November 2025 Newsletter
the power of PLACE
Director's Letter
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
We have officially closed on the Crested Butte Hostel – RMBL 365!!! This is such an exciting milestone for RMBL and for our entire community. RMBL 365 represents the beginning of a new era—one that celebrates our legacy while opening the door to year-round science, education, and community connection. This space will bring people together, spark new ideas, and allow us to share the magic of RMBL in every season…
Ian Billick | PhD
Executive Director, RMBL
sciencestories
Community Science at RMBL
Walking through Gothic after peak aspen season tunes the senses into what lies beneath the golden canopy—relationships. On October 6, I joined RMBL docent Emily LeClair a mile north of campus. LeClair educated me about the relationships underlying our citizen science programs, which the Association for Advancing Participatory Science now calls citizen, community, or participatory science, since not everyone contributing to science is a citizen…
Alumni Stories – November 2025
Voices of RMBL
“Go where?”, I asked my undergraduate advisor.
“Gothic, Colorado,” he said. “The RMBL. It’ll help! Apply to be a coursework student.” It was 1982. I was a year away from graduating with a degree in Biology, and had no idea what to do with it. I took his advice and was accepted…