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BRANCH NOTES
NOLS ALASKA
• Our 1935 Matanuska Colony staff house, which is
on the national register of historical buildings, is nearly
empty in readiness for a complete remodel. This summer
we received a visit from one of the original homesteaders
of our farm who was born in the house in
1937. She enjoyed seeing the farm being used by
NOLS students and staff.
• Wondering how to dress for your next NOLS Alaska
course? Thanks to grad and veteran NOLS Alaska intown
staff member Mikey Kampmann, you can find
out how on YouTube! Just go to www.youtube.com
and search for “NOLS Alaska.”
NOLS PACIFIC NORTHWEST
• We recently participated in the NOLS environmental
audit by Pure Strategies. They’ve offered a list of
new ideas to improve our sustainability at the PNW,
which we are excited to implement.
• We finished a building project that has closed in our
dining area, allowing us to use this space in the offseason.
Come see it for yourself; we’ll be running a
WFR course through WMI from January 2-10.
NOLS ROCKY MOUNTAIN
• We recently received the Rocky Mountain Power
Blue Sky Fund Award, an $ 80,000 grant enabling the
installation of solar panels atop our roof. Scheduled
for November, the installation will alleviate 25-30 percent
of the energy cost at the RM. The project also includes
plans for a classy educational display.
• The Gulch is introducing a plethora of wheat/glutenfree
field foods. Recent additions include breakfast bars,
bagels, rice cakes, cereals, and a variety of baking mixes
that include brownies, muffins, pancakes, and waffles.
We have also decided to phase out margarine (and the
trans fat that comes with it) from our rations and replace
it with a combination of olive oil and butter by
the start of our spring semester program.
NOLS VERNAL
• We are very excited about the upcoming construction
of new staff accommodations here in Vernal. We
will soon be working to put in a 12’x36’ log building
for intown staff and a 12’x12’ log bathroom.
Artist’s rendition
NOLS YUKON
• We are partnering with Mountain Equipment Coop
(MEC) to Canadian-ize our equipment supply and
students! MEC is sending some of its staff on NOLS
Yukon courses, and we had the first NOLS Professional
Training course in Canada with MEC in Toronto.
NOLS Yukon and MEC are also official foundation
sponsors of LNT Canada, in its first official year.
• We currently have three Canadian universities offering
credit for NOLS courses with more on the way.
• This past summer we ran the second successful
NOLS Baffin Island course, which includes a long cultural
section with local Inuit. Next year we’re offering
two start dates and an alumni canoe trip.
• After many letters from ecstatic recipients, the Donner
Foundation drastically increased its scholarship pool
this year, funding NOLS Yukon courses for nine Canadian
students, including two First Nations students.
NOLS TETON VALLEY
• We encourage all powder hounds to come to this
year’s Winter Rendezvous scheduled for December 14.
See what’s going on in the NOLS winter program and
the exciting world of snow science. For more info contact
winter program coordinator John Fitzgerald at
john_fitzgerald@nols.edu.
• Congrats to the Warner family and their newest addition,
Isabelle. Isabelle joins Teton Valley director mother
Abby, instructor father Willy, and brother Peter as the
fourth Warner. Welcome to the family, Isabelle.
NOLS PATAGONIA
• We are expanding our student bathhouse facilities!
• Creative Energies from Lander is setting up a geothermal
system (a.k.a. geoexchange) for our future office.
Geothermal systems take advantage of the relatively
consistent temperature of the earth underground to
heat fluid circulating through tubes that bring that
consistency above ground inside the building.
• One of the highlights from last year’s Patagonia Year,
which we will continue this year, is the service work that
the students have done with Conservacion Patagonica.
With the goal of protecting and restoring wildland
ecosystems, Conservacion Patagonica is working toward
creating a national park in Chile, where less than 5 percent
of the land has been reserved for conservation.
NOLS MEXICO
• Our new solar-powered water system is now on line.
This system uses low-flow fixtures, reducing our overall
groundwater use.
• The first of our many sailors have departed Coyote Bay
and headed north to Bahia de Los Angeles. The eight
fleets will be covering all 380 Nm of the Sea Cortes coast
to La Paz where we will be joined by two keelboats for
our first all ocean semester, already underway.
Sarah Manwaring-Jones
FALL 2007
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Midwest Mountaineering Presents the 22nd annual
November, 16-18, 2007
Fri. 4-9, Sat. 9-6, Sun. 11-5
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Featuring: Dave Freeman: Trans Amazon and Superior Waters
Project; Mark Newcomb, Teton Ski Mountaineering; Will Steger, Eye
Witness to Global Warming; Dave Watson, Climbing and Tele Skiing
Everest; Ken Storm, Spirituality of Landscape; Jim Klobuchar, Pieces
of My Heart; Jason Dorgan, Ice Age Trail 48 miles per day;
Clayton Daugenbaugh, Red Rock Canyons
The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour
Visit the NOLS Booth at the Expo!
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