Winter/Spring 2015-2016

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Joanna Rotkin: Embracing the Dancer’s Life

Performer and teacher likes making people see things differently By Mark Collins Joanna Rotkin has been dancing her whole life. She danced as a kid growing up in Boulder, in college, and when she moved to Jamestown a little more than a decade ago. All along the way, however, Rotkin thought she would one day

Stories in Stone at CU’s Museum of Natural History

The 83 artifacts on exhibit at the museum were found in the spring of 2008 by landscapers moving dirt to make room for a koi pond in the backyard of Boulder resident Patrick Mahaffy.

Backcountry Hut Trips

Colorado’s quintessential hut-to-hut trips were birthed from the Alps tradition of ski touring, but we’ve added snowshoes, snowmobiles, automobiles and mountain bikes

Coach and CEO Bill Marolt leaves a golden legacy with skiing and riding teams

Of the 95 Olympic medals American skiers and riders have won, an astounding 70 were won under Marolt’s leadership.

A talk with filmmaker Pamela Tanner Boll

Pamela Tanner Boll has always focused her lens on the unknown rather than the famous, the underdogs rather than the powerful.

Family Learning Center founder Brenda Lyle is tireless advocate for children and families

Brenda Lyle has been caring for children since she was a child herself. At 13, as the oldest of six, she was already helping raise her siblings...

Bears in the Crosshairs

Larry Rogstad addresses the state’s two-strike policy By Julie Marshall Working for Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) for 34 years has given Larry Rogstad a unique perspective not just on the charismatic sage grouse or the magnificent mountain lion, but also on people and their critical role in the midst of ever-increasing resource conflicts. At

Scientist with NASA, CIRES reaches for the stars

Reaching for the Stars…and circling back to Earth By Shannon Burgert Waleed Abdalati had always dreamed of working at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and he always thought that dream would be out of reach. But then a high-school teacher told Abdalati that he would love to see him working at NASA. “In that minute

‘Ground truthing’ a super volcano at Yellowstone

Too close for comfort? Boulder lies more than 400 miles from Yellowstone. Would we actually be affected by such an eruption? By Terri Cook The movie opens with a dark and wintry Colorado scene: a group of snowmobilers, bundled into fur-edged parkas, frantically racing through several feet of soft powder in the middle of a

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