According to a 2007 Colorado State University analysis of wildland-urban interface in the state, Colorado had 715,500 acres of interface in 2000. By the year 2030, the analysis shows, Colorado will have more than 2.1 million acres of wildland-urban interface.

Volunteers measure precipitation in their own backyards, email the numbers to headquarters at Colorado State University and a compilation shows up at www.cocorahs.org.

“Consumers are tightening up their budgets across the board,” said Rhonda Follman, a family and consumer science agent with Colorado State University’s extension office in Grand Junction.

In a typical year, the center’s birds eat 4.3 tons of food, mainly rodents. Many rescued raptors require surgery for broken bones; the center’s staffers know the fastest routes to the nearby Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

Extra!’s hat goes off to Colorado State University, which is making itself into a leader in wind power technology.

“In Colorado and Texas, we’re focusing on wind because we have a lot of it,” said Bob duffy, chairman of the political science department at Colorado State University. “In Florida, they’re focusing on solar. Some where else might focus on …

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY: President Larry Penley has joined the board of directors for the National Society of Hispanic MBAs.

“How a fire is fought in beetle-killed trees will change over time as the condition of the trees change,” said Rich Homann, fire division supervisor with the Colorado State Forest Service, a Colorado State University agency.

Santa Cops is a coordinated community effort between the Colorado State Patrol, Colorado State University Police Department, Larimer County Sheriffs Office, Fort Collins Police Services, Loveland Police Department and private individuals and business.

Here’s a tidbit dear to Extra’s technogeek soul: Colorado State University has installed a new antenna to sharpen the resolution of one of the world’s most advanced weather instruments, the CSU-CHILL radar.