AWG Chapters
Laramide Chapter
Location
The Laramide Chapter serves the Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, and South Dakota area. There is a concentration of activities in the Denver, CO area.
Chapter Address
AWG Laramide Chapter
PO Box 8434
Denver, CO 80201-8434
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Past President |
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Secretary Gina Liles |
Treasurer Shannon Mahan |
Editor Melissa Barton |
Science Fair Coordinator
Shannon Mahan |
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AWG Peer Mentoring Pilot Project Coordinator
Elizabeth Potoroff |
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Events
Presentation of Rosalie Edge – Hawk of Mercy, Golden, Co., March 6, 2010
This seems like a great event! Fun and interesting. See flyer.
Come and learn how a currently little known, environmentalist, Rosalie Edge, saved nature from the conservationists. On March 6th at 9:30 AM, Dyana Furmansky will be talking about her new biography, Rosalie Edge, Hawk of Mercy at a Plan Jeffco sponsored event at the American Mountaineering Center at 710 10th St., in Golden. Following her presentation, we’ll hear from Jason Beason of the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory (RMBO) about local hawk migration surveys.
As a suffragette, Edge developed her strident advocacy skills and techniques working to secure women the right to vote. In the early 1900s, she used them effectively to influence conservation organizations and U.S. government agencies, including the predecessor agency to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to change course and eventually to protect and conserve wildlife and natural resources instead of only promoting their utilitarian values. The Audubon Society was one of her main targets because of its early reliance on ammunition and gun manufacturers for financial support and its early support of unlimited hunting of predators. She appreciated birds of prey at a time they were considered vermin and established the first preserve for raptors, Hawk Mountain in Pennsylvania. Years later, Rachel Carson relied on the data Rosalie Edge had collected at Hawk Mountain for “Silent Spring”, which publicized the devastating impacts of DDT. Edge was instrumental in preventing a dam in Yellowstone National Park and in the creation of Olympic National Park in Washington. Born in 1877 into a privileged New York City family, this woman who learned to love birds in Central Park, became the most effective environmental activist between John Muir and Rachel Carson, in an era when women were not to engage in public controversy or challenge the establishment. Interestingly, she obtained much of her information and financial support from some men who were afraid to become publicly involved.
The second part of our program features Jason Beason, Special Monitoring Projects Coordinator for RMBO, who will present an overview of the Hawkwatch conducted since 1990 on Dinosaur Ridge. Thousands of raptors have been counted on this flyway during spring migration, creating a long-term record that can provide insights on trends and conservation needs. Dinosaur Ridge is the primary monitoring site in Colorado, and as many as 17 species of raptors have been recorded there in a single year.
Annual Events
Student Awards Banquet (every April)
Dear Chapter members: The chapter needs help in planning our annual student award banquet. I have asked Charlene Sundermann, the national AWG president to give the keynote address. She has accepted, but has a busy schedule. So we are working around her schedule and holding the banquet on Friday, April 16th at the Mount Vernon Country Club. I hope that everyone saves the date and can make this event! It is really one of the best things we do all year.
The Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) Laramide Chapter recognizes and honors outstanding women geosciences students from colleges and universities throughout the Rocky Mountain region. Eligible students include graduate and undergraduate women and all are students of geology, geological engineering, hydrology, geophysics, geochemistry, earth science education, environmental geology or other related disciplines, and have demonstrated outstanding ability and determination in their pursuit of careers in the geosciences. The Laramide Chapter holds a banquet in their honor at the Mount Vernon Country Club in Golden, Colorado. All chapter members, student nominees, and family members are encouraged to attend. The event will be held on Friday April 16, 2010 beginning at 6 pm with cocktails and a full buffet dinner follows. Student nominees are free; all other members are asked to pay $35/person. This fee covers all tips, drinks (except alcohol), tax and food. You may leave an extra tip with the wait staff separately, if you felt the service was particularly attentive.
Rocks and Roles at Dinosaur Ridge (every October)
Volunteers Needed!
We need help! AWG Laramide Chapter Annual Student Award Banquet Volunteers needed!
Dear AWG Laramide Chapter members and friends:
I hope that everyone saves the date and can make this event! It is really one of the best things we do all year.
The chapter needs help in planning our annual student award banquet. I have asked Charlene Sundermann, the national AWG president to give the keynote address. She has accepted, but has a busy schedule. So we are working around her schedule and holding the banquet on Friday, April 16th at the Mount Vernon Country Club.
However, none of these events can come off without some planning.
I've laid some of the framework, but would ask each member to look into her heart and see if she can help in the following areas...........
In order of priority:
1. Contacting various college professors or deans asking about top student nominations by the end of January (don't worry I have a list).
2. Making and printing the program (I have templates from last year).
3. Printing the certificate with each nominee's name and area of study (again, I have templates and actual certificate paper).
4. Meeting and greeting the day of the banquet (ushers).
5. Keeping track of the count of people showing up for the banquet (it will need to be finalized 10 days before).
6. Helping to assemble the packets given to each girl (this can be as simple as asking your "networks" for books, maps, mineral specimen's, whatever you can get--keep it classy, please).
7. Someone full time who does nothing but pray for good weather.
Please let me know if you can help. All the best, Shannon
Shannon A Mahan -smahan@usgs.gov
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