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DAY THREE: Friday, July 30 GEORGE SIBLEY, Moderator Western State College Lecturer and Headwaters Program Coordinator (Gunnison, Colorado) George Sibley considers himself to be a native of Colorado, since he was conceived here of Colorado natives. He was born and raised through his formative years, however, in Western Pennsylvania, which makes him part of the problem in the arid west: like most humid-zone trans- plants, he sees green in a land of reds and browns. He currently tcaches journalism and regional studies at Western State College, and coordinates the College's annual Headwaters Conference, an exploration of regional cultural isslIes; he is also a freelance writer for a variety of local, regional and national publications. DR. ALBERT A.BARTLETT Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics University of Colorado at Boulder AI Bartlett is a retired Professor of Physics. He joined the faculty of the University of Colorado in Boulder in September 1950. His BA degree in physics is from Colgate University and his MA and Ph.D. degrees in physics arc from Harvard University. In 1978 he was national president of the American Association of Physics Teachers. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1969 and 1970 he was the clected Chair of the four-campus Faculty Council of the University of Coloracto. In the late 1950s Al was an initiator of the citizens' effort to preserve open space in Boulder, and this ultimately led to the establishment of the City of Boulder's Open Space Program which (1998) has purchased over 26,000 acres of land to be preserved as public open space. He is a founding member of PLAN-Boulder County and environmentnl group for the City and County. Since the latc 19605 he has concentrated on public education on the problems relating to and originating from population growth. More recently he has written on sustainability, examining the widespread misuse of the term, and examining the conditions hat arc necessary and sufficient for sustain ability in any society. KEN STROM Director, National Audubon Society Population and Habitat Program (Boulder) The National Audubon Society's Population and Habitat Program, based in Boulder, Colorado, works nationwide and globally to stabilize Earth's human population in order to improve the health and survival of both people and wildlife. A graduate of Cornell University, Ken is a wildlife biolo- gist who has specialized in the management and restoration of wetland habitats of waterbirds and other wildlife. For II years he managed Audubon's Rowe Wildlife Sanctuary, a critical habitat for Whooping Cranes and Sandhill Cranes on the Platte River in Nebraska. During that time he served two elected terms as a director of the Central Platte Natural Resources District, which is responsible for water management and policy in the Platte River basin of central Nebraska. During the past 10 years, Ken has coordinated a series of international partnerships in which h.c has advised scientists and policy-makers in Russia, China, Japan and Pakistan on conservation strategies for water resources and wetland habitats, particu- larly in the Indus River and Amur River basins. Some of this work is described in the book Sharing the Eanh, which he co-edited. For the past four summers he has directed the Ecology Workshop in the Rockies, in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming. He is also the founding chairman of the Front Range Focus Committee of the Colorado Wetlands Initiative. He has published numerous articles on wildlife conservation and the impacts of human population, including the recent book, Population alld Habitat ill the New Millellnium.