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Elizabeth Orning, Ph.D.

Dr. Orning is an ecologist at the Fort Collins Science Center, where she works on applied research that supports the conservation and management of sage-grouse and their habitats.

Beth (she/her) is an ecologist at the Fort Collins Science Center and part of a large collaborative research team focused on developing science and technologies that address landscape-scale questions of wildlife, habitat, and energy and land use across the west. Her research interests focus on using field methodology and remote sensing to better understand the intersection of spatial ecology, population demography, interspecific relationships (predator-prey, competition), and applied research to facilitate management of endangered, threatened, and species of conservation concern. She currently works on quantitative and simulation modeling that supports the conservation and management of sage-grouse and their habitats across the sagebrush biome.

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