Welcome to Naturalist Nights 2024

For many of our regulars, the Naturalist Nights lecture series is the highlight of their year. The series is a longtime collaboration with the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) and Roaring Fork Audubon. We present 5 free lectures each winter. Each lecture is given twice, in different locations, on back to back nights: at 6 PM in Carbondale on Wednesdays or at 6pm in the ACES Hallam Lake facility in Aspen on Thursday evenings! Presentations will also be available virtually through Facebook, Grassroots TV, and other local media outlets.

Yellowstone Wolves: A Quarter Century of Research and Observations
with Taylor Rabe

Wednesday, January 10, 6 – 7pm | Carbondale
Thursday, January 11, 6 – 7pm | Hallam Lake

Taylor Rabe is a Biological Science Technician with the Yellowstone Wolf Project.

> Register free for the Wednesday lecture

> Register free for the Thursday lecture

Born to be Wild: The Ecological Benefits of Wild & Scenic Rivers
with Jennifer Back

Wednesday, January 24, 6 – 7pm | Carbondale
Thursday, January 25, 6 – 7pm | Hallam Lake

Jennifer Back is a retired hydrologist from the National Parks Service.

> Register free for the Wednesday lecture

> Register free for the Thursday lecture

The Identiflight Technology: Protecting Sensitive Bird Species from Wind Turbine Collisions
with Susan Downey and Carlos Jorquera

Wednesday, February 7, 6 – 7pm | Carbondale
Thursday, February 8, 6 – 7pm | Hallam Lake

Susan Downey is the Field Applications Engineer and Chief Birder at Boulder Imaging, Inc. Carlos Jorquera is the Chief Technology Officer at Boulder Imaging, Inc.

> Register free for the Wednesday lecture

> Register free for the Thursday lecture

The Language of Birds
with Nathan Pieplow

Wednesday, February 21, 6 – 7pm | Carbondale
Thursday, February 22, 6 – 7pm | Hallam Lake

Nathan Pieplow is a Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at CU Boulder and a former editor of the journal Colorado Birds.

> Register free for the Wednesday Lecture

> Register free for the Thursday lecture

The Economics of Public Lands and Protected Areas
with Evan Hjerpe

Wednesday, March 6, 6 – 7pm | Carbondale
Thursday, March 7, 6 – 7pm | Hallam Lake

Evan Hjerpe is the Executive Director of the Conservation Economics Institute.

> Register free for the Wednesday lecture

> Register free for the Thursday lecture

Naturalist Nights is supported by: