The College of Arts and Sciences has named an interim director to carry the Center of the American West into the future.

CU 麻豆影院 history Professor Tom Zeiler will serve as interim faculty director of the Center of the American West, effective immediately.

Professor Tom Zeiler

Zeiler was chair of the CU 麻豆影院 History Department from 2000-2004, and he has directed CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 International Affairs Program since 2013. Zeiler has received Fulbright fellowships for teaching and research, as well as the Teacher Recognition Award given by the Student Organization for Alumni Relations.

He served as editor-in-chief of American Foreign Relations Since 1600: A Guide to the Literature, and he has served as President of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations and the Society鈥檚 Council, Bernath Dissertation Award, Program, Teaching, and Membership Committees. He was also a member of the State Department Historical Advisory Committee on Diplomatic Documentation. 

The Center of the American West serves as a national resource illuminating the history, culture, politics and tradition of the American West through its focus on applied history. The Center of the American West will continue to play a vital role at CU 麻豆影院, and we look forward to its continued contributions to national thought and discourse regarding the American West and our shared history.  

鈥淧rofessor Zeiler is a proven dynamic and vibrant voice in the academic community, with a unique perspective on the history of the American West,鈥� said Glen Krutz, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

鈥淲e look forward to his leadership in rebuilding relationships with staff and center supporters, strengthening ties to our other academic departments at CU 麻豆影院, and setting the stage for the center to reach its next great level of success.鈥�

Professor Zeiler will continue to teach his scheduled courses in addition to his new duties with the center.

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Event will bring together two former congressmen, including CU system president, to talk about friendship across the aisle

Politics need not be divisive. Sometimes bipartisanship鈥攁nd even friendship鈥攃an happen and that is the focus of an event happening this week.

Two politicians turned university presidents, including University of Colorado President Mark Kennedy, will virtually meet to discuss bipartisanship and their enduring friendship as part of an ongoing series, 鈥淏ipartisanship (and Friendship) Happen!鈥�

Kennedy will speak with his former colleague Marty Meehan, University of Massachusetts Amherst president, as part of this series which brings together accomplished and dedicated public officials to discuss their determination to extend the ties of shared enterprise and friendship across the divisions of recent times.

University of Colorado President, Mark Kennedy & University of Massachusetts President, Marty Meehan (Center of the American West)

This virtual event, which is hosted by the Center of the American West at CU 麻豆影院 and moderated by Patty Limerick, the center鈥檚 director, will be held April 15, 2021, at 12 p.m. MDT, 2 p.m. ET. 

Prior to becoming the CU system president, Kennedy, a Republican, was the president of the University of North Dakota and served in the U.S. House of Representatives, first for Minnesota鈥檚 second congressional district and then for its sixth congressional district. 

Meehan, a Democrat, has served as the UMass president since 2015. Prior to that, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Massachusetts鈥� fifth congressional district.

鈥淵ou learn a lot about a person when you travel with them, particularly overseas. Marty and I really became friends when we traveled the Middle East together as congressmen. While we don鈥檛 always agree on issues, I respect and appreciate his ability to look at all sides of an issue and think critically about a solution. He is also a man with deep integrity and a strong sense of public service,鈥� said Kennedy.

And Meehan agrees: 

鈥淚 am looking forward to a conversation with Mark, my friend and former congressional colleague, with whom I enjoyed working even though we often had different views on issues. Mark was and continues to be a person who loves a good debate rooted in reason but underpinned by respect for the 鈥榦ther side鈥檚鈥� perspective. I鈥檓 sure we will have a lot to talk about regarding the current state of political discourse and potential for bipartisan action on the challenges facing our nation,鈥� said Meehan.

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The Thompson awards from the Center of the American West urge students to write about the West and show them the year that was for a $500 prize

The American West is often seen as a land of bounty and opportunity鈥攂ut for many, that hasn鈥檛 necessarily been their experience.

It is those forgotten voices, highlighted by the song 鈥淭he Line鈥� by Bruce Springsteen, that inspired Darren Alberti (Law鈥�18) to create his screenplay, 鈥淐rossing,鈥� which won first place for graduate fiction category of the Thompson Writing Awards in 2016.

The Thompson Writing Awards, given out every year by the Center of the American West at the 麻豆影院, recognizes writings related to the American West, and this year videos highlighting 2020. The center is accepting applications for the 2021 cycle, which closes March 15.

