Marianne has been a student of Community College of Denver and will be transferring to the University of Colorado Denver in the fall to study biology. She grew up in North Carolina but has lived in Denver, Colorado for the last three years. She has recently started exploring more of Colorado and looks forward to many more hikes and wildlife sightings. 

Research Project: Changes in Surface Fuels and Regeneration following the Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic in Ponderosa Pine Forests Along the Colorado Front Range. Mentor: Jenny Briggs, USGS

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