Christine Scanlan

 COLORADO
HOUSE MAJORITY COMMUNICATIONS
STATE CAPITOL

A D V I S O R Y
Jan. 14: Local Students to Present Recommendations on Managing Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic

Students from the Mountain Pine Beetle Youth Coalition will present their recommendations for managing the mountain pine beetle to State Representative Christine Scanlan (D-Summit County) and State Senator Dan Gibbs (D-Summit County) and other key stakeholders from the local community in Copper on Thursday, Jan. 14. Earlier this year, the Coalition, which is composed of Lake County Intermediate and Summit Middle School students, conducted research projects and assumed a stakeholder role to explore the issue of pine beetle management in Summit and Lake Counties. They will present their research at the meeting.

WHAT: Mountain Pine Beetle Youth Coalition presentation on policy recommendations for managing the mountain pine beetle

WHERE: Copper Mountain Conference Center

WHEN: Thursday, January 14, 2010
6 p.m.

WHO: Mountain Pine Beetle Youth Coalition
Rep. Christine Scanlan
Sen. Dan Gibbs
Other local experts

For more information, please contact Dave Miller, School Programs Director at Keystone Science School at 970-455-4229 or dmiller@keystone.org.