1. ACES Apprenticeship Portfolio Haley McAtee

2. Hike to Crater Lake I got to know Sarah and the other apprentices on the first day We shared our “maps” on how we got here When we realized we loved the environment Camping trip 2010 What we want to get out of this program Learn in field study week Share knowledge during volunteer week

3. Crater Lake cont. Wild at Heart, A Natural History Guide Dedicated to Snowmass, Aspen, and the Maroon Bells Wilderness Learned how to classify and find name of flowers Color coded guide Questions Aspen Sunflower – made of many flowers, have ray and disc florets Cow parsnip

5. Cathedral Lake Hike Strenuous but beautiful hike Jim from ACES went with us and taught us about nature on the way Aspen trees All connected together by the roots! Reproduce by cloning themselves

7. Rock Bottom Ranch: Roaring Fork Conservancy Focus on water quantity, quality, and preserving the habitats Tunnels move water from Colorado's west to east through Continental Divide Discussed how to conserve water Reduce green lawns – need lots of water to maintain Swimming pools Lower demand for these

9. RBB: Tomorrow’s Voices Spoke about what we value Which values/character traits are important Do we really follow what we value?

10. RBR Farm and Garden Tour of farm Visited chickens, goats, pigs Service work in garden Made flower beds out of reused crates Planted flower and vegetable seeds

11. Ashcroft Ghost Town – helping build pathway

12. Hunter Creek Trail Discussed public lands What is wilderness? Definition? Read the Wilderness Act Interesting for me – how they described “wilderness” “A wilderness…is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.” (Wilderness Act, section 2 (c)) Poetic – unusual for laws

13. Rocky Mountain Institute Toured the building Extremely energy efficient Every little thing was thought of Using cold air in winter to refrigerate Instead of dryer using the heat from solar panels Specialized sweep at bottom of door to keep cold air out (or in) the house Energy efficient toilet, dishwasher, shower, ect And countless other things If people could change their homes to be like this, how much energy would we save?

14. RMI

15. Volunteer Week Highlights Snowmastodon field trip Mammoths and mastodon mystery

16. Discovery Kids Gooseberry, raspberry, and ant craze Loved all of the kids and teaching them! No mans land adventure Ventured off where I’ve never been before! Untouched, we made our own paths Found many animal bones

17. Thank you for this wonderful opportunity!