The forestry program provides high quality education in forestry and related disciplines; develops knowledge through scholarly endeavors; and disseminates information to the profession, the public, and the community through service and outreach. This focus on forestry extends into the broader arena of natural resources and environmental sciences through collaboration across the college and university.

This curriculum is accredited by the Society of American Foresters.

The goal of the natural resources management major is to provide students with a broad-based understanding of the use and management of natural resources.  The breadth of the major allows students to specialize in a wide range of topics including conservation biology, geographic information systems, forest management, rangeland ecology, natural resource policy, recreation resources, watershed management, wildlife mangement or other topics related to natural resource management.

The Rangeland Ecology undergraduate program emphasizes interdisciplinary study of, and research on, the world's rangelands. These rangelands occupy nearly 50 percent of the earth's land surface and consist of natural grasslands, savannas, shrublands, riparian areas, deserts, tundra, alpine communities, and coastal marshes.

 **The Watershed Science Program at CSU will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary in March 2008. Read more . . . 

The management, use, and stewardship of fresh water resources is an increasingly important and complex challenge in Colorado and worldwide. Watershed Science is the interdisciplinary study of the physical, chemical, and biological factors that affect the quantity, quality, and flux of water. Such hydrologic changes have important implications for other natural resources that depend on water.

The Watershed Science Program at Colorado State University has long been recognized as one of the premier programs in the world. 

Conservation Biology is a scientific discipline and management context that deals with the diversity of life in ecosystems. Humans have tremendous effects on other species and ecosystems on Earth, and Conservation Biology considers these effects, and how our impacts can be altered to sustain diverse and healthy ecosystems.

Conservation Biology encompasses a wide range of biological sciences such as genetics, evolution, and physiology, as well as a wide range of ecological sciences such as biodiversity, competition, predator/prey relations, and long-term dynamics.