In the News

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to award nearly $3 million to help fund seven community air monitoring projects across Colorado. Part of the proposed budget will go toward funding a student worker at FLC in the lab of Joanna Gordon Casey, an assistant professor of Physics & Engineering.

Writing for The Durango Herald, Andrew Gulliford, professor of History, illustrated one of the most picturesque scenes in the American Northwest: Steens Mountain, Oregon. With a grounded perspective, Gulliford waxed poetic with tales filled with ranches, buckaroos, and gunfights.

Charles Hakes, a senior lecturer of Physics & Engineering, helped The Durango Herald identify a UFO. Spotted near Grandview Ridge, the small anomaly had many wondering if the Southwest had been visited by extraterrestrial life or a cheeky drone pilot. Hakes also provided tips for any astronomical endeavors this month.

FLC was featured in Outside magazine as one of the best schools in the country to study Adventure Education. Outside cited FLC’s broad range of programs that help students become wilderness therapists, guides, experiential educators, and public-lands employees.