2005 Field Practicum

Schedule    2005    2004 2003 2002 2001

Orientation Meeting – Tuesday, 23 Aug 2005, 5pm, NR 320 – Attendance is Required

See the Route here                                    Photo Gallery here

Thursday, 25 Aug 2005 – Rio Grande Water Rights, Management, and Issues

Leave NR Bldg at 8am SHARP

Drive to Alamosa, CO (Bureau of Land Reclamation)

Tour Rio Grande Water Conservation District

Drive to Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, Mosca, CO

Camp at Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve (Group Site A)

Friday, 26 Aug 2005 – Water issues on the Sangre de Cristo side of the San Luis Valley

Tour Great Sand Dunes National Park (NPS) and Baca Ranch (FWS)

Tour Blanca Wetlands

Camp near Medano-Zapata Ranch (BLM land – primitive site)

Saturday, 27 Aug 2005 – Summitville Superfund Site

Drive to Capulin, CO, and on to Terrace Reservoir

Tour Wightman Creek and Gauging Station

Tour Summitville Superfund Site

Camp at Alamosa River NF Site

Sunday, 28 Aug 2005 – Upper Rio Grande River

Tour Wolf Creek Pass SNOTEL site

Tour Wagon Wheel Gap – early paired-watershed study

Visit North Clear Creek Falls

Camp at Slumgullion Pass NF Site

Monday, 29 Aug 2005 – River Restoration, Mass Wasting

Drive to Lake City, CO

Tour Slumgullion Slide and Lake Fork Restoration (Wildland Hydrology)

Visit Glacial Morraine areas near Lake City, CO

Geology near Gunnison, CO

Camp near Leadville, CO

Tuesday, 30 Aug 2005 – Mining and Water Quality

Tour Dinero Tunnel

Visit Parshall Flume gauging station

Stop at Climax Mine

Return to Fort Collins

Final Presentations: Thursday, 15 Sept 2005, NR 320, 5pm