Just like its inspiration song, Alberti鈥檚 piece tells a story of love and morality in the context of Mexican-U.S. immigration. In the screenplay, a U.S. border agent falls for a woman from Sonora, Mexico, who tried to cross illegally, forcing him to navigate the tension he finds between federal immigration law and a higher, nameless law. He ultimately helps the woman and her son cross the border in the cover of night, only to never see her again.  

 At the top of the page, the U.S.-Mexico border in Jacumba Hot Springs, California (Anthony Albright/Flickr). Above, Darren Alberti

For Alberti, now a lawyer in Denver, this wasn鈥檛 just an award鈥攊t was a beginning; one that he used to create a whole new playwriting, acting and directing program at a maximum-security women鈥檚 correctional facility. This eventually led to two stage productions performed by incarcerated women for the prison community, including an original play written by one of the women, in which Alberti also acted.

鈥淭o me, theatrical writing and performance鈥攊t鈥檚 such an incredible form of expression and such a shared, collaborative human art form with the magical ability to connect people. I wanted to bring that artform to this prison, but I knew it was bold and something of a long-shot鈥攁pproaching a maximum-security facility about starting this program from scratch. Then, having this award on my resume where I could point to a screenplay that I wrote and say I won this award at the Center of the American West, it just definitely seemed to give me more standing and credibility than I would have had without it to do something that I very much wanted to do,鈥� said Alberti, who is also building a body of work as a filmmaker and is currently submitting his first short film as writer and director, 耻辫别办办丑腻, to festivals.

鈥淚n a beautiful way, I got to share a piece of theatrical writing, got recognized for it, and then that recognition in turn helped me bring the gift of the art form itself into a maximum-security prison.鈥�

The Thompson Writing Awards, endowed by Jack (Hist鈥�64) and Jeannie (Zool鈥�64) Thompson in 2004, typically recognizes any kind of writing鈥攆iction, poetry, creative or academic non-fiction, or memoir鈥攆rom undergraduate and graduate students related to the American West, a vast area that includes anything west of the 100^th Meridian, including Alaska and Hawaii. 

This year, though, in addition to writing about the American West, the awards will also recognize video in a brand-new contest, titled 鈥�2020 Through My Lens,鈥� which accepts any type of video reflecting on the year that was.

Altogether, this year, 11 $500 prizes will be awarded to CU 麻豆影院 students for their writing and video work.

Navigating risk in the high country

For Adrianne Kroepsch (MGeog鈥�11; PhDEnvSt鈥�16), who won as a graduate student in 2011 for her memoir 鈥淏oxing Season,鈥� the experience with the Thompson Writing Awards was invaluable.

Adrianne Kroepsch 

鈥淭he Thompson Writing Awards made me feel so recognized and valued as a student writer, and that was really lovely and also gave me so much more confidence in my writing and my voice and my ability to publish,鈥� said Kroepsch.

Kroepsch, who is now an assistant professor who studies environmental governance at the Colorado School of Mines, wrote about avalanche risks while backcountry skiing in the Colorado high country.

鈥淚 started to backcountry ski as a grad student 鈥� but as I got into it, I discovered just how much avalanche risk is involved in safely navigating the backcountry in the wintertime, and that whole array of risks was really fascinating to me and really scared me,鈥� Kroepsch remarked.

Those risks, which include multiple, shifty layers of snow that can collapse with one wrong move, kills an average of six people in Colorado each year. 

鈥淭he Thompsons were this really neat opportunity to write through that and process how I was perceiving those risks and how I was behaving in relationship to those risks and to put it in a creative form,鈥� Kroepsch said.

For Kroepsch, who still goes backcountry skiing, the awards also connected her, and many other students like her, to the Center of the American West.

鈥淭he center helped make a really big campus feel smaller,鈥� Kroepsch said. 鈥淚t helped me feel like I had a family on campus, which, for any student, can be the difference between a successful degree and an unsuccessful degree, no matter if you鈥檙e a freshman or a fourth-year PhD student.鈥�

Thinking about entering?

One of the freeing鈥攁nd challenging鈥攁spects of the Thompson Awards is just how vast the possibilities are for those thinking about entering, the center said.

Could you be the next winner?

