I 6: The Sierra Nevada

The weekly course, Interdisciplinary 6, examines the Sierra Nevada region from many viewpoints – art, history, natural history, and public policy. Each week features an expert guest speaker (the list is below.) You are more than welcome to bring your friends or your classes to the presentations. Join us for fascinating insights into this spectacular mountain range.

They are held Thursday nights starting a 6 p.m. on the bottom floor of the Rocklin Campus LRC in Room 107. Parking on campus is by permit or for $1 at the parking permit dispensers in the student parking lots. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. (Speakers subject to change).

Lectures will also be broadcast, as a public service, on the Sierra College Cable Television Network.

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Spring 2008

January 17

• Sierra Superlatives
  Joe Medeiros, Professor of Biological Sciences, Sierra College; Gary Noy, Director, Sierra College Center for Sierra Nevada Studies; Dr. David Beesley, Emeritus Professor of History, Sierra College

January 24

• Deeper Than Gold: Sierra Nevada Native Americans
  Brian Bibby, author, and Dugan Aguilar, photographer, of Deeper Than Gold: A Guide to Indian Life in the Sierra Foothills

January 31

• Geology of the Sierra Nevada
  Laird Thompson, Expert Geologist and Adjunct Professor of Geology at Utah State University and Frank DeCourten, Professor of Earth Sciences, Sierra College

February 7

• Sierra Skiing and Weather History
  Mark McLaughlin, Sierra Nevada Weather and Cultural Historian

February 14

• Birds of the Sierra Nevada
  Brian Williams, Environmental Consultant, Williams Wildlands Consulting and Ed Pandolfino, Sierra Foothills Audubon Society

February 21

• Tales of the Sierra Nevada
  Gary Noy, Director, Center for Sierra Nevada Studies, Sierra College

February 28

• The California Gold Rush
  Gary Kurutz, Director of Special Collections, California State Library

March 6

• The Hetch Hetchy Story
  Dennis Pottenger, journalist, Hetch Hetchy historian; Ron Good, Executive Director, Restore Hetch Hetchy

March 13

• The Sierra Nevada Project
  John Muir Laws, Naturalist and Illustrator, California Academy of Sciences

March 27

• The Artistic Legacy of Chiura Obata
  Kimi Kodani Hill, Artist, Trustee of the Yosemite Association, and Obata Family Historian
• The Sierra Nevada as Artistic Inspiration
  Keith Sutter, award-winning photographer

April 3

• The Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Ranger Randy Morgenson
  Eric Blehm, author of The Last Season

April 10

• Sierra Nevada Trout and Salmon
  Peter Moyle, Professor of Fish Biology, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis; Author, Inland Fishes of California

April 17

• The Life and Legacy of John Muir
  Jim Canaday, Senior Environmental Scientist (retired), California State Water Resources Board, and Professor of Natural Resources, American River College

April 24

• New Adventures on the John Muir Trail
  Joe Medeiros, Professor of Biological Sciences, Sierra College; Lynn Medeiros, Professor of History, Sierra College
  

May 1

• The Present and Future of the Sierra Nevada
  A Panel Discussion of experts, featuring Jim Branham, Executive Officer of the Sierra Nevada Conservancy; Catherine Stifter, Peabody Award-winning journalist; jesikah maria ross, prize-winning documentarian; and others.

May 8

• The High Sierra of California
  Tom Killion, Printmaker and Author

Previous speakers and topics.