Tuesday, April 5 ~ Thursday, April 7, 2005

Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

Conference Events Free & Open to the Public: Registration Required

 

 

 

9:00 AM – 4:15 PM       - Rockies Registration/Information Table Open:

                                    Gaylord Hall (in Worner Campus Center)

 

1:30 – 5:00 p.m. – All Events in Gaylord Hall (in Worner Campus Center)

 

1:30 – 2:15 p.m. Unveiling of the 2005 State of the Rockies Report Card

Presenters: Prof. Walter Hecox, F. Patrick Holmes and Bryan Hurlbutt

·         Background to the State of the Rockies Project

·         Brief History of Rockies Region

·         2004 State of the Rockies Conference and Report Card

·         2005 State of the Rockies Report Card Contents

·         Results of Rockies’ Baseline: Vital Signs For A Region in Transition

 

2:15 – 3:30 p.m.  Celebrating Rockies Civic Engagement and Creativity

Moderator: F. Patrick Holmes

·         Session Kickoff Talk: Cathy Robbins, Assoc. VP, El Pomar Foundation,

“The Challenge of Creating Community in the Rockies”

·         Results of Ranking Each Rockies County on Civic Capacity and Engagement Chase Whitney
and Matthew Lee-Ashley

·         Results of Evaluating Rockies’ Employment Creativity Measures F. Patrick Holmes

·        Panel of respondents and discussants:

o        Mary Lou Makepeace, Director, Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado

o        Joseph Garcia, President, Pikes Peak Community College

 

            3:30 – 3:50 p.m.   Break: Refreshments and visit with speakers

 

            3:50 – 5:00 p.m.  The Toxic Rockies

Moderator: Prof. Walter Hecox

·         Session Kickoff Talk: Prof. Phillip M. Kannan, CC Distinguished Lecturer and Legal Scholar-in-Residence,

“The Toxic Rockies: Law as Cause and Cure”

·         Results of Evaluating Rockies’ Pollution, Bryan Hurlbutt and Caitlin O’Brady

 

 

 

6:45  – 8:00 PM            - Rockies Registration/Information Table Open:

                        Outside Gates Common Room (Palmer Hall, second floor)

 

7:30 – 9:00 p.m. – Gates Common Room (Palmer Hall, second floor)

2005 State of the Rockies Conference Challenge Talks

·         Welcome: Richard F. Celeste, Colorado College President

·         Speaker Introductions: Prof. Walter Hecox, State of the Rockies Project Director

o        Patricia Limerick, Professor of History & Environmental Studies, Faculty Director, Center of the
American West at University of Colorado, Boulder; Challenge Talk:
“The Rockies: Enduring Myths and Iconoclastic Realities”

o        Terry L. Anderson, Executive Director, Property and Environment Research Center, Bozeman,
Montana; author of “Challenge Essay,” 2005 State of the Rockies Report Card:
“From the Old West to the New West and Back Again”

 

 

8:30 AM – 4:00 PM       - Rockies Registration/Information Table Open:

                                    Gaylord Hall (in Worner Campus Center)

 

8:30 – 10:30 a.m. –Gaylord Hall in Worner Campus Center

·         Continental Breakfast & Conversation

     Open time for out of town-registered attendees to sightsee and relax

 

Noon – 1:15 PM  -- McHugh Commons (in Western Ridge Housing Complex)

Amory Lovins, CEO of Rocky Mountain Institute, Snowmass, Colorado

Open to:Colorado College Students, Faculty and Staff Only:

"New Horizons for Undergraduates"

Sponsors of Lunch: Schlessman Program of the Economics and Business Department and Environmental Science Program

(Each Attendee Must have a Ticket, obtained from the Economics Dept. or the Environmental Science Dept.)

