Open Space Speaker Series
Show your support for Broomfield’s Open Spaces and join our webinar on Thursday, March 12 beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Learn about the living legacy of international cooperation between Colorado’s Butterfly Pavilion and the governance of central Mexico in rebuilding essential forest habitat of the Monarch Butterfly. Led by Shiran Hershcovich, Lepidopterist Senior Manager at Butterfly Pavilion.
This series is sponsored by the Broomfield Open Space Foundation and the City and County of Broomfield Open Space and Trails Department. These programs are FREE to attend and NO registration is required.
Previous Speaker Series
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2026 Speaker Series
- February 12, 2026 "Bison: Cultural and Ecological Keystones of the West" with Shannon Dennison
2025 Speaker Series
- February 12, 2025 "Birds of Winter" with Dawn Wilson
- March 12, 2025 "Great Outdoors Colorado: A Legacy of Conservation and Community Impact" with Josh Tenneson
- October 15, 2025 "A Brief Geologic History of Colorado" with Dr. Lon Abbott
- November 12, 2025 "Wildlife Reintroductions & Broomfield’s Wildlife Trends" with Cassy Penn
2024 Speaker Series
- November 13, 2024 "Wolverine Restoration in Colorado" with Jake Ivan
- October 16, 2024 "Balancing Nature and Livelihoods: Sustainable development, and community-driven environmental efforts in Maasai Mara conservancies" with Francis Sopia
- April 10, 2024 “American Kestrel Nest Box Project: Conservation and Community Engagement” with Jennifer Redmond
- February 7, 2024 “Conservation in Action: Denver Zoo's Collaborative Work to Support Bison and Grasslands in Colorado” with Kate Wilkins
2023 Speaker Series
- November 15, 2023 “Nature in a Digital World: Why Getting Outside in Nature Matters” with Louise Chawla
- October 18, 2023 “Wild for Bees” with Jessica Goldstrohm
- September 13, 2023 “Yo Cuento: Cultural Wayfinding” with José González
2022 Speaker Series
- November 9, 2022 “The Black-footed Ferret; Demise, Recovery, and Continuing Challenges” with Tyler Tretten
- October 19, 2022 “The W.O.L.F. Sanctuary Story” with Shelley Coldiron
- September 28, 2022 “Wildfires in Colorado” with Dana Coelho
- April 20, 2022 “Trees along the Trails: A Talk with a City Forester” with Nils Sahaand Jack Pritchard
- March 16, 2022 “The Summits, Songs, and Science Project” with Dr. Ulyana Horodyskyj Peña
2021 Speaker Series
- October 20, 2021 “Owls of Colorado” with Emily M. Davenport
- April 7, 2021 "Coyotes of Broomfield" with Emily Beam and Joelle Cicak
- March 3, 2021 “Owls of Colorado” with Emily M. Davenport
- February, 3 2021 “Pollinator District at Baseline Development” with Patrick Tennyson and Kyle Harris
- January 20, 2021 "The Why, What, When, Which, Where and How of Soil Carbon Sequestration " with Dr. Francesca Cotrufo
2020 Speaker Series
- December 2, 2020 "Self-Drive Safaris in South Africa" with Chris "Boomer" Petrizzo
- November 4, 2020 "Why Birds Matter, and Why I Study Them" with Scott A. Taylor of University of Colorado
- October 7, 2020 "Living with Urban Wildlife" with Jack Murphy of Urban Wildlife Rescue
- March 4, 2020 "The Dark Sky Movement in Broomfield" with George Wolf