- Winter Ecology -
A Field Course at CU's Mountain Research Station

Spring 2005 - 2015

Acknowledgements
Photo Gallery:  2005, 2006, 2008 Collage, 2009 Collage , 2010-2011 Class Photos | COURSE PAGE


Many thanks to the following people, organizations, and businesses for their invaluable contributions - each have made this course possible:
 

Ways and Means - Logistics and equipment
  • Bill Bowman, MRS Director & Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CU
  • Steve Seibold, MRS Station Manager (2005-2013)
  • Kelly Matheson, MRS Assistant Station Manager (-2014)
  • Jennifer Morse, MRS/INSTAAR, CU
  • Kurt Chowanski, MRS/INSTAAR, CU (2008-2011)
  • Mark Losleben, MRS/INSTAAR, CU (2005-2006)
  • Shelly Sommer, INSTAAR Information Center, CU
  • Sedrick Frazier, INSTAAR, CU
  • Heather Stoffel, INSTAAR, CU
  • Jim Bailey, Insight Intensive at Gold Lake
  • Gold Lake Mountain Resort
  • Duane Blankenship,  Gold Lake Mountain Resort (2005-2010)
  • Jeff Conner, Rocky Mountain National Park, NPS (2009)
  • Bill Schroeder, US EPA, Golden, CO
  • Emily Braker, CU Museum of Natural History
    • Christy McCain & Kevin Bracy Knight (2014)
    • Mariko Kageyama (2006-2013)
    • Gene Hall (2005)
  • John Basey, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Yampatika, Steamboat Springs, CO (2008)
  • Diane McKnight, Dept of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering & INSTAAR, CU
  • Bruce Sergeant, Boulder, CO
  • Ben Pritchett, Colorado Avalanche Information Center, Colorado Geological Survey, Boulder
For help along the way
  • Dave Armstrong, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Jill Dreves, Wild Bear Center for Nature Discovery, Nederland, CO
  • Ronnie Estelle, Colorado State Univ, Ft Collins
  • Therese Glowacki, Boulder County Parks & Open Space
  • Linda Hursh, Nederland, CO
  • Susan Spackman Panjabi, Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Colorado State Univ
  • Gordon Rodda, USGS, Fort Collins Science Center
  • Renée Rondeau, Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Colorado State Univ
  • John Sanderson, Colorado Field Office, The Nature Conservancy
  • Terri Schulz, Colorado Field Office, The Nature Conservancy
  • Johnson Books and Johnson Printing, Boulder, CO
  • Boulder Bookstore, Boulder, CO


Acronyms - 
  • CU - University of Colorado, Boulder
  • EBIO, EEB - Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CU
  • ENVS - Environmental Studies Program, CU
  • INSTAAR - Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, CU
  • MRS - Mountain Research Station, CU
  • NPS - National Park Service
  • US EPA - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • USGS - U.S. Geological Survey,  Dept of the Interior
Guest Field Instructors and Guest Lecturers

2015

2014

  • Jake Gaventa, Nederland, CO
  • Spencer Logan, Colorado Avalanche Information Center
  • Derek Sweeney, EBIO, CU
  • Sarah Spaulding, US Geological Survey, Denver and INSTAAR, CU
  • Lee Stanish, Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology, CU
  • Ian Bishop, INSTAAR and ENVS, CU
  • Arvind Panjabi, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, Ft Collins Office
  • Gwen Kittel, NatureServe, Boulder Office
  • Gregory Florant, Dept of Biology, Colorado State University
  • Tim Seastedt, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & INSTAAR, CU

2013

  • Jennifer Morse, MRS Climate Program/INSTAAR, CU
  • Ted Floyd, Birding Magazine, American Birding Association
  • Spencer Logan, Colorado Avalanche Information Center, Colorado Geological Survey, Boulder
  • Derek Sweeney, EBIO, CU
  • Lee Stanish, Colorado School of Mines
  • Gwen Kittel, NatureServe, Boulder Office
  • Tim Seastedt, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & INSTAAR, CU
  • Sarah Spaulding, US Geological Survey, Denver and INSTAAR, CU
  • Barry Rosenbaum

2012

  • Jennifer Morse, MRS Climate Program/INSTAAR, CU
  • Spencer Logan, Colorado Avalanche Information Center, Colorado Geological Survey, Boulder
  • Barry Rosenbaum
  • Derek Sweeney, Boulder, CO
  • Lee Stanish,  INSTAAR and ENVS, CU
  • Gwen Kittel, NatureServe, Boulder Office
  • Sarah Spaulding, US Geological Survey, Denver and INSTAAR, CU
  • Arvind Panjabi, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, Ft Collins Office
  • Tim Seastedt, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & INSTAAR, CU