Eleven $500 prizes will be awarded to CU 麻豆影院 students in the Spring of 2021 for both writing and video on Western American topics.

Learn more about the contest rules on the Center of the American West website.

As long as the writing is related to the American West, though, anything is fair game for the writing awards, whether it be writing about suburban backyards in the desert southwest or rodeos on the great plains. 

For the video awards, anything related to 2020 is welcome, whether it鈥檚 about the pandemic, the protests, or just the isolation of the year.

For those thinking about entering, Kroepsch, who is also one of the judges this year, has two pieces of advice. 

First, find and use your own voice. 鈥淚 think often students try and put on this academic, omniscient, third-person thing to sound more sophisticated, and all it does is drown out their own creativity and voice.鈥�

Second, to have an impressive, striking first sentence. 鈥淥bviously, the whole introductory paragraph matters immensely, right? But one way to really get that to shine is by having an awesome first sentence.鈥�

For Alberti, who also won an honorable mention in graduate fiction in 2017, his advice is simple: 鈥淪top considering it, and just do it.鈥�

A full list of past winners can be found on the Center of the American West鈥檚 website.

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New competition encourages students to create videos reflecting on the multifaceted year that was

This past year was historic in many ways and for many reasons. No one had the same year, so the Center of the American West at the 麻豆影院 wants to recognize those different experiences through a new video competition.

This new award competition, part of the annual Thompson Writing Awards and titled, 鈥�2020 Through My Lens,鈥� encourages undergraduate and graduate students to reflect and create video stories of their experience with this notable year through the topic or medium of their choosing.

The awards are now open until March 15. 

鈥淲e created the video category because we wanted to give students a creative opportunity to reflect on how they navigated what was, by any measure, a remarkably tumultuous year,鈥� said Kurt Gutjahr, the center鈥檚 managing director. 

鈥淲e want to know what students think and feel about it all.鈥�

The Thompson Writing Awards, endowed by Jack (Hist鈥�64) and Jeannie (Zool鈥�64) Thompson in 2004, are given out every year to undergraduate and graduate CU 麻豆影院 students to recognize their writing related to the American West.

With the exception of the video category, that is still the case. In 2021, there will be 10 $500 prizes awarded to the writing competition in the genres of poetry, fiction, memoir, academic nonfiction and creative nonfiction. Students may apply to one or all of the categories using works they created for class or on their own鈥攁s long as the pieces are about the American West.

For the video category, though, the center welcomes any and all videos related to 2020, whether they be about the isolation, protests, pandemic, election or even just some small slice of everyday life. These videos can also come in any genre, whether that be documentary, commentary, visual images, narrative or even musical performance. This award also comes with a $500 prize.

鈥淭he palette is vast,鈥� commented Gutjahr.

Learn more about the award, including rules and how to submit for both the writing and video competitions, on the Center of the American West鈥檚 website.

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A new lecture series from the Center of the American West delves into current issues

Turnaround artists, bipartisan issues, the history of pandemics, and the U.S. Post Office. 

These topics, while differing in scale and historical precedence, all have one thing in common: They will be part of the four-part Lunch with Limerick series.

This virtual interview series, organized by the Center of the American West at the 麻豆影院, and hosted by Patty Limerick, the center鈥檚 director, will be held at noon via zoom throughout Sept. into the beginning of October. In these one-hour programs, Limerick will interview a range of guests on current issues and a variety of topics relevant to the West and beyond.

 

Back in mid-March, I thought the pandemic had shut the door on that dynamic aspect of the Center's work."

For the center, what started as a way to adjust to a pandemic world while continuing an ongoing effort by the center to embrace dialogue around divisive key issues has blossomed into the opportunity to spread information beyond the traditional limits of in-person meetings.

鈥淏ack in mid-March, I thought the pandemic had shut the door on that dynamic aspect of the Center's work,鈥� said Limerick, who is also a professor of history. 鈥淏ut then I caught on to the amazing opportunities offered by Zoom! When it comes to the privilege of introducing people I admire to a wide audience, a Zoom interview can put my guests and me into the 鈥榩resence鈥� of a lot more people, living in many different places, than could ever fit into a lecture hall or auditorium.鈥�

Later this semester, the center will also host a two-part program on immigration, titled 鈥淭he Party of Practicality.鈥�

Interviews as part of the Lunch with Limerick series include:

鈥淩escuing a Nation: Advice from a 鈥楾urnaround Artist鈥欌��

Gus Halas

Topic: Halas will discuss leadership during tumultuous times and how his history as a turnaround artist鈥攐r a person who repairs broken organizations鈥攁pplies to our current world.

