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Delia Malone speaks at ACES about the importance of protecting fen integrity is order to of mitigate impacts of climate warming in the arid west.
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Dr. Stewart Breck discusses his research on bear populations and behavior, patterns of human-bear conflict, and results of management efforts to reduce conflict in towns throughout Colorado.
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Naturalist Nights: Where Wildlife Meets the Road: Advancing Safe Passages in the Roaring Fork ValleyJulia Kintsch and Cecily DeAngelo discuss wildlife’s need for connectivity across roads; how wildlife crossings can create safer roads for wildlife and motorists; and steps being taken in Colorado and, specifically, in the Roaring Fork Valley to advance safe passages for wildlife.
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Dr. Dan West discusses Colorado’s major bark beetle species and a recent history of beetle epidemic locations shown from an Aerial Detection Survey. Did you know that weather plays a crucial role in insect and disease activity in Colorado’s forests?
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What can we do to bring back our birds and save the planet? Arvind Panjabi provides a synopsis of the state of our bird populations, both locally and continentally, and talks about the loss of 3 billion birds over the last half-century.
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Learn from local Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wildlife biologist, Hilary Boyd, how the agency is using goats to increase plant diversity at Sutey Ranch, reduce noxious weeds after the Lake Christine Fire, and improve a variety of conditions for wildlife and livestock in other parts of the Roaring Fork Valley.
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Soil has been getting a lot of attention recently for its potential to store carbon from the atmosphere. But what is the realistic potential for carbon sequestration in soils, how could we do it, and how does soil carbon work?
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Dr. Melanie Armstrong teaches environmental policy and history at Western State Colorado University. She was in the Roaring Fork Valley last week as part…
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Jasmine Finks has spent years rehabilitating injured osprey and educating people about the birds of prey. Finks was in Aspen last week as part of the…
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The 2018 lineup for local speaker series Naturalist Nights includes regional experts on topics from the geology of Glenwood Canyon to the world’s finest…