WARM’s Future Horizons

Our short-term vision is to develop a portfolio of three to four mine sites in western Colorado at which graduate or undergraduate students, under the supervision of faculty and experienced outside experts, can learn about and perform site assessment, remedial planning, monitoring, and, where appropriate, implementation, as they make a contribution to remediation of a part of Colorado’s abandoned mine legacy.

Our long-term plans include reaching out to collaborators in other mountain regions to establish exchanges where Colorado-based students or faculty can work on mine reclamation in mountain regions affected by past mining in other countries, or faculty and students from other countries work alongside us here in Colorado. We also hope to create a fellowship at Western Colorado University to attract talented, passionate young land managers to Colorado to further WARM’s mission while furthering their studies in environmental management.