 

 

1:30 – 4:45 p.m. –Armstrong Theater (in Armstrong Hall)

 

1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Energy in the Rockies: Patterns, Trends and Assessment

Moderator: Prof. Walter Hecox

·         Results of Energy Use/Development Patterns in The Rockies Chase Whitney, F. Patrick Holmes and
Bryan Hurlbutt

·         Respondents

o        Michelle Sullivan, Wyoming Rancher and President, Ucross Foundation

o        John Nielsen, Energy Program Director, Western Resource Advocates

 

3:00 – 3:30 p.m.  Break: Refreshments and visit with speakers – Armstrong Great Hall

 

3:30 – 4:45 p.m.  The Energy Challenge in the Rockies

·         Moderator:  Prof. Walter Hecox

·         Speaker: Amory Lovins, CEO, Rocky Mountain Institute, Snowmass, Colorado
“Winning the Oil Endgame: What Role for the Rockies?”

 

 

6:45  – 8:00 PM            - Rockies Registration/Information Table Open:

                        Outside Armstrong Theater (in Armstrong Hall)

 

 

7:30 – 9:00 p.m. – Armstrong Theater (in Armstrong Hall)

2005 State of the Rockies Conference Keynote Talk

·         Welcome: Prof. Walter Hecox 

·         Introduction of Speaker: President Richard Celeste

·         Keynote Speaker:  Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico
“A New West, A New Energy Policy”
Respondent: Matt Simmons, President: Simmons & Co., Intl.

 

 

8:30 AM – 4:00 PM       - Rockies Registration/Information Table Open:

                                    Gaylord Hall (in Worner Campus Center)

 

8:30 – 10:30 a.m. –Gaylord Hall in Worner Campus Center

·        Continental Breakfast and Conversation for Registered Attendees

·        Moderated Informal Focus Group Session: Topics for Future Rockies Reports and Conferences –
Launching a New West-based Web Discussion About Key Topics, Problems and Issues
Pertinent to the Rockies

·        Co-Moderators:

o       Prof. Walter Hecox, Director, Colorado College State of the Rockies Project

o       Jonathan Weber, Founder & Editor in Chief – New West – The Voice of the Rocky Mountains a new
online publication devoted to the Mountain West

 

    Open time for out of town-registered attendees to sightsee and relax

 

 

Noon – 1:15 PM  -- McHugh Commons

Lunch Opportunity With Rockies Conference Native American Speakers

Open to: Colorado College Students, Faculty and Staff Only

Sponsors of Lunch: Schlessman Program of the Economics and Business Department and Southwest Studies Program

(Each Attendee Must have a Ticket, obtained from the Economics Dept. or the Environmental Science Dept.)

 

 

1:30 – 4:45 p.m. – Gaylord Hall (in Worner Campus Center)

 

1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Native Americans Regaining Sovereignty: Success Stories

Moderator: Prof. Walter Hecox

·         Challenge Speakers:

o        Mr. A. David Lester, Executive Director, Council of Energy Resource Tribes

o        Ms. Jacqueline Johnson, Executive Director, National Congress of American Indians

Perspectives on Native American Sovereignty

·         Presentation of Native American Nation Success Stories from 2005 State of the Rockies Report Card
Chase Whitney

·         Panel of respondents and discussants:

o        Tony Skrelunas, Director: Native American Program, The Grand Canyon Trust

o        Ira New Breast, Ex. Dir. Native American Fish and Wildlife Society

 

3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Break: Refreshments and visit with speakers

 

3:30 – 4:45 p.m. State of the Rockies Highlights: Sprawl and National Parks’ Stress

Moderators: Chase Whitney

·         Results of Grading Rockies’ National Parks – F. Patrick Holmes

·         “West Yellowstone’s Economy & the Vagaries of Snowmobile Access” – Bryan Hurlbutt

·         “A National Monument Becomes a Park: Great Sand Dunes” – Christie Renner

·         Results of Grading Rockies’ Communities on Urban Sprawl- F. Patrick Holmes

 

 

6:15  – 8:00 PM            - Rockies Registration/Information Table Open:

                        Outside Armstrong Theater (in Armstrong Hall)

 

7:00– 8:30 p.m. – Armstrong Theater (in Armstrong Hall) – TICKETS REQUIRED!!

·         Speaker:  Terry Tempest Williams
“Ground Truthing:  The Open Space of Democracy”

Colorado College Sponsor: English Department’s MacLean Fund for English Studies Symposium on “Literature and Environmental Imagination,” in conjunction with the 2005 State of the Rockies Conference