Join us in celebrating a successful year of research and education in the San Juan Mountains!
We look forward to celebrating with you! For more information, click HERE .
Dec. 9th | Colorado Gives Day
Please help us develop science that people can use to address environmental issues facing the San Juan Mountains. This is your home, and ours, Give Where You Live by December 9th, 2014 to enhance the beauty and integrity of the place we call home.
Oct. 29 Connecting for Conservation Luncheon
October 4th, 2014: Forest Health Walking Tour and Celebratory BBQ (Past Event)
Come join us for a guided forest health walking tour and stay for a public BBQ celebrating the volunteers of the Citizens for Forest Health Brigade! Click here to register
PikaNet Citizen Science Training (Past Event)
PikaNet Volunteer searches talus slope
Aug 1, 2014 - Aug 2, 2014 Time: 5:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Dr. Chris Ray - A Pika in My Pocket: a research presentation and training for research citizen scientists. August 1, 5:30 pm, presentation followed by PikaNet Citizen Science training, 7-8 pm at San Juan Public Lands Center, 15 Burnett Ct., Durango. Presentation and training offered by a partnership between San Juan Mountains Association and Mountain Studies Institute Dr. Chris Ray is a researcher at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Her research focuses on how populations of threatened species respond to disease, climate, and other human impacts. Her current research focuses on climate-related impacts on American Pika health, behavior, and survival. She has studied Pikas for 20+ years, and currently tracks populations in Montana’s Gallatin National forest and at the University of Colorado’s Long-Term Ecological Research site on Niwot Ridge near Boulder, CO. Saturday, August 2, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. PikaNet Field Training. Meet at MSI’s Mountain House (740 Reese Street, Silverton). Bring water, snacks, sunscreen, sun hat, and field clothing appropriate for current weather conditions. PikaNet is a citizen science initiative to engage people in monitoring the American Pika. This high alpine creature is considered an indicator species of climate change due to its high vulnerability to warming global temperatures. Annual trainings teach volunteers what species and indicators they are looking for, where to find them, how to collect data, and finally how to submit the data to a statewide online database. These workshops will be a combination of indoor and outdoor trainings. The effort is collaboration between Mountain Studies Institute, Denver Zoo, Rocky Mountain Wild, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at CSU, and San Juan Public Lands Center. The monitoring effort is linked to the research being done by Drs. Chris Ray and Liesl Erb. To register for the PikaNet Training, email Noah Chutz at vista@mountainstudies.org.
Sep. 11th & 12th: Fen Restoration Training (past event)
Join MSI and alpine wetland expert, Rod Chimner PhD, for a two-day event dedicated to education and restoration!
September 11th and 12th, all day
WHERE: Meet at the Mountain House in Silverton, CO. The training will take place at Ophir Fen, Ophir Pass, CO between Silverton and Telluride.
WHAT: Learn from the experts, practice innovative restoration methods and understand the unique qualities and importance of our surrounding wetlands.
WHY: How often can you give back to the environment, take in an incredible alpine view, and learn valuable new restoration techniques while restoring an ecosystem that has been sequestering carbon for over 10,000 years?
Contact Tim Cutter for more information: tim@mountainstudies.org or call 970.387.5161
Sep. 5th: Animas Forks Dedication & Alpine Loop Backcountry Byway 25th Anniversary (PAST EVENT)
Please join us in celebration of
the stabilization and rehabilitation of the Ghost Town of Animas Forks and the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Alpine Loop Backcountry Byway!
September 5th, 2014 at 11am
Appetizers and refreshments provided
4WD required to access
