
April 15Gemara Gifford -- Colorado Natural Heritage Program, CSUTribal Collaboration and Natural Heritage Programs in the WestMichael Smith Natural Resources Building, Room 142
May 6Rob Schorr -- Colorado Natural Heritage Program, CSUTBDMichael Smith Natural Resources Building, Room 142

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Spatial layers created for the BTPD Habitat Suitability Model`

Methods used for building the BTPD Habitat Suitability Model.

Methodological approach for identifying suitable landscapes for the black-tailed prairie dog (BTPD) ecosystem conservation.

Maps of state-level high conservation potential habitat (top 10% and 30%) for the black-tailed prairie dog ecosystem, under current and future climates (present, warm/wet, hot/dry, and overlaps

Maps of range-wide high conservation potential habitat (top 10% and 30%) for the black-tailed prairie dog ecosystem, under current and future climates (present, warm/wet, hot/dry, and overlaps

LandownershipArea (km2)Percent (%)
Private63,44765.4
Federal14,02114.5
State9,3479.6
Indigenous lands7,7798.0
NGO/private conservation2,2502.3
Local/Regional1000.1
Total96,944100
Overlap of top 10% high conservation potential areas with land ownership types
StateArea (km2)Percent (%)
Colorado24,08424.8
Montana19,40120.0
South Dakota19,33119.9
Wyoming18,94719.5
New Mexico7,0827.3
Nebraska2,5252.6
Arizona1,8451.9
Texas1,5521.6
Oklahoma1,0591.1
North Dakota6990.7
Kansas4200.4
Total96,944100
Lands with high conservation potential (Top 10%) for the prairie dog ecosystem, by state.