Guest Speakers
Check back throughout the semester as we update this page with all the people who make SITW come to life. Click a guest educator's name to see more information on our blog.
Michael White
Conservation Science Director, Tejon Ranch Conservancy
Tejon Ranch, CA
November 13
Tony Mattias
Wildlife Coordinator, Tejon Ranch Company
Tejon Ranch, CA
November 13
Scot Pipkin
Public Access Coordinator, Tejon Ranch Conservancy
Tejon Ranch, CA
November 11-13
Kevin Martin
Wildlife consultant, Terra-Gen Wind
Mojave, CA
November 10
Paul Rodriguez
Realty Specialist, Ridgecrest Field Office, Bureau of Land Management
Terra-Gen Wind Farm, Tehachapi, California
November 10
Mark Peaden
Ph. D. Candidate in Ecology, UC Davis
Mojave National Preservation Area Tortoise Head-start Facility
Nipton, CA
Ray Bransfield
Senior Biologist, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Near Primm, NV and Tehachapi, CA
November 9-10
Doug Davis
Senior Environmental Compliance Manager, Ivanpah Project, Brightsource Energy
Near Primm, NV
November 9
Bruce Weise and Kelly Herbinson
Consulting Biologists for the Ivanpah Solar Thermal Power Project, Solar Partners (Brightsource Energy, NRG Solar, Bechtel, and Google)
Near Primm, NV
November 9
Tomás Rivas, Guadalupe Fonseca, Edith Serrano, Alfredo Tolento, Aurelio Rodríguez, David Rodríguez, Bernbe Rico
Delta Team, Sonoran Institute
Colorado River Delta, near Mexicali, Mexico
October 30 – November 2
Beatríz Saavedra Grijalva
Visitor Coordinator for the Cerro Prieto Geothermal Plant
Baja California, Mexico
November 2
Kate Greenberg
Sonoran Institute, former Westie and Field Manager
Colorado River Delta, Mexico
October 29 – November 3
James Griffin, Benjamin Camino, y Fernando Fausto Lomcli
Historians
Campo Mosqueda, Baja California, Mexico
October 30, 2012
Francisco Zamora
Director, Colorado River Delta Program, Sonoran Institute
Colorado River Delta, Mexico
October 30-31
Collín Soto
Cocopah Tribe
Sonora, Mexico
October 30
Joe and Valer Austin
Conservation Ranchers, El Coronado Ranch
Chiricahua Mountains, AZ
October 26-28
Yvonne Chauvin
Botanist, Natural Heritage New Mexico, UNM Biology Department
Bandelier National Forest
October 22
Teague Channing
Organic Farmer, Gemini Farms
Las Trampas, NM
October 17
Glenmore Begaye
Navajo Sheepherder and CEO of Cheii and Cheii Herders
Coal Canyon, Navajo Reservation
October 12-15
Brett Isaac
Project Manager, Shonto Economic Development Corporation
Near Kayenta, AZ
October 14
Paul Ostapuk
Environmental Director, Navajo Generating Station
Tuba City, AZ
October 10-13
Fern Benally
Black Mesa Community Advocate, Black Mesa United
Black Mesa, AZ
October 11
Matt Williamson
Kane Ranch Program Manager, Grand Canyon Trust
Kane Ranch, AZ
October 10
Brandt Hart and Don Simonis
Sand Island Volunteer Day
BLM River Ranger; Archeologist
Bluff, Utah
October 6
Cindy Bithell
Assistant of Operations, DesignBuildBLUFF
Bluff, Utah
October 5
Barry Baker
Director, Canyonlands Research Center
San Juan County, UT
September 27
Heidi Redd
Dugout Ranch Manager, The Nature Conservancy
San Juan County, UT
September 25
Brooke Williams
Northwest Regional Organizer, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Indian Creek, near Moab, UT
September 25-28
Dave Erley
Utah Forest Program Associate, The Grand Canyon Trust
Petrified Forest State Park, Escalante, UT and
Dugout Ranch, near Canyonlands, UT
September 23
Craig “Sage” Sorenson
Boulder Community Alliance and Guide, Earth Tours
Petrified Wood State Park, Escalante, UT
September 20-22
Dennis Bramble
Retired Professor of Vertebrate Morphology, University of Utah
Escalante, UT
September 14
Sarah Gilman
Associate Editor, High Country News; 2002 Westie
Paonia, CO
September 12
Cally Carswell
Associate Editor, High Country News
Paonia, CO
September 12
Jodi Peterson
Managing Editor, High Country News
Paonia, CO
September 12
Jack Perrin
Leader of the High Desert Center for Sustainable Studies
Paonia, CO
September 9
Bill Fales
Cattle Rancher; President, Colorado Cattleman's Agricultural Land Trust
Snowmass, CO
September 9
Noah Koerper
Regional Field Manager, Obama for America
Snowmass Falls Ranch, near Aspen, CO
September 7
Kate Holstein & Jamie Cundiff
Forest Program Directors, Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
Hope Mine Site, near Aspen, CO
September 7
Will Dolan, Rob Covington, and Dan Bokenko
City of Aspen Utilities Department
Aspen, Colorado
September 7
Neal Wight
Biological Technician, High Lonesome Ranch
Snowmass Falls Ranch, near Aspen, CO
September 6
Randy Udall
Former Director, Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE)
Snowmass Falls Ranch, near Aspen, CO
September 6 2012
Auden Schendler
Executive Director of Sustainability, Aspen Skiing Company
Carbondale, CO
September 6
Kelley Weston & Jeremy Greenberg
President & Office Director, respectively; Western Watersheds Project
Corral Creek, near Ketchum, ID
September 4
Patrick Graham
Field Technician, Defenders of Wildlife
Blaine County, Idaho
September 3
Larry Shoen
County Commissioner for Blaine County, Idaho
Corral Creek, near Ketchum, ID
September 3
Suzanne Stone
Northern Rockies Representative, Defenders of Wildlife
Wood River Valley, near Ketchum, ID
September 3
The Goebel Family & Bob Jackson
Clockwise from upper-left: Bob, Marilyn, Patti, Sally
The Goebel-Jackson Tree Farm
Joseph, OR
September 2
Nils Cristoffersen
Executive Director, Wallowa Resources and Wallowa Resources Community Solutions, Inc.
Wallowa County, Oregon
September 1
Jenny Reinheardt
Fire and fuels, Wallowa Resources
Wallowa County, Oregon
September 1
Doug McDaniel
Rancher and Wallowa Resources Board Member
Wallowa County, OR
August 31
Vern Spaur
Owner, SPS of Oregon
Wallowa County, OR
August 30
David Schmidt
President, Integrated Biomass Resources, LLC
Wallowa, OR
August 30
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