Knowledge Neighborhoods

Connects federal agencies, community planning documents, and natural resource stakeholders across western U.S. water and land management issues, with particular focus on arid lands, river systems, and wildlife in policy and governance contexts.

Connects federal land and water management agencies with local community identity, recreation, and the cultural meaning of landscapes in the Colorado River headwaters region.

Connects local government planning, federal land management, and regional demographic projections to land use decisions across the Gunnison Basin and surrounding public lands.

Connects Colorado state and local water agencies, community stakeholders, and planning documents around contested reservoir development proposals and water allocation decisions in the upper Colorado River basin.

Connects livestock grazing practices, native forage species, and crop production data across Colorado's agricultural landscapes, drawing on extension resources and agricultural statistics to support ranch and rangeland management decisions.

Integrates field sampling protocols, geospatial datasets, and biogeochemical concepts to characterize riparian vegetation, soil conditions, and nitrogen dynamics in western stream corridors.

Connects regional land use planning, urban growth pressures, and mountain terrain hazards across Gunnison County and the Colorado high country, linking county planning documents with landscape-scale concepts like long-range transport and avalanche risk.

Connects mining permitting, mined land reclamation regulations, and ecological monitoring across western landscapes, tracing how regulatory frameworks and corporate activity relate to habitat and species recovery near mine sites.

Connects federal and state agency management of beaver, riparian habitats, and wildlife fencing within the Gunnison National Forest, drawing on ecological research to inform land-use planning and properly functioning stream conditions.

Connects federal environmental review processes and wilderness area evaluation with recreation safety, invasive riparian species, and local land management concerns in western Colorado.

Connects planning commissions, zoning guidance, and comprehensive land use documents to support community development decision-making in the Gunnison-Crested Butte region.

Connects subdivision development planning in Gunnison County with wildlife habitat concerns, deed restrictions, and community land use policy dating to the 1970s.

Connects rare Colorado plant species — including imperiled endemics like Phacelia formosula and Sclerocactus glaucus — to state natural area designations, environmental assessments, and land management planning documents.

Connects property rights advocacy, industrial mining legacy, and trail land use planning around the Mt. Emmons molybdenum project near Crested Butte.