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Longtime RMBL researcher David Inouye, PhD, spoke with Colorado Public Radio about yucca, sugarbowl, and other spring flowers blooming this fall in southern Colorado, as well as a few doing the same near Crested Butte. Recent rain may be part of the reason, he said, but these late bloomers may find that most of their pollinators are already gone.
A history column in the Alamosa Citizen traces RMBL’s origins to 1928, when John C. Johnson resigned from Western State College (now Western Colorado University) amid conflict with the Ku Klux Klan. He then used his own money to buy the town of Gothic and establish the laboratory for summer research on high-altitude ecosystems.
The Gunnison Country Times and Crested Butte News covered the Tourism and Prosperity Partnership’s update to Gunnison County commissioners, including its support for RMBL’s research partnership with Western Colorado University. Western students have worked with RMBL on projects such as expanding remote weather networks, strengthening RMBL’s research capacity while gaining hands-on experience.
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