Train Talks, Beer Talks, Hexie Ladies, Produce, Etc.

Golden Beer Talks have a change to the usual schedule this month and next. This month they’re meeting on the first Tuesday (tonight). In October, they’ll meet on the third Tuesday (October 15th). After that, they’ll be back to the traditional second Tuesday of the month.

Tonight’s Golden Beer Talk features Becky Brice of the United States Geological Survey. Her topic – Tree rings and Snow Drought: What Trees Tell Us About Our Changing Snowpack.

Snow is not only important for wintertime fun and spectacular views of white-crested peaks along the Colorado Front Range. Snow in the Intermountain West means water. Recent declines in snowpack may be a harbinger for future impact on water supply of the western United States because runoff to rivers and reservoirs is tightly linked to the amount of water present in our snow.

Tree-rings have been used for nearly a century to understand climate of the past, and to situate current climate conditions into a long-term context. Through research, we’ve learned that trees also record information about the water contained in snow. They provide valuable details about year-to-year snowpack changes and allow us to compare these changes over the past 50 years to those experienced over the lifetime of a tree.

Come to “Tree rings and snow drought: what trees tell us about our changing snowpack” to learn about how trees have been used to better understand snowpack changes in the Four Corners region over the last 300 years and to hear the cautionary tales trees have to tell about future water supplies in the region.

Tonight’s featured brewery is New Terrain Brewing Company. The doors open at 6PM and the talk starts at about 6:35PM. The Buffalo Rose will be serving food and drinks, including gluten-free Holidaily beer.

Other Tuesday Events:
11:30AM – Train Talks at the RR Museum
1PM – Hexie Ladies at the Quilt Museum
3PM – Under the M Farm Stand
4PM – Lego Play & Build
5:30PM – Golden Library Textile Society
6PM – Yoga on Tap at New Terrain Brewing
6PM – SoundCheck Music Match-Up at Over Yonder Brewing
6:30PM – Bingo at the VFW