SandBoxBlogs: Colorado Springs Gazette "Algae-filled bedroom leads to grand prize at science fair"

Carol McGraw:
"Sara Volz, a junior at Cheyenne Mountain High School, has won the grand prize in the senior division at the 57th Colorado Science and Engineering Fair at Colorado State University.

Again.

Volz’ topic is titled Optimizing Algae Biofuels: Artificial Selection & Nitrogen Stress as Methods to Induce Lipid Synthesis.”

Yes, it’s complicated. Just know that she has shelves and shelves of algae growing in her room and that her mother Pattye Volz is happy about that because the 30 beakers used to be on her kitchen counter.

This is Sara’s second year of winning the state grand prize. She’s been a competitor for six years.

“It was awesome, there was a lot of tough competition and I didn’t expect to win again,” she said.

She will compete in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair May 13-18  in Pittsburgh.  Last year, she won first place in the energy and transportation category at the international event...."
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SandBox Comments: Summit County Citizens Voice "Breckenridge: Forest summit meeting comes to CMC"

"SUMMIT COUNTY — Conservation experts, forest managers, loggers and scientists will gather at Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge this week to pow-wow once again on the condition of Colorado’s devastated lodgepole pine stands.

"The Colorado Bark Beetle Collaborative summit meeting is set for Friday, October 28, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge.

A science panel will discuss the ecology of lodgepole pine forests and the future of post-beetle forests from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

The next session is a Q & A moderated by Dr. Tony Cheng, associate professor in forest policy and director of the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute at Colorado State University...."

(Bob Berwyn)

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