Summer speaker series concludes this weekend at Taylor Creek Visitor Center amphitheater
Submitted by paula on Wed, 08/23/2023 - 6:21pm
Event Date:
August 25, 2023 - 7:00pm
UPDATE: Saturday's event is canceled but Friday is still on.
OUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - This weekend marks the end of the Lake of the Sky Amphitheater summer speaker series for this year. The Great Basin Institute and the USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit are inviting community members and visitors to join them at the Taylor Creek Visitor Center for two shows.
On Friday, August 25, Kelly Loria’s "Snow, Mountain Streams and Water Quality in the Tahoe Basin" will be held from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday's event with Monica Arienzo's "Plastic Pollution Research in the Tahoe Basin" us canceled.
Kelly Loria is a PhD candidate in the Natural Resources and Environmental Science Program at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her background is in alpine lake ecology having led a team monitoring the alpine lakes in the Green Lakes Valley of Colorado. Her recent research interests include investigating patterns of metabolism and nutrient uptake by algal communities of mountain streams in the Lake Tahoe Basin.
Dr. Monica Arienzo is an Associate Research Professor in the Division of Hydrologic Sciences at the Desert Research Institute. She earned a doctoral degree in Marine Geology and Geophysics from the University of Miami. Her microplastic research focuses on microplastics found in snowy peaks, downstream lakes and rivers, and drinking water.
The Lake of the Sky Ampthiteatheris located at the Taylor Creek Visitor Center on SR89 in South Lake Tahoe.