2009 Moving Mountains - Education Series

Seminars, Field Trips, & Workshops

Schedule will be updated regularly

Please register for the workshops.

TBD - To Be Determined

DATE/TIME LOCATION EVENT TITLE OTHER INFO
April 3, 2:00 pm

Fort Lewis College, Durango

Noble Hall 125

Seminar Mountains as Natural Experiments in Biodiversity, by Dr. Christy McCain, University of Colorado, Boulder  
June 4th, 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Silverton, CO

Silverton Town Hall

Open House for Public Input Animas River Corridor Revitalization Project - Trails Open House  
June 16th - 17th Ouray & Silverton, CO Workshop Technical Sphagnum Moss Identification Workshop, with Dr. Richard Andrus, Binghamton University, NY Cost: $90
July 11, 10:00 am Parking on summit of Red Mountain Pass Field Trip Wildflower Walk on Red Mountain Pass, with Peggy Lyon

Bring sturdy boots, rain gear, and a bag lunch

Donation to MSI Greatly Appreciated

July 16, 7:00 pm Fort Lewis College, Noble Hall Room 130, Durango, CO Seminar Dynamics of Sin Nombre Virus in Natural Host Populations: Implications for Human Health Risk, by Dr. Erin Lehmer Donation to MSI Greatly Appreciated
July 30, 7:00 pm Fort Lewis College, Noble Hall, Room 130, Durango, CO Seminar Patterns of Rocky Mountain pika persistence in a changing climate, with Liesl Peterson - PhD Candidate Donation to MSI Greatly Appreciated
August 1, All Day Mouintain Studies Field Station, Silverton, CO Field Trip Acid Rock Drainage in the San Juans, Dr. David Borrok Donation to MSI Greatly Appreciated
August 13, 7:00 pm Silverton, CO Seminar Going, going, gone: how early snowmelt due to desert dust affects alpine plant communities, by Dr. Heidi Steltzer Donation to MSI Greatly Appreciated
August 26, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Durango Public Library Forum 2009 San Juan Air Quality Forum Register by the dealine to secure free lunch

October 8, 2009 - 7:00pm

130 Noble Hall, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO Seminar Air Quality and Human Health in the Four Corners with Co-Sponsors League of Women Voters & San Juan Citizens Alliance Part of the Fort Lewis College Life Long Learning Lecture Series
October 21, 2009 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm Senate Chambers, Student Union, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO Seminar

Snow and Graduate School Seminars - The Disappearing Cryosphere: Save Our Snow - 2:00pm & Applying to Graduate Schools - 3:00pm

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October 22, 2009 - All Day Durango Public Library Workshop MSI hosts the Colorado Water Conservation Board workshop on Dealing with Drought - Adapting to Climate Change

Registration Required

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Oct 26, 1-5 pm

MSI Field Station, Silver Lakes Campground, Silverton, CO

Field Trip Field Station Tour: Join Staff and Board for cider and treats, learn about MSI and our activitieis, and tour the field station  
Oct 28, 2-4 pm Dine College, Shiprock Campus Seminar How's the Air Out Here?  
Oct 30, 1-3 pm Mountain Village Town Hall Council Room Meeting & Presentations San Juan Fens Partnership Meeting & Fen Progress Presentations  
Nov 2, 1-3 pm Dine College, Shiprock Campus Seminar How's the Air Out Here?  
January 18, 2010 Natures Oasis Bulb Exchange Light Bulb Blitz 2010  
 

Call MSI's Silverton Headquarters (970-387-5161) or offices at Fort Lewis College (970-247-7071) to learn more.