2025 CMC Sustainability Studies and Ecosystem Science & Stewardship Conference

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REMATRIATING THE ROCKIES
How do we shift environmental conservation toward a more equitable and balanced future? Join our annual virtual conference highlighting the work of graduating students in Sustainability Studies and Ecosystem Science & Stewardship programs. Featuring an opening address by CMC President, Dr. Matt Gianneschi, with a closing presentation by our Keynote Speaker, Gemara Gifford, M.S, who will share her research on the pathways and barriers to rematriation in the Southern Rocky Mountain Region. “Rematriation” is a movement supporting the direct return of lands to Indigenous Peoples, the return of buffalo to their homelands, and the reclamation and resurgence of Indigenous Knowledge, cultural practices, languages, and lifeways.

For more information and detailed schedule, visit the Conference page and register for this FREE, virtual event.

Loch Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Keynote Speaker:  Gemara Gifford, M.S., Owner of Mending Mountains and Ph.D Candidate at CSU.