Biology Department

The new Biology building is great for education and the environment.

The Biology Department is happy to announce that Dr. Connie Kitchens will be leading the new Public Health Program at Fort Lewis College. Dr. Kitchens received her Doctorate in Public Health in August of 2010 from the University of Utah. She has participated in two humanitarian projects — one in Mexico and the other in Vanuatu. Her research [...]

Drs. Dott and Korb began the first of 2 summers of work trying to understand the dynamics of tamarisk invasion along the Dolores River in SW Colorado.  Tamarisk (Tamarix. spp.) is a non-native tree introduced for erosion control in the southwest in the early 1900s, which has since invaded into riparian habitats throughout the intermountain [...]

The Fall 2010 semester is starting next week! This will be a great year in Biology because we have moved into our new Biology building. The new Biology wing has new laboratories for physiology, microbiology, botany and genetics.  In addition there is a great greenhouse that the plants and Ross love.           [...]