Lory Student Center, Colorado State University

January 11, 2007

A "TOWN HALL" MEETING: Where is the Prairie Growing?

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7:45 – 8:20      Registration, refreshments and poster drop off
Theatre lobby

8:20 - 8:30      Welcome and logistics
Theatre            Mike Antolin, Shortgrass Steppe LTER/Colorado State University

8:30 – 9:15 Keynote:   “Land Use Changes and the Urban/Rural Interface”
Theatre             Dave Theobald, Colorado State University

9:15 – 10:15    “Windfarms, wildlife and the shortgrass steppe”
Theatre             Troy Florian/Larry Rogstad, Colorado Division of Wildlife

10:15 – 10:30  Break (beverages)
Theatre lobby

10:30 – 11:30  “Recreational uses of the Pawnee National Grassland”
Theatre            Peter Newman/George Wallace, Colorado State University

11:45 – 12:30  Poster session
Middle Ballroom

12:15 – 1:00    Southwest buffet with beef (vegetarian choices available)
West Ballroom

12:45 – 1:30    Poster session
Middle Ballroom

1:45 – 2:45      “Establishing Grassland Conservation Success”
Theatre             Chris Pague, The Nature Conservancy

2:45 – 3:00      Break (beverages)
Theatre lobby

3:00 – 4:00      “The Economics of Working Lands:  Finding Harmony Between Humans
Theatre             and Nature on the Shortgrass Steppe Prairie”
Dana Hoag/Catherine Keske, Colorado State University

4:00 – 4:05      Closing remarks
Theatre            Gene Kelly, Shortgrass Steppe LTER/Colorado State University

4:05 – 6:00      Social mixer with hors d’oeuvres and cash bar
University Club

For more information contact Sallie Sprague, (970)-491-2366, e-mail: Sallie.Sprague@colostate.edu,

Shortgrass Steppe LTER, Campus Delivery 1170, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1170

01/04/07