Please join the Wyoming Humanities Council for humanities “in the open air”! Northwest Wyoming has a rich history of significant contributions to the conservation movement in America. This series of four outdoor lectures will cover different issues related to America’s conservation movement and the preservation of historic cultural resources in the Jackson Hole area. Bring your own lawn chairs, hats, repellent, and water!
The series kicks off a week from today, on Thursday, June 24, at 5:30 p.m., with an opening barbeque at the University of Wyoming-National Park Service (UW-NPS) Research Center, at the historic AMK Ranch. Park admission fees apply. At 6:30, Mary Humstone will discuss student-driven preservation projects in her presentation, “Partners in Preservation: American Studies in the Field.” On Monday, July 12, 6:30 p.m., at the Grand Teton Climbers Ranch, Sherry Smith will discuss the life of woman homesteader Geraldine Lucas in “Geraldine Lucas: Mountaineering, Homesteading, and Fighting the Federal Government in early twentieth Century Jackson Hole.” Park admission fees apply. On Monday, August 2, 6:30 p.m., at The Murie Center, Robert Righter will explore the relationship between technology and park values in “The Airport: Paradox for a Park.” And on Saturday, August 28, 2:00 p.m., at the Teton Science School Kelly Campus, Pete Simpson and Ken Thomasma will hold a “Cattle and Conservation Conversation.”
Details, including descriptions of each lecture and each presenter, are available online. Contact Program Coordinator Sheila Bricher-Wade, (307) 721-9246, with any questions.
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