Natural Resources of the West: Energy
GEOL/ENVS 396 - TOPICS: Natural Resources

Fall 2005

Saccomanno Lecture Hall (SL 110)

Mesa State College 

Grand Junction, CO

Seminars are free and open to the public

Sept 26– Impact of seismic exploration on plants and soils

Jayne Belnap
US Geological Survey - Biological Resources Division
Moab, UT

Oct 3 – Southwestern Colorado , Birthplace of the Uranium Industry

William Chenoweth
Retired US Department of Energy Geologist
Grand Junction, CO

Oct 10 – Coal:  Buried Sunshine or Flammable Dirt

Steve Doyle
Doyle Trading Consultants, LLC
Glade Park, CO

Oct 17 - No Seminar - Mesa State Fall Break!

Oct 24 – Geology and present mining activities of the Uravan mineral belt

Dick White
Geologist
Cotter Corp
Nucla, CO

Oct 31 – Colorado River and Endocrine Disruptors

Theo Colburn
Co-author Our Stolen Future
President, The Endocrine Disruption Exchange

Nov 7–America 's Energy Challenges

Randy Udall
Community Office for Resource Efficiency
Aspen, CO

Nov 14 - The Search for Sustainable Remedies for Abandoned Uranium Mill Sites

Jody Waugh, Ph.D.
Principle Scientist
Environmental Sciences Laboratory
Grand Junction, CO

Nov 21– Solar, Wind and Water Power - Colorado's Renewable Energy Resources

Justine Sanchez and Carol Weis
Solar Energy International
Carbondale, CO

Nov 28 – Geology of Natural Gas Development in the Piceance Basin

Rex Cole
Professor of Geology
Mesa State College

Dec 5 – Oil and gas impacts on Colorado ’s water resources

Randy See
Water Resources Organizer
Montrose, CO

For more information contact:
Prof. Gigi Richard, 970-248-1689, grichard@mesastate.edu 
OR
Prof. Tamera Minnick, 970-248-1663, tminnick@mesastate.edu