Fall 1999

Terry Uyeki, ASC LS CO-AMP Site Coordinator

ince joining the LS CO-AMP in 1998, the Spring 1999 term represented the first semester of activities sponsored by LS CO-AMP at Adams State College. After planning by math and science faculty in the fall semester, three ASC students have been able to undertake research internships under the direction of ASC faculty and a resource agency wildlife biologist, with their internships paid by LS CO-AMP:

Veronica Kenkel, a geology major, LS CO-AMP scholar and ASC senior from Arvada, has been a research intern for a hydrogeology research project this past spring and summer. Thanks to a combination of funding by state and federal grants, ASC Geology Professor Dion Stewart is conducting a study of
the mechanisms allowing for the recharge of water to both the soil moisture and the ground water system in the Indian Springs Sand Dunes area adjacent to the Great Sand Dunes National Monument. As Veronica describes the research, it would "benefit the people in the San Luis Valley, because [we] would know roughly how fast and how much the underground aquifer is recharged due to the San Dunes." Veronica also serves as the student representative on the Advisory Board to the ASC LS CO-AMP program.
Lela Gonzales, a Denver junior majoring in Wildlife Biology and LS CO-AMP scholar, has been a research intern for a project under the direction of her mentor, ASC Assistant Professor of Biology Tim Armstrong. Dr. Armstrong's research, studying how female vocalizations influence
the fitness of male and female redwinged blackbirds, is part of a research project funded by the National Science Foundation under the direction of the University of Kentucky School of Biological Sciences. Fitness will be measured using DNA parentage analysis and by monitoring nest predation and fledgling success. At the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Lela


Ongoing research at Colorado's Indian Springs Sand Dunes

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Clarissa Bowman, Diné College CO-AMP Site Coordinator

he GIS summer Project at Diné College in Shiprock, New Mexico is currently in its 5th year. This project provides three

to seven Navajo students the opportunity to obtain GIS research training. Local communities and Diné College benefit as well. Funding and support come from the following sources: LS CO-AMP, Navajo Tribe's Land office, LANL (Los Alamos National Laboratory), TCI (Tribal College Initiatives) and Diné College's Land Grant Office.
The GIS summer Project's past accomplishments include: mapping of Diné College's building, vegetation, shade and soils at the new campus;

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