News and Events
Helping the Army Protect Species At Risk on the Big Island
CEMML is helping to sustain populations of rare species that are not federally-protected but are considered Species at Risk (SAR) by the Department of Defense (DoD). Managing SAR is a DoD priority because it can reduce the chances that additional species are listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as Threatened or Endangered. A […]
March 8, 2021
Supporting Environmental decision making in Alaska since 1992
Responsible for over 1.6 million acres of Army-managed land, CEMML helps military leaders at Fort Wainwright make the best environmental decisions for the long-term preservation of the vast natural and cultural resources on their active training lands. The depth and breadth of CEMML’s work at Fort Wainwright requires equally extensive collaborative efforts. In the last […]
September 25, 2020
Warner College Appoints Reymundo Chapa Executive Director of Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands
CSU’s Warner College of Natural Resources recently appointed Reymundo Chapa as executive director of CEMML. Chapa served as interim executive director for a year leading up to the appointment and served as associate director of cultural resources at CEMML prior to that.
September 23, 2020
CEMML Assists Air Force Civil Engineer Center with New GIS Program
The Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Environmental GIS Program, in partnership with the Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML), collects, develops and maintains spatial data supporting Air Force environmental programs. The effort standardizes 70 environmental GIS data layers across Air Force installations worldwide.
July 29, 2020
CEMML personnel within the Wildland Fire Branch battle fire season despite COVID-19
CEMML teams across the country work with the Air Force’s Wildland Fire Branch to respond to wildfires, pandemic or not. CEMML wildland fire leads Frank Gibbs and Jon Glover weigh in on the challenges of fighting fires in Florida, Alaska, and beyond in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
July 20, 2020
Beale Air Force Base is the new monarch butterfly hotspot with the help of CEMML biologist
For CEMML biologist Chadwick McCready, what started as an observation and a river bank restoration project, led to the discovery of 10 monarch breeding sites on Beale and the creation of a series of pollinator gardens to aid in the butterfly’s annual migration.
July 14, 2020
CEMML watershed management biologists conduct stream habitat survey at Fort McCoy
CEMML Watershed Management Biologists recently conducted a stream habitat survey at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin. Data collected in the survey will be used to determine how a culvert should be placed, whether stream restoration is necessary, and how well fish are surviving in the habitat.
May 21, 2020
CEMML Staff Earn USFWS Military Conservation Partner Award as part of Fort McCoy Natural Resources Team
The Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch, of which CEMML staff play an important role, was recently awarded the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Military Conservation Partner Award, which recognizes significant natural resources management achievements by military installations.
March 19, 2019
CEMML partners with Joint Base Langley-Eustis and the local community to preserve Depression-era Cemeteries
CEMML’s cultural resources team at Joint Base Langley-Eustis won a National Public Lands Day (NPLD) award for preserving Depression-era graves at Fort Eustis and increasing the local community’s awareness of history. The NPLD is the United States’ largest, single-day volunteer effort focused on public lands. Its goal is to bring together federal land managers and […]
July 26, 2018
Paul Block – In Memoriam
We are sorry to share the news that our colleague Paul died at home of natural causes during the week of 6 May 2018. Paul was a member of the Colorado State University and CEMML communities—even before CEMML was established formally—from 1989-2018. Originally from Minnesota, Paul graduated from CSU with a degree in rangeland ecology. […]
May 18, 2018
Team Develops Plan to Prevent Expansion of Invasive Species in the Mariana Islands
What do the coconut rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros), siam weed (Chromolaena odorata), and little fire ant (Wasmannia auropunctata) have in common? All now inhabit the Mariana Islands, on which the Naval Facilities Engineering Command operates training areas, but are non-native invasive species. A team from the Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML) at […]
January 25, 2018
To prepare for climate change, U.S. Air Force enlists CSU/CEMML scientists, engineers
From rising temperatures to eroding beaches and increased flood and wildfire risks, a warming climate will have ripple effects across the world – and the U.S. military wants to be ready. CEMML’s Mindy Clarke is leading a multi-disciplinary CSU/CEMML team on a nearly $3 million project in partnership with U.S. Air Force to help its […]
September 19, 2017