Colorado College’s new President Jill Tiefenthaler blogs about the Rockies Project

Check out CC’s new President Jill Tiefenthaler’s blog and what she has to say to say about the State of the Rockies Project, this year’s Save the Colorado River Basin banner photo contest, and our field researcher Will Stauffer-Norris’ journey down the length of the Colorado River this fall: http://blog.coloradocollege.edu/president/

The first State of the Rockies Speakers Series event is quickly approaching!

The first State of the Rockies Speakers Series event is scheduled for 7pm September 12th, 2011.  Jonathan Waterman and Peter McBride, co-authors of the recently published book The Colorado River: Flowing Through Conflict, will present their insights on the Colorado River along with some of the incredible images from their book.  Check out Peter and Jon’s websites at: http://www.petemcbride.com/ and http://jonathanwaterman.com/.  The talk will be held in the Celeste Theater in the the Cornerstone Arts Building on the Colorado College campus in Colorado Springs, CO at 7pm on 9/12/2011.  Take a look at the rest of the speakers we’ve scheduled for the year here at: http://www2.coloradocollege.edu/StateoftheRockies/201112 Monthly Speakers/2011-12 Rockies talks and Conference announcement.pdf

State of the Rockies Research Trip Videos

We’ve finally put together the last of our footage from the 7/10-7/24 research trip and posted it to our YouTube channel.  Click here to go to the channel. The four videos follow our trip throughout the Colorado River Basin and cover important stops such as:

-The Black Canyon of the Gunnison

-Moab, UT and Canyonlands NP

-Glen Canyon Dam

-Lees Ferry

-Las Vegas, NV

-Imperial Irrigation District, California

-Mexico and the Cienega de Santa Clara

-Yuma, AZ

Also check out Will Stauffer-Norris’ Source to Sea Preview and stay tuned for updates regarding Will’s journey this fall.