Overview:

The site review agenda will being formally on Sunday evening, at 6:30 pm, with a dinner for the site review team with the SGS-LTER Principal Investigators.  We have planned the first full day in the field at the SGS headquarters, and the second day on campus at Colorado State University. For the agenda we have developed, the field day will focus on an overview of our conceptual framework, and our science. On the second day, we will address some of the other important aspects of the SGS LTER, including our information management, education/outreach, leadership plan, and the institutional relationships for the project.  We felt that it was important to plan carefully how we can best present our work to you, but also understand that it is most important to respond to the questions that you have for us, and to be flexible as the days proceed.  We hope that you will let us know if in advance the team already feels that the agenda will not meet your needs.

We have constructed an email alias for your use in communicating with each other; it is sgsreview@cnr.colostate.edu.  This alias will contact only the members of the review team. The NSF representatives are Bruce Hayden ( bhayden@nsf.gov) and Allen Moore (amoore@nsf.gov ), should you wish to include them in your emails. 

As you likely are already aware, NSF Long Term Studies funds your trip here, and you will or have already received instructions from Scott Collins (scollins@nsf.gov ) about how to handle your expenses. We have taken the initiative to reserve rooms for you and will provide transportation once you arrive at the airport (and back to the airport).  We have numerous group meals planned, and NSF guidelines instruct that we must ask for you to reimburse us for those meals. 

Air Transportation:

You will be arranging your airline transportation through the National Science Foundation; Scott Collins will have provided you instructions for this.  We hope that you can arrive at Denver International Airport between 2 and 4 pm on Sunday, July 11. We will arrange for you to be picked up at the airport, and will take you to the airport in time for your return flight. Please email Chris Wasser, our project manager, with your itinerary as soon as you can (chrisw@cnr.colostate.edu).

Lodging:

We have reserved your rooms at the University Park Holiday Inn for Sunday, July 11 through Tuesday, July 13. You will need to call and confirm your reservations with a credit card.  Please call to confirm as soon as possible. The number to the Holiday Inn is: (970) 498-2626.  Reservations are under "CSU-Shortgrass Steppe LTER".

Contact Number for Emergencies: 

Holiday Inn 970-498-2626
SGS Headquarters (all day Monday July 12): 970-897-2210
CSU (Tuesday July 13): 970-491-4996

If you have any other questions about logistics, please call or email us!  You may call or email Chris Wasser (chrisw@cnr.colostate.edu , 970-491-2366), or Linda Palmer, our LTER project secretary (lindap@cnr.colostate.edu , 970-491-4996).