The Rocky Mountain Mining Conference is a bi-annual event that brings together diverse professions and perspectives to think collectively about mining and its impacts. We aim to discuss science and policy of preserving and restoring water quality at mine sites and mine lands remediation. 

Scott Graham , National Outdoor Book Award-winning author of the National Park Mystery Series, will share the writing and development over the last decade of his successful National Park Mystery Series, published by nonprofit environmental and social justice publisher Torrey House Press .   Newly released book ten in the series is GREAT SAND DUNES MASSACRE, set in southern Colorado’s San Luis Valley. Book nine in the series, DEATH VALLEY DUEL, was a finalist for the 2025 Colorado Book Award. It features a villainous ultra-trail race across the Mojave Desert based in part on the annual Hardrock 100 ultra-trail race in Silverton.   Scott Graham is based in Durango, CO and, in addition to a thriving writing career, is an avid outdoorsman and advocate for public lands. In addition to his mysteries, Scott is the author of five nonfiction books, including Extreme Kids, winner of the National Outdoor Book Award. Scott has worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine editor, radio disk jockey, and coal-shoveling fireman on the steam-powered Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad.

Join FLC PEP - the Political Engagement Project - during our weekly meeting to help plan our efforts to engage every Skyhawk in the political process. 

The Rocky Mountain Mining Conference is a bi-annual event that brings together diverse professions and perspectives to think collectively about mining and its impacts. We aim to discuss science and policy of preserving and restoring water quality at mine sites and mine lands remediation.