Date: Sept. 18

Time: 12 p.m.

鈥溾�楤ipartisan Happens鈥�: How Western Governors Set an Example for the Nation鈥檚 Leaders鈥�

Jim Ogsbury

Topic: Ogsbury will bring his signature storytelling, utilizing humor and an engaging approach, to discuss remedies for bipartisan issues, with a focus on solutions and the goal of overcoming divisiveness.

Date: Sept. 25

Time: 12 p.m.

鈥淕etting Sick and Getting Well: How American Have Understood Disease and Health鈥�

Conevery Valencius

Topic: Valencius will discuss how 19th century Americans understood health and disease, focusing on how clues from our history can help people understand how diseases interact with a community with a focus on our new world in a pandemic.

Date: Oct. 1

Time: 12 p.m. 

鈥淭he Post Office鈥檚 Central Role in American Life: An Advocate for 21st Century Voting by Mail and a Historian of the 19th Century U.S. Post Get Acquainted鈥�

Phil Keislings and Cameron Blevin

Topic: Keislings and Blevin will discuss the role of the post office as it impacts communities, specifically how they are a central hub of connection at a time when mail in ballots are anticipated to flood the system. 

Date: Oct. 2

Time: 12 p.m.

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Upcoming virtual events to explore the scientific and cultural facets of two important issues for Coloradans: energy and water

Water and energy are two of the most divisive and essential issues to Westerners, and yet they are rarely discussed side-by-side鈥攗ntil now.

A new four-day symposium, put on in collaboration between the Center of the American West at the 麻豆影院 and the , and hosted by the , will delve into these two related and yet separate issues and all of the scientific and cultural nuances that come with them. 

These dialogues, being held on Aug. 11, 13, 18 and 20, will not only provide insightful commentary on Colorado鈥檚 present challenges but also on future opportunities with these resources, which are forecasted to take on greater importance in the years to come.

 

We have recruited a spectacular set of presenters for each of these sessions"

The event, which was originally planned to be a one-day, in-person conference, will feature four to five diverse speakers for an hour and a half each day engaging in a moderated conversation on that day鈥檚 theme. Registration for the event is available through the Denver Museum of Nature and Science鈥檚 website.

鈥淲e have recruited a spectacular set of presenters for each of these sessions,鈥� said Patty Limerick, director of the Center of the American West and the moderator of all of the events. 鈥淚 am very lucky to have been given the role of moderator to orchestrate a conversation among people who are, first, extremely knowledgeable about the complicated and dynamic relationship between water and energy, and, second, very capable of sharing their knowledge with an audience that covers a spectrum of sophistication.鈥�

Event details include:

Part 1: Resource providers

Event Date: Aug. 11, 2020

Event Time: 10-11:30 a.m.

Participants:

• Laurna Kaatz, climate science, policy, and adaptation program director for Denver Water
  • Title: Providing Drinking water to Colorado
• Jeff Lyng, director of energy and environmental policy, Xcel Energy
  • Title: Building a Carbon-Free Future
• Eric Kuhn, formerly the general manager of the Colorado River District
  • Title: West-Slope Water Use, Trends, and Issues in the Age of Climate Change
• Bruce Finley, senior staff writer for the Denver Post; Senior Staff writer
  • Title: Reckoning

Part 2: User community perspectives

Event Date: Aug. 13, 2020

Event Time: 10-11:30 a.m.

Participants:

• Jan Kulmann, mayor of the City of Thornton
  • Title: Where the Need for Water in Communities and Businesses Meet
• Roger Fragua, president of Cota Holdings, LLC, and NDN Energy, LLC
  • Title: Indian Country and Access to Energy & Water
• Jerd Smith, editor of Fresh Water News
  • Title: Outsized Issues of Water-Use in a Headwater State
• Luke Runyon, reporter for Colorado Public Radio Station KUNC
  • Title: Uniting and Dividing: How Water Can Bring Western Communities Together or Drive Them Apart

Part 3: Technology addressing current challenges

Event Date: Aug. 18, 2020

Event Time: 10-11:30 a.m.

