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What's New

* Read the 2007 Alumni Newsletter

* Check out '98 alumna Katey Walter's methane research on NPR

* Listen to Peter Thomson talk about Baikal and his new book "Sacred Sea: A Journey to Lake Baikal" on the September 14th "Living on Earth" program

* Check out 2007 TBI Annual Event Guest Speaker Peter Thomson's "Sacred Sea: A Journey to Lake Baikal" on Amazon

* Meet the 2007 Summer Environmental Exchange (SEE) participants

* Read about the 2007 SEE projects at Tahoe

* Read about Tantoh Nforba, TBI's first SEE participant from Africa!

* Read about the "Sacred Sea of Siberia" in Coordinator Jon Green's comprehensive Lake Baikal Reader

* TBI's 2006 Annual Report

Events

* July 6, 2007
Annual "Friendraiser"
Reception and Dinner
Roland Westergard was honored as the 2007 Dwight Steele Award recipient at TBI’s annual reception and dinner at Heavenly's Lakeview Lodge. Peter Thomson, founding producer and former editor of National Public Radio's popular program, Living On Earth, was the featured speaker.

Alumni Spotlight Corner

* Sasha Kolosovich (TBI '06) received a Fulbright grant for research at Baikal in 2007.

* Andrea Stanley (TBI '06) has been hired as an Engineering Geologist for the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board at Lake Tahoe, CA.

* Katey Walter(TBI '98) was chosen as postdoctoral fellow for a three-year study of polar research at the University of Alaska. Read an article about her current research concerning methane releases from thawing permafrost and global warming here.

* Sudeep Chandra (TBI '97) is an Associate Professor in Natural Resources and Environmental Science at the University of Nevada, Reno.

* Rachel Sigman (TBI '01) received a Fulbright grant for research in Madagascar in 2004.

* Slava Tokarev (TBI '96) received international recognition for his work with efficient energy solutions.

* Ecotourism brochure on Pribaikalsky region authored by TBI '04 alumni available. (917 kb)

* Virginia Lorne (TBI '94) and Dana Dapolito (TBI '05) are at the California Tahoe Conservancy.

* Jeremy Sokulsky (TBI '95) is the president of Environmental Incentives which is involved with the Pathways 2007 Tahoe Basin management plan.

* Karen Fink (TBI '95) works at the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency focusing on transportation issues.