We will be planning our speakers and schedule for 2012 in the coming months and will update this page regularly.  If you have anyone you'd like to recommend or topic of interest, please feel free to drop us a line on our Contact page.

2011 Schedule

Brad Dimock joined us this year as Keynote Speaker and brought his replica boat, the Edith, for everyone to see and touch; Roy Webb returned to present historic river-running films we'd not seen before that included Warm Springs Rapid, Glen Canyon and Lodore, and we had a diverse group of great presentions.   Jack, of Jack's Plastic also did a wonderful boat repair clinic during lunch.

Friday, November 11, 2011

10am to 4pm:           Riparian restoration service project & field trip 
              Join us at the site of Plateau Restoration's long-term project at Jackson Bottom, near the Potash boat-ramp on the Colorado River, involving rehabilitation post-Tamarisk treatment.  Includes expert field presentations on issues related to Colorado River restoration techniques and efforts, including biologist, Wright Robinson, giving up to date information on effects of the beetle that was introduced at this site in 2004 to control Tamarisk. We'll also stop on the way back for interpretive field programs on archeology, ecology and geology.
              Meet for transport and car-pooling at the Moab Information Center (corner of Center and Main) at 10:00am and return by 4:00pm or meet us at the site.  Lunch and all tools provided.  
               
                     This activity is free to anyone, not just registrants of the event.  Please RSVP.
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7 pm to 9 pm                 Historic River Film Festival - Roy Webb
                    Evening presentation featuring river historian and author, Roy Webb, University of Utah Marriot Library, at the historic STAR HALL, 159 East Center St. Moab.
  
                                                THIS EVENING EVENT ONLY:   $5:00 at the door. 
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Saturday, November 12, 2011 
Single-day price: $50     ($40 for members)
Single presentation: $5 at the door

9 am to 9 pm             Full day of presentations, at the MARC and STAR HALL
with expert guest instructors / authors.   Lunch and educational materials provided.  Chat with presenters, book sales and signings by authors, display of replica historic boats.  Raffle with tons of great stuff (wine, outdoor gear, books, etc.) 

                                              MOAB ARTS & REC. CENTER (111 East 100 North)

          9:00 am                        Welcome address - Plateau Restoration
          9:15 to 10:15 am   15 Years of Integrated Weed Management on Rivers of Dinosaur NM
                                                                                                        - Tamara Naumann, NPS
         10:15 am to 11:15        Restoration of native wildlife in Utah   - Bill Bates, Utah DWR
        11:15 to 12:00 pm        30 years of river management and change in Desolation Canyon
                                                                                                         - Dennis Willis, BLM retired
         12:00 pm to 2:00 pm                      LUNCH
                                        Book sales and signings, replica boats and other diplays,
                                         meet and chat with authors / presenters, raffle.
         2:00 pm to 3:00 pm        Geology of Canyonlands National Park and Cataract Canyon
                                                                                                       - Prof. Robert Fillmore
         3:00 pm to 4:00 pm        12,000 years on the San Juan River - Prof. Jim Aton 
       4:00 pm to 5:00 pm        Archeology of Desolation Canyon and impacts from recreation
                                                                                                        - Jerry Spangler, Archeologist 
     
                                           STAR HALL (159 E. Center St.) 
 
    7 pm to 9 pm          KEYNOTE SPEAKER:    Brad Dimock, author and historian
                                      Boats, Boatmen, and Techniques of the Colorado River:
                                                   A Meditation on the Kolb Expedition Centennial 
                                                  followed by films and social
                  
                                                         THIS EVENING EVENT ONLY:   $5:00 at the door.
                                    
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Sunday, November 13, 2011
Single-day price: $40    ($35 for members)
                                 PRE-REGISTRATION by November, 11 is required.

9 am to 3 pm:           Interpretive Geology and Ecology of Dead Horse Point State Park 
          presenters include geologist, Dr. Tamsin McCormick and ecologist, Dr. Tim Graham. 
Lunch and transportation provided.  Optional hikes. 
Meet at the Moab Information Center parking lot (corner of Center and Main, Moab) at 9 am.