Participants:

• Thomas Cech, director of One World One Water Center
  • Title: Technology Addressing Current Challenges: The Importance of Water Education
• Christy Woodward, senior director of regulatory affairs, Colorado Oil & Gas Association
  • Title: Innovation and Adaptation in Colorado鈥檚 Oil and Natural Gas Industry
• Tracy Kosloff, assistant state engineer, Colorado Division of Water Resources
  • Title: More Information 麻豆影院 Water Diversions Faster Makes for Better Decisions
• Seth Haines, research geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey
  • Title: Uniting and Dividing: How Water Can Bring Western Communities Together or Drive Them Apart

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Part 4: Future pathways

Event Date: Aug. 20, 2020

Event Time: 10-11:30 a.m.

Participants:

• Elizabeth Garner, Colorado state demographer with the Department of Local Affairs
  • Title: Where Do We Grow from Here?
• Russ Sands, senior program manager of water supply planning, Colorado Water Conservation Board
  • Title: The Colorado Water Plan: Where We鈥檝e Been and the Path Forward
• Peter Barkmann, senior hydrologist, Colorado Geological Survey
  • Title: Groundwater Resources in Colorado: An Online Atlas
• Jordan Macknick, lead energy-water-land analyst, USDOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory 
  • Title: Transformation of Colorado鈥檚 Energy Sector
• Mark Jensen, chemistry professor, Colorado School of Mines
  • Title: Is There a Future for Nuclear Energy in The Mountain West?

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The Center of the American West awards the 21st annual Thompson Awards for Western American Writing

Family lore, conflicting heritages, the smell of Nag Champa, the Rocky Mountain snowpack, and a pink plantation loveseat. 

The American West can take on different forms, and for this year鈥檚 recipients of the 2020 Thompson Writing Awards, these topics encapsulate what the West means to them.

The Thompson Writing Awards, endowed by Jack (Hist鈥�64) and Jeannie (Zool鈥�64) Thompson in 2004, are given out annually by the Center of the American West at the 麻豆影院 in recognition of outstanding student writing that pertains in some way鈥攚hether that be geographically speaking or the ethos鈥攖o the American West.

Winners receives $500 per piece and are invited to read their work at a reception, which was held this year over zoom on April 29, 2020.

鈥淚 think the Thompson Writing Awards are a terrific opportunity to recognize student writers. Some of them are very good writers and the winners are always top-notch,鈥� said Sandra Laursen, senior research associate and director of Ethnography & Evaluation Research at CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences, and one of this year鈥檚 judges.

This year鈥檚 winners include:

Creative Non-Fiction

Amorina Lee-Martinez

PhD candidate, environmental studies

鈥淟earning How to Be a Good Ancestor鈥�

Undergraduate Academic Non-Fiction

Maisy Weiss

Bachelor of Arts candidate, geography and ecology and evolutionary biology

鈥淩ocky Mountain Snowpack鈥�

Poetry

Ethan Glenn Robinson

Bachelor of Arts candidate, creative writing

鈥淲hat Comes and Goes in Merino Colorado鈥�

Undergraduate Fiction

Ethan Glenn Robinson

Bachelor of Arts candidate, creative writing

鈥淭he Hand in the Hayloft鈥�

Memoir

Breanne Marie Pye

MFA candidate, creative writing

鈥淧lease Take Me With You鈥�

鈥淭he Thompson Writing Awards really highlight the uniqueness of the American West,鈥� said Charles Scoggin, a physician, emeritus board member for the Center of the American West, and one of this year鈥檚 judges. 

鈥淚 really want to salute the Thompsons for their very generous support of this program. It鈥檚 wonderful to have people that spent their lives in higher education that have been willing to both put their name and their treasurer to work to encourage this kind of opportunity.鈥�

Honorable mentions include Vanessa Gabel for her memoir, 鈥淗ighway Prison,鈥� and Liyu Berhanu for her non-fiction essay, 鈥淏lack Cowboys: Ned Logan and the Portrayal of Blackness in Unforgiven.鈥�

Judges for this year鈥檚 awards are as follows:

Creative Non-Fiction: Laursen; James E. Fell, Department of History, University of Colorado Denver; and Albert Hand, retired lawyer and board member for the Center of the American West.

