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August 21, 2014
John Muir said, 'When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.' This talk shares how changing environmental dynamics, such as food sources, affect bison and bighorn herds and feral horses in Rocky Mountain ecosystems.
The Ecosystem Science & Sustainability and Natural Resource Ecology Lab in the Warner College of Natural Resources are hosting, Bison, Bighorn, and Feral Horses: Ungulates in Rocky Mountain Ecosystems.
The event is free and open to the public.
Ungulate herbivores are an integral part of Rocky Mountain ecosystems, and as such, managers need to understand how changing environmental dynamics may limit these large herbivores.
Three studies on Rocky Mountain ungulates will be presented and discussed:
This program is the result of a partnership between Poudre River Public Library District and The Rocky Mountain Environment and Society program in the Natural Resource Ecology Department (NREL) at Colorado State University.
Contact: Melissa Beavers
Phone: (970) 221-6740