{"id":28245,"date":"2024-04-11T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/well-known-author-to-speak-at-fort-lewis-college-environmental-summit\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T06:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:24:25","slug":"well-known-author-to-speak-at-fort-lewis-college-environmental-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/well-known-author-to-speak-at-fort-lewis-college-environmental-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Well-known author to speak at Fort Lewis College environmental summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Courtesy of Fort Lewis College<br><br>Fort Lewis College anticipates furloughs and layoffs to deal with a budget shortfall during the 2020-21 school year.<\/span>du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Fort Lewis College will welcome renowned environmentalist and author Terry Tempest Williams later this month.<\/p>\n

Williams will speak during the Inaugural Four Corners Climate Summit on April 27 at the Fort Lewis College Ballroom.<\/p>\n

The event will include presentations by the authors of the Fifth National Climate Assessment, which documents the vulnerabilities, impacts and risks associated with climate change in the American Southwest.<\/p>\n

Williams has penned books such as \u201cRefuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place\u201d and \u201cWhen Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice.\u201d<\/p>\n

The assessment is the U.S. Government\u2019s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks and responses.<\/p>\n

Regional experts, conservationists and artists will be at the event, which will be open the public. Space is limited, according to a news release from the college.<\/p>\n

\u201cClimate change is of interest across our entire campus and region,\u201d said FLC Provost Mario Martinez in the release. \u201cAs the leading education institution in our region, Fort Lewis College can convene experts and draw on faculty expertise to provide guidance and support to prepare our region for continued climate change and ongoing work on action and solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The event was developed when Martinez and research hydrologist Emile Elias discussed sharing research with the community and to pair information from the fifth assessment with FLC\u2019s newest art exhibit on climate change in Colorado.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are deeply grateful to the scientists who agreed to serve as authors and will join us in Durango to share findings and answer questions. Leading scientists will talk about wildfire, water scarcity, extreme heat, human health, and agriculture,\u201d Elias said in a news release.<\/p>\n

Elias will serve among the panelists for the assessment presentation. He will be joined by Jennifer Vanos, associate professor in the school of sustainability at Arizona State University, and Steven M. Ostoja, director of the USDA California Climate Hub, among others.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit fortlewis.edu\/climate-summit\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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