2008 State of the Rockies Workshops

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For the 2008 State of the Rockies Conference, State of the Rockies student researchers each hosted a workshop designed to elaborate on their findings in a community context. Bringing together experts, students, and concerned citizens, these workshops were designed to foster meaningful dialogue and encouraged community action. We were pleased to have had high community and student attendance, and to have experienced the diverse perspectives of truly interested people.

Three workshops were hosted Monday, April 7:

Affordable Housing in Colorado Springs: Existing Options and Future Opportunities – hosted by Wiley Rogers

Renewable Energy: Resedential Solutions to a National Issue – hosted by Elizabeth Kolbe

Managing Recreation in Colorado’s Wilderness and Wildlands – hosted by Brandon Goldstein

Two workshops were hosted on Tuesday April 8:

Immigration in Colorado Springs: Connecting Collorado College to local Immigrant Communities – hosted by Simon Cataldo

Restoration Opportunities in the Fountain Creek Watershed – hosted by Lucy Emerson-Bell

2008 Annual State of the Rockies Conference Commences

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The 2008 Annual State of the Rockies Conference began Sunday, April 6 on Armstrong Quad at Colorado College. Students and other community members gathered at to celebrate the Rockies by enjoying locally produced food, local music, films about the Rocky Mountain Region, and student photos of the Rockies. The event was highlighted by filmmaker and CC alumnus Travis Rummel’s personal introduction of his acclaimed film “The Hatch.” Winners of the photo contest were Will Chambers, Tom Dugan, Zion Klos, Charlie Kenyon, and Ryan Schumacher.

Rockies Staff visits Mitchell High School

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Student Researcher Simon Cataldo and Program Coordinator Chris Jackson visited Mitchell High School in Colorado Springs to discuss the State of the Rockies research process and our current research topics.  In the ensuing discussion, Mitchell students provided the Rockies Team with some insight into the issues and potential research topics that are important to high school students.  The event was the idea of Social Studies teacher Todd Nelson, who recieved both his bachelors degree and masters degree from Colorado College.

Photo Contest

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Colorado College students: submit your photographs for the inaugural 2008 Rockies Photo Contest!

The Colorado College State of the Rockies Project is calling for student photo submissions. Select photos may be included in the 2008 State of the Rockies Report Card, and multiple cash prizes will be awarded at the State of the Rockies Conference in April, 2008.

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The 2007 Colorado College State of the Rockies Report Card

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As quickly as the Rockies Project addresses one set of challenges to the eight-state region, new issues appear on the horizon. For the 2007 Report Card such challenges include forest health and the importance of fire mitigation and disease in this region, energy development impacts on Rockies’ communities and infrastructure, water use in the Rockies and the growing need for agriculture to urban water transfers, and trends in new communities, including “new urbanism”.

View the 2007 Report Card Online

Energizing the Rockies: Energy Challenges in Global, National and Regional Perspectives

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Energizing the Rockies was a monthly speaker series running from December 2006 to March 2007, co-sponsored with the Schlessman Business Perspectives Program, which addressed the impacts the current energy boom is having on the communities and environment in the eight-state Rockies region.



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Ted Turner receives inaugural “Champion of the Rockies Award”

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Noting his strong commitment to the health and preservation of the Rocky Mountain West region, Colorado College’s State of the Rockies Project awarded its first Champion of the Rockies Award to environmentalist, philanthropist and media giant Ted Turner.Turner, who owns the largest amount of private land in the United States, manages the largest private bison herd in North America, and is one of the nation’s most influential environmental philanthropists, accepted the award at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 3 in Armstrong Hall, 14 E. Cache La Poudre St., on the Colorado College campus.

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State of the Rockies Poster Series

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Each year, the cover of the State of the Rockies report card has featured a photograph by Steve Weaver of Colorado College’s geology department. Now you can celebrate the State of the Rockies with a series of 18″ x 24″ posters covering the project’s first four years, available for a donation of $30 to State of the Rockies.

Other ways to support the Project