Warner College of Natural Resources 10 Feb, 2021
“It was a natural fit for me to bring the perspective of science for forest health and wildfire management to this roundtable,” said Cheng, director of the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute at CSU.
The framework of Western climate resilience priorities announced on Feb. 5 by U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) was carefully crafted by state leaders with a connection to the Colorado River – from the agriculture, water, local government, tribal government, education, environment and business communities – including an expert from Colorado State University.
The senator initially convened this group, known as the Bennet Western Climate Resilience Roundtable, in November 2020 to develop a collaborative, consensus-driven set of priorities for Western climate resilience. Last week, members of the roundtable presented their final framework to Bennet, who plans to use it to drive his policy work in the Senate and as he