News and Events
CEMML’s James Sample Facilitates Range Planning Efforts at Desert National Wildlife Refuge
CEMML’s Range Planning Specialist, James Sample, is managing discussions between the Air Force and local land management agencies about changes to public access at the Desert National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada. A recent Nevada Public Radio articles includes Sample’s perspective and others on the uses of public lands.
February 24, 2017
Announcing Our Outstanding Accomplishment Award Recipients
Each year, CEMML invites its staff and sponsors to nominate employees or teams that warrant recognition for outstanding accomplishments. Nominations submitted in 2016 reflected excellence in information technology and the stewardship of cultural and natural resources. We are pleased to announce that the recipient of this year’s award is the Tomah Field Office Cultural Resources team […]
February 9, 2017
Dynamic Long-Term Wildfire Risk Modeling Presented at AGU’s Fall Meeting
CEMML’s Wildland Fire Support Center, headed by Andrew Beavers, has developed and refined a method for modeling wildfire risk that is particularly useful in military applications. Amy Burzynski, a researcher and data analyst for the Wildland Fire Support Center, presented the method at the 2016 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, one of the largest […]
January 9, 2017
GIS Days 2016 at CSU
CEMML’s Muthukumaran Sampath and his fellow researchers, Emily Campbell, Amy Stuyvesant, and Benjamin Ignac, presented “Monitoring Algal Productivity in Alpine Lakes” at CSU’s GIS Days. The researchers assessed the accuracy of Landsat 8-based estimates of chlorophyll-a levels in alpine lakes. GIS Days is an annual event, sponsored by CSU’s Geospatial Centriod, that features lectures, workshops, […]
November 17, 2016
Associate Director Bob Brozka Retires from CEMML
Bob Brozka, associate director for the Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, retired recently following a 22-year career at Colorado State University. Brozka came to CEMML with experience in environmental project management from the Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Lab in Illinois. During his tenure, Brozka helped CEMML grow from a modest-sized group of […]
November 4, 2016
Hurricane Matthew Aftermath and CEMML Stories
Hurricane Matthew recently plotted a track along the southeastern U.S. through and near many locations where CEMML staff work and live. Pictures and stories are starting to trickle in. Send yours and we’ll add them to this post. Cape Canaveral
October 14, 2016
Documentary Showcases CEMML’s Work at Bellows AFS
The Air Force launched a new documentary that showcases its eco-friendly work on the beaches and wetlands of Bellows AFS and it stars . . .drum roll please. . . CEMML’s Craig Gorsuch! An Environmental Program Manager with a mission to revert AF lands to their more natural state, Gorsuch had much help from Kari Bogner, Chase Davenport, plus […]
September 7, 2016
CSU types find each other wherever they go
As part of the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Oahu this week, CEMML staffers enjoy dinner with the Assistant Secretary of Air Force Installations, Environment and Energy, herself also a CSU alum. Go Rams!
September 7, 2016
Highest Point on Oahu
Reporting from Hawaii, Kris Rex had the pleasure of taking her Joint Base installation biologist and Pacific Region Natural Resources Subject Matter Experts up Mount Ka’ala last week. At a bog immediately adjacent to the USAF 611CES Radar Station, she snapped these photos. Mahalo for sharing your hike with us, Kris!
September 7, 2016
CEMML Helps Fort McCoy Win DoD Environmental Award
The Fort McCoy Natural Resource Branch (NRB) – which includes several CEMML research and field professional – was selected as the “Best Natural Resources Conservation Team” by the Secretary of the Army earlier this year. On the heels of that award, this same team won the top 2016 DoD Secretary of Defense Environmental Award for Natural Resources! CEMML is an integral […]
August 5, 2016
Cultural Resources Team Develops 3D Laser Scanning Capability
CEMML Cultural Resources expands its capabilities to document historic buildings, archaeological sites, cultural landscapes and Traditional Cultural Properties by training on 3D Laser Scanning and photogrammetry technology.
June 30, 2016
Annual GIS Workshop Brings CEMML Employees Together
On April 19-20, 2016, CEMML hosted off-site and CSU-based Environmental GIS employees for two days of workshops and networking. The team of GIS professionals support spatial data standardization for the Air Force Civil Engineer Center – Environmental Directorate (AFCEC/CZ) headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas. Led by Associate Director, Gary Senseman, the annual […]
June 13, 2016