Natural Resources of the West: Restoration
GEOL/ENVS 394
Fall 2011

Mondays 4 - 5:30 pm
Saccomanno Lecture Hall, Wubben Science Building, Room 141
Colorado Mesa University
Grand Junction, CO

8/22 - Introductions

8/29 – Restoration Basics
Prof. Tamera Minnick, Colorado Mesa University

9/5 – Labor Day – No Guest Speaker

9/12 – River Restoration Introduction
Prof. Gigi Richard, Colorado Mesa University

9/19 – Seed Production for Restoration
Dr. Ron Godin, CSU Extension

9/26 – Ecology of Long-Term Remedies for Uranium Mill Tailings
Jody Waugh, S.M. Stoller Corporation

10/3 – Challenges in Wetland Restoration - Looks broke maybe we should fix it?
Mike Villa, WestWater Engineering

10/10 – Tamarisk Leaf Beetle Expansion and the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher: Challenges and Opportunities for Habitat Improvement Efforts
Stacy Kolegas and Bill Cooper, Tamarisk Coalition

10/17 – Fall Break – No Guest Speaker

10/24 – Standard Mine and Superfund in Coal Creek Watershed
Anthony Poponi, Coal Creek Watershed Coalition

10/31 – Re-Establishing the California Condor to the American Southwest
Eddie Feltes, Peregrine Fund, Arizona

11/7 – Habitat Restoration for Endangered Colorado River Fishes in the Grand Valley
Patty Gelatt, US Fish and Wildlife Service

11/14 – Environmental Remediation at Abandoned Mine Sites
Steve Renner, Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety

11/21 – Restoring well pads as wildlife habitat in the Piceance Basin
Danielle Johnston, Habitat Researcher, Colorado Parks and Wildlife

11/28 – Uncompahgre Plateau Project
Matt Tuten, US Forest Service

12/5 – Eagle River Restoration
Julie Ash, Walsh Environmental, Boulder, CO

Seminars are free and open to the public.
No registration necessary.
Presented in cooperation with the Water Center at CMU