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

Spring 2005 - 2009

Acknowledgements
Photo Gallery:  2005, 2006, 2008 Collage, 2009 (pending)| COURSE PAGE


Many thanks to the following people and places for their invaluable contributions - each 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
  • Kelly Matheson, MRS Assistant Station Manager
  • Kurt Chowanski, MRS/INSTAAR, CU
  • Mark Losleben, MRS/INSTAAR, CU
  • Sedrick Frazier, INSTAAR, CU
  • Bill Schroeder, US EPA, Golden, CO
  • Mariko Kageyama, CU Museum of Natural History
  • 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
For help along the way
  • Johnson Books and Johnson Printing, Boulder, CO
  • Boulder Bookstore, Boulder, CO


Acronyms - 
  • CU - University of Colorado, Boulder
  • EBIO - Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 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

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


© 2009, T. Kittel.  All rights reserved.
rev. 23 Feb 09