Graduate Academic Non-Fiction: David E. Meens, director for the Office of Outreach and Engagement; Richard J. Meisinger, retired associate vice president for academic affairs for the University of Illinois system; and JoAnn Silverstein, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Center of the American West Board Member and Faculty Council member.

Graduate Fiction: Andrew Cowell, director, Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies at CU 麻豆影院; Catherine Kunce, senior instructor, Program for Writing and Rhetoric, Center of the American West Faculty Affiliate; and Finn Murphy, author of the national bestseller, The Long Haul: A Trucker鈥檚 Tale of Life on the Road.

Memoir: Ernesto Acevedo-Mu帽oz, chair of the Department of Cinema Studies and Moving Image Arts, Center of the American West Faculty Affiliate; Katie King, Skyline High School history teacher, James Madison Memorial Foundation fellow; and Tamar V.S. McKee, anthropologist, manager, Stephen H. Hart Research Center, History Colorado, and founder and owner, Khala and Company.

 

The Thompson Writing Awards really highlight the uniqueness of the American West"

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Poetry: Kit Armstrong, 麻豆影院 class of 2017, Center of the American West Certificate Alum; Buzzy Jackson, writer, historian and educator, book critic for the Boston Globe, Author of The Inspirational Atheist; and Malinda Miller, assistant dean for communications and engagement, College of Media, Communication and Information.

Undergraduate Academic Non-Fiction: Douglas Bamforth, archaeologist, chair of the Department of Anthropology, Center of the American West Faculty Affiliate; Bud Coleman, director of the CU in D.C. Internship Program, Roe Green Professor of Theatre, Center of the American West Faculty Council Member; and Debbie Frazier, former Rocky Mountain News reporter, former communications director for Colorado Natural Resources Department, author of Colorado鈥檚 Hot Springs.

Undergraduate Fiction: Scoggin; Jay Ellis, Journal Twenty Twenty faculty advisor and novelist, Center of the American West Faculty Affiliate; and Alison Richards, calligrapher.

Discover past recipients of the award on the Center of the American West鈥檚 website.

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麻豆影院鈥檚 public open-space system was launched 50 years ago, and an event at CU-麻豆影院 will bring together experts who will discuss the lay of the land in the next half-century.

The event, called 鈥淥ur Open Space Lands: Scenarios for the Future,鈥� is scheduled for Thursday, April 28, beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the new Sustainability, Energy and Environment Complex on the 麻豆影院鈥檚 East Campus.

Now, with over 100,000 acres of land and more than 260 miles of trails in our city and county open space systems, we need to think about the next 50 years.鈥�

Speakers include Patty Limerick, history professor and faculty director of the ; John Tayer, president and CEO of the 麻豆影院 Chamber of Commerce; Sharon Collinge, professor of biology and member of the ; and students from the CU Environmental Studies and Environmental Design programs.

The city of 麻豆影院 has preserved open land informally for more than 100 years, but preservation became a formal, publicly funded program after a community outcry. In 1964, developers planned to build a luxury hotel on Enchanted Mesa, and the idea prompted an outcry. The 麻豆影院 City Council voted to condemn the land and force its sale.

麻豆影院鈥檚 mountain backdrop has been largely preserved by its public open-space system, initiated 50 years ago.In this photo, taken on the morning of winter solstice, a snow storm hovered over the mountains and threatened to sweep into 麻豆影院. Almost everything in this photo is 麻豆影院 Open Space and Mountain Parks. Photo by Jeff Mitton.

In 1966, the city adopted its open space charter, and the following year, 麻豆影院 voters overwhelmingly approved a 0.40 of a cent sales tax to buy, manage and maintain open space. It was reportedly the first time citizens in any U.S. city had voted to tax themselves specifically for open space.

麻豆影院 County later launched its own open-space program. 鈥淣ow, with over 100,000 acres of land and more than 260 miles of trails in our city and county open space systems, we need to think about the next 50 years,鈥� the event organizers state.

The event is part of the 2015-16 Community Colloquium Series, presented by the Initiative for Sustainable Communities and Landscapes, a collaborative research and public engagement effort among , , CU-麻豆影院鈥檚 , CU-麻豆影院鈥檚 Environmental Studies Program and community members.

For more information click , or contact Joni Palmer or Stacey Schulte.

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