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The USGS makes finding the locations (and more) of U.S. species a lot easier with the new digital resource - BISON

Submitted by Kristin Pintauro on Mon, 05/20/2013 - 3:11pm

Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation or BISON is the only system of its kind; a unique, web-based Federal resource for finding species in the U. S. and territories.  Its size is unprecedented, offering more than 100 million mapped records of nearly every living species nationwide and growing. And the vast majority of the records are specific locations, not just county or state records.

Gov. John Hickenlooper signs graywater bill at CSU

Submitted by Kristin Pintauro on Mon, 05/20/2013 - 10:31am

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper was on campus Wednesday afternoon to sign into law House Bill 1044, which legalizes the use of graywater in the state.

Hickenlooper chose CSU for the bill signing because CSU engineering professors Larry Roesner and Sybil Sharvelle, internationally recognized water experts, helped write the bill and were primary players in the battle to push the bill through the legislature. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Randy Fischer, D-Fort Collins, and Sen. Gail Schwartz, D-Snowmass Village.

Searching for tigers in India

Submitted by Kristin Pintauro on Fri, 05/17/2013 - 11:28am

A tiger! There! Black stripes moving slowly through the bushes.

I was seeing with my own eyes the largest, most charismatic cat on Earth — and the most endangered. Looking down a draw, 40 yards off, I watched the tigress creep forward. For a moment, I could see her head well. Then she disappeared behind a thick-leaved tree.

Gone.

The Hidden World Under Our Feet

Submitted by Kristin Pintauro on Mon, 05/13/2013 - 8:58am

The New York Times

THE world’s worrisome decline in biodiversity is well known. Some experts say we are well on our way toward the sixth great extinction and that by 2100 half of all the world’s plant and animal species may disappear.

Yet one of the most important threats to biodiversity has received little attention — though it lies under our feet.

Global Sustainability Leadership Fellows Named at Colorado State University

Submitted by Kristin Pintauro on Fri, 05/10/2013 - 11:05am

FORT COLLINS - The School of Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES) at Colorado State University has announced the selection of 20 early career academics -- Ph.D. candidates and Postdoctoral Fellows -- to be 2013-14 Global Sustainability Leadership Fellows. The SoGES Global Sustainability Leadership Fellows program cultivates future innovators and thought leaders capable of effectively communicating not only with peers but also with the public.

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