2011

  • Kurt Chowanski, MRS/INSTAAR, CU
  • Spencer Logan, Colorado Avalanche Information Center, Colorado Geological Survey, Boulder 
  • Ken Wilson & Allen Meyer (EBIO, CU)
  • Derek Sweeney, Boulder, CO
  • Lee Stanish,  INSTAAR and ENVS, CU
  • Gregory Florant, Dept of Biology, Colorado State University
  • Gwen Kittel, NatureServe, Boulder Office
  • Sarah Spaulding, US Geological Survey, Denver and INSTAAR, CU
  • Megan Otu, INSTAAR, CU
  • Arvind Panjabi, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, Ft Collins Office
  • Tim Seastedt, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & INSTAAR, CU
  • Scott Ferrenberg, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biolog, CU

2010

  • Kurt Chowanski, MRS/INSTAAR, CU
  • Spencer Logan, Colorado Avalanche Information Center, Colorado Geological Survey, Boulder 
  • Arvind Panjabi, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, Ft Collins Office
  • Ken Wilson & Allen Meyer (EBIO, CU)
  • Jessica Healy, Dept of Biology, Colorado State University
  • Derek Sweeney, Boulder, CO
  • Sarah Spaulding, US Geological Survey, Denver and INSTAAR, CU
  • Mike SansClement,  INSTAAR, CU
  • Gwen Kittel, NatureServe, Boulder Office
  • Tim Seastedt, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & INSTAAR, CU
2009
  • Ben Pritchett, Colorado Avalanche Information Center, Colorado Geological Survey, Boulder
  • Kurt Chowanski, MRS/INSTAAR, CU 
  • Ken Wilson & Allen Meyer (EBIO, CU) and Meredith Wilson (Boulder, CO)
  • Jessica Healy, Dept of Biology, Colorado State University
  • Arvind Panjabi, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, Ft Collins Office
  • Sarah Spaulding, US Geological Survey, Denver and INSTAAR, CU
  • Diane McKnight, Dept of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering & INSTAAR, CU
  • Derek Sweeney, Boulder, CO
  • Gwen Kittel, NatureServe, Boulder Office
  • Tim Seastedt, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & INSTAAR, CU
2008
  • Spencer Logan, Colorado Avalanche Information Center, Colorado Geological Survey, Boulder
  • Kurt Chowanski, MRS/INSTAAR, CU 
  • Ken Wilson, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CU
  • Gregory Florant, Dept of Biology, Colorado State University
  • Sheryn Olson, Steamboat Springs, CO
  • Sarah Spaulding, US Geological Survey, Denver and INSTAAR, CU
  • Joshua Koch, INSTAAR, CU
  • Arvind Panjabi, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, Ft Collins Office
  • Gwen Kittel, NatureServe, Western Resource Office, Boulder
  • Tim Seastedt, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & INSTAAR, CU
2006
  • Andy Gleason, Colorado Avalanche Information Center, Colorado Geological Survey, Boulder
  • Mark Losleben, MRS/INSTAAR, CU
  • Allen Meyer and Ken Wilson, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CU
  • Diane McKnight, Dept of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering & INSTAAR, CU
  • Sarah Spaulding, US Geological Survey, Denver and INSTAAR, CU
  • Gwen Kittel, NatureServe, Western Resource Office, Boulder
  • Tim Seastedt, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & INSTAAR, CU
  • Arvind Panjabi, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, Ft Collins Office
  • Sheryn Olson, Steamboat Springs, CO
2005
  • Dale Atkins, Colorado Avalanche Information Center, Colorado Geological Survey, Boulder
  • Mark Losleben, MRS, CU
  • Joseph Merritt, US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs
  • Allen Meyer, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CU
  • Diane McKnight, Dept of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering & INSTAAR, CU
  • Sarah Spaulding, US Geological Survey, Denver and INSTAAR, CU
  • Gwen Kittel, NatureServe, Western Resource Office, Boulder
  • Tim Seastedt, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & INSTAAR, CU
  • Arvind Panjabi, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, Ft Collins Office
  • John Sanderson, , Colorado Field Office, The Nature Conservancy


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