Edward Warner to speak at Grand Valley State

A geologist, known for his philanthropy and creation of an innovative community-based conservation institute in Colorado, will give a presentation at Grand Valley State University.

Edward Warner will speak on “Cooperative Sagebrush Initiative: Time for a New Model of Conservation,” Thursday, May 31, at 11 a.m. in 110 Padnos Hall, Allendale Campus. The presentation is free and open to the public.

Warner was chief scientist and partner in Jonah Field, one of the largest natural gas development projects in the U.S. and is a trustee of the American Geological Institute Foundation and the Explorers Foundation. He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in geology from Colorado State University and UCLA, respectively. Warner has maintained a close relationship with Colorado State University, serving as a faculty affiliate in Geosciences and sits on the Geosciences Advisory Committee.

Identified by Slate 60 as one of America’s most generous philanthropists, Warner is a director of the Sand County Foundation (Colorado) and Trustee of the Endowment for EarthWork. He also manages the Geology Volunteer Program at New Mexico's famous Philmont Scout Ranch, where about 50 geologists spend one week of their summer teaching geology at back country locations in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

For more information about his Grand Valley presentation, contact Ginny Peterson, associate professor of Geology, at (616) 331-2811.