Director’s Letter — May 2026
As we head into summer, RMBL enters the season with both momentum and a critical question. After one of the driest winters on record, how will the Gunnison Valley’s lack of precipitation shape its ecology, including impacts on pollinators, plants, water systems, and wildfire risk? …
Field Notes — May 2026
I’m Dan Blumstein and lead (with my colleague Julien Martin) the Marmot Project, one of the longest-running mammal studies in the world, here at RMBL. I just left Gothic after spending a week in the field. And I have to say — this season is unlike anything I have ever seen. …
Science Stories – May 2026
On a summer morning near Gothic, before most of the valley stirs, ecologist Josh “Bear” Grinath is already thinking about questions that stretch far beyond any single field site: How do pollution and predators shape communities of plants and animals? What might those interactions portend for the future? …
Alumni Stories – May 2026
Neil Losin arrived at RMBL in 2003 as an undergraduate studying red-naped sapsuckers with Chris Floyd. He returned in 2004, gathered more data, and later published the work. “I fell in love with Gothic in the early mornings before breakfast,” Neil recalls. “Give nature a chance to astound you, and it often will.” …
Staff Spotlight – May 2026
I am one of five winter residents of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, living at the end of the trail at the end of the road in Gothic, Colorado. On paper, it is a very simple job. …