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Walter E. Hecox is professor
of economics, director of the Slade Sustainable Development Workshop, and
project director for the State of the Rockies Project at Colorado College,
Colorado Springs, Colorado. Walt received his B.A. degree from Colorado
College in 1964 and an M.A. (1967) and Ph.D. (1970) from Syracuse University,
Syracuse, New York. He teaches courses in international economics, ecological
economics, and sustainable development. He has conducted research and taken
leave to work for the World Bank, U.S. Agency for International Development,
U.S. Department of Energy, and Colorado Department of Natural Resources.
He is author of Charting the Colorado Plateau (The Grand Canyon Trust, 1996),
co-author of Beyond the Boundaries: The Human and Natural Communities of
the Greater Grand Canyon (Grand Canyon Trust, 1997), co-editor of the Colorado
College State of the Rockies Report Cards. |
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Bryan Hurlbutt is the 2005/06
program coordinator for the Colorado College State of the Rockies Project.
He graduated from Colorado College with a BA degree in May 2004, majoring
in Physics. During Summer 2004 he worked for the Rockies Project on research
concerning West Yellowstone, Montana and the impacts on this “captive”
gateway community of variable Yellowstone National Park snowmobile access
policies. During his undergraduate years he was a physics tutor and grader,
worked on solar physics research in Bozeman, Montana and astrophysics research
in Colorado College, as well as Orca whale research in the San Juan Islands,
Washington. He has also been active in the New Voters Project during the
2004 Presidential elections. |
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Chris Jackson is a student summer
researcher for the State of the Rockies Project 2006 Report Card. He will
graduate in May 2006 with a major in international political economy. His
thesis research will focus on cross-border environmental issues between
the United States and Canada and the subsequent impact on relations between
the two countries. Chris’s interest in international relations stems
from his extensive travel through central Europe while studying in the Czech
Republic in 2004. Growing up in the mountains of Colorado, Chris gained
a particular interest in water issues in the Rockies as they pertain to
fishing. |
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Jared Kapela is a student summer
researcher for the State of the Rockies Project 2006 Report Card. Jared
will graduate in May 2006 with a double major in economics and environmental
science and plans to continue his Rockies research into his senior year
in order to complete a thesis in economics. Since matriculating to Colorado
College from his high school in Hunting Valley, Ohio, Jared has been an
intern with the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C., and
has worked on campus to promote various environmental initiatives with students
and faculty. After graduation, he plans to pursue a master’s degree
in business administration and work in the private sector to promote market
approaches for solving environmental problems. |
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Caitlin O'Brady is the lead
researcher for the State of the Rockies Project summer 2005 research team
after working as a student researcher for the Rockies Project during the
2004/05 school year. She graduated from Colorado College with honors in
May 2005 with a major in environmental science. She has a keen interest
in social and environmental issues of different regions which she has explored
while studying sustainable development and social change in Central America
and working for a bioregional nonprofit in the Pacific Northwest. In her
time at CC, Caitlin participated in various projects with the campus environmental
group, and was awarded several grants to complete and present her senior
thesis research on the effects of an invasive nitrogen-fixing tree on Hawaiian
ecosystems. |
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Matthew K. Reuer serves as
the technical liaison for the State of the Rockies Project, overseeing tasks
including data assimilation, GIS analysis, and logistics management. He
received his doctorate degree from MIT in 2002 and was a Harry Hess postdoctoral
research fellow at Princeton University from 2002 to 2004, focusing on global
carbon cycle research. Matt’s scientific interests in this region
include the environmental chemistry of western rivers and watersheds and
global change impacts on alpine biogeochemical cycles. He is also highly
interested in western development issues and the creation of innovative
energy policies in the Rocky Mountain West. |
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Amanda Strauss is a student
summer researcher for the State of the Rockies Project 2006 Report Card.
She will graduate from Colorado College in May 2006 with a major in biology.
While studying ecology across Ecuador’s diverse terrain, she developed
a greater understanding and interest in global and regional environmental
issues. As an intern for the State of the Rockies Project, she is pursuing
her interest and gaining a greater understanding of the realm where biology
and economics meet on the regional level. |
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Andrew Yarbrough is a student
summer researcher for the State of the Rockies Project 2006 Report Card.
He is from Roxbury, Connecticut, and graduated from the Taft High School
in 2002. Andrew is a senior international political economy major at CC
and has a particular interest in the political economy of the European Union.
After spending his junior year at the London School of Economics and a summer
studying at the Universidad de Salamanca in Spain, Andrew is excited to
return to CC for his final year. He is passionate about environmental protection
and land conservation in the Rocky Mountain region. |
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Greg Zimmerman is a student
summer researcher for the State of the Rockies Project 2006 Report Card.
He is currently a senior environmental science major at Colorado College.
As a younger man, Greg was a competitive gymnast, but has moved on to focus
his efforts on his education with a particular interest in water management
and water law, specifically how water management shapes development in the
American West. After graduation, Greg plans to continue his education, perhaps
studying environmental policy and law. |
