CSU Around the State

CSU In Your Community – Bringing the University to All Coloradans

Our statewide offices and regional campuses and centers across the state serve as a platform for CSU to connect to communities, and for communities to connect to CSU research and education, facilitate local connections and work alongside communities. Students also can find support in connections to internships, apprenticeships and service opportunities.

Statewide Offices

Colorado State Forest Service

Together with other natural resource organizations, the Colorado State Forest Service strives to provide comprehensive support for the care of our natural environment. This exchange of technical assistance and information among cooperating organizations ensures the commitment to a common goal – future forests providing benefits to future generations.

CSU Extension

CSU Extension empowers Coloradans to address important and emerging community needs using dynamic, science-based educational resources. Our system of county offices puts CSU Extension resources within easy reach of Colorado’s 64 counties.

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CSU Agricultural Research Centers

CSU’s statewide network of research centers operate under the direction and mission of the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station to conduct research that addresses the economic viability, environmental sustainability, and social acceptability of activities impacting agriculture, natural resources, and consumers in Colorado. There are 8 centers that conduct research to meet agricultural production needs in different regions of the state, including at our Western and Arkansas Valley Campuses.

Agricultural Research, Development and Education Center (ARDEC)

Located 4 miles north of Fort Collins, ARDEC is an off campus research and teaching farm, working livestock facility and horticulture field research center that facilitates investigation on agricultural problems with a coordinated approach integrating multi-disciplinary expertise.

Arkansas Valley Research Center

The Arkansas Valley Research Center was established to serve the research needs of the irrigated farming area of southeast Colorado. Researchers focus on irrigated crop production with a particular emphasis on optimal water use for specialty crops grown under irrigation, such as alfalfa, corn, dry beans, small grains, soybeans, sorghum, onions, melons, tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes and peppers.

Eastern Colorado Research Center

The Eastern Colorado Research Center focuses on beef cattle management with attention to cattle feeding and nutrition. The facilities consist of more than 35 fenced pastures of native and seeded rangeland, 22 feedlot pens with 640 feet of bunk space, enclosed working facilities with chute and scales for working and weighing the livestock.

Plainsman Research Center

The Plainsman Research Center conducts research including full and limited irrigation using furrow, sprinkler, and subsurface drip irrigation, as well as tillage comparisons of no-till, ridge-till, conventional-till, and subsoiling.

San Luis Valley Research Center

The San Luis Valley Research Center has a continuing commitment to the people of the San Luis Valley and the state of Colorado to provide research information, conduct extension education and seed certification programs.

Southwestern Colorado Research Center

Southwestern Colorado Research Center

SWCRC works to advance knowledge in the agricultural, biological, soil and water-related sciences, while also promoting regional engagement in community development, food systems and natural resources projects. SWCRC partners with CSU Extension in Dolores and Montezuma County to maintain a three acre research and demonstration orchard located at the research center.

Western Colorado Research Center Network

Western Campus (Colorado Research Center (WCRC))

Grand Valley Research Station: The Grand Valley Research Station is located 15 miles northwest of Grand Junction in Fruita, Colo. This station supports research involving irrigation management, water resources, agronomy and integrated cropping systems.
Orchard Mesa Research Station: The Orchard Mesa Research Station is located seven miles southeast of Grand Junction. This station supports research involving tree fruits, wine grape production, and ornamental horticulture.
Organic Research Station at Rogers Mesa: Rogers Mesa Research Station re-opened in 2017 after being closed for several years. The site has nearly 80 acres of land, of which 65 are cultivable and most of it will be certified organic in 2019.

Plant Growth Facilities

This center on CSU’s Fort Collins campus provides research space, including greenhouses, growth chambers and biocontainment facilities, to researchers from five different colleges studying a diverse range of plant material, including wheat, corn, potatoes, rice, salt grass, arabidopsis & hemp.

CSU Campuses

Our regional CSU campuses bring multiple areas of expertise together to partner with the community in support of local needs, fostering collaborations and partnerships for the benefit of the region and all Coloradans.

CSU Western Campus

In addition to the Western Colorado Research Center network, Western Campus is home to Extension, the Western Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and the Colorado State Forest Service regional office.

CSU Arkansas Valley Campus

The Arkansas Valley Campus brings together multiple Agricultural Research Centers, Extension, and the Rocky Ford Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in research, education and outreach.

CSU Mountain Campus

Nestled in a beautiful, secluded mountain valley at an elevation of 9,000 ft. (2,743m) lies Colorado State University’s 1,600-acre Mountain Campus. Mountain Campus serves the CSU community and the surrounding region for academic field studies, educationally focused conferences, K-12 programming and mountain research, and is open from mid-May to mid-October.

CSU Foothills Campus

The Foothills campus encompasses 1250 acres of rural land close to CSU’s main campus. Its unique features lend themselves to the specialized research needed to provide solutions to complex global challenges. Foothills Campus has a long tradition of excellence in research, education and outreach and is successful through partnerships and collaborations between CSU and federal, state, local and private partners. The campus houses several research and outreach centers, including the Colorado State Forest Service, National Wildlife Research Center, Atmospheric Science West Facility, the Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology Lab, Infectious Disease Research Center, the Temple Grandin Equine Center, and more.

Sturm Collaboration Campus

The Sturm Collaboration Campus

The Sturm Collaboration Campus is a partnership between Arapahoe Community College (ACC), Douglas County School District, and Colorado State University that creates a CSU degree pathway for high school and community college students.

CSU Spur

Opening in 2022, CSU Spur is a Denver-based campus built for public education and engagement. With a focus on the issues of food, water, and health, the three-building CSU campus will focus on research and hands-on education for learners of all ages. Programs are meant to inspire the next generation with science-on-display ranging from watching veterinarians operate on animals, to horses on underwater treadmills, to rooftop greenhouses.

Regional Centers

Northeast Regional Engagement Center

At the Northeast Regional Engagement Center, we convene conversations, build community partnerships and facilitate connections to CSU faculty and research. Our role is local – engaging, serving and working in partnership to co-create on the needs in our communities.