The University of Wyoming/Casper College's annual free public lecture series will continue at 7 p.m. Oct. 9 with a discussion on hunting and climate change.

The discussion will take place in the Wheeler Auditorium, Room 103 of the Wold Physical Science Center at Casper College.

Speakers will include Jim Posewitz, executive director of Orion: The Hunter's Institute and hunting spokesman, and Steve Jackson, a UW botany professor and head of UW's ecology program.

Posewitz will discuss why hunters, who know and care about the habitat for the animals they hunt, should be the ones to document and address climate change in those familiar places.

Jackson, who has worked with tree-ring studies on Wyoming's climate, will talk about how dry the state can be and may be again and what implications would follow for fish and wildlife habitat.

The discussion series, titled "Climate Change in Carbon Central -- Developing Strategies in Wyoming," is scheduled for every other Thursday through Nov. 20.

Each of the discussions will take place at the same time and place, and will be available for download at outreach.uwyo.edu/ocp/podcasting.asp.

The series is sponsored by UW's Helga and Otto Haub School and William Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources, the UW/CC Center, and the UW Outreach School.

For more information, call the UW/CC Center at (307) 268-2713 or (877) 264-9930; or visit www.uwyo.edu/uwcc.

Series slate

The series schedule asks the question "What does climate change have to do with ...?" for the following topics:

* Wyoming Cities and Towns, led by Rocky Anderson and Mark Barron, Sept. 11.

* Work Force Housing, led by Mark Wooley, developer of a project in Rawlins; and Scott Kane, owner of Creative Energies renewable energy company in Lander; Sept. 25.

* Hunting and Fishing, led by Jim Posewitz, director of Orion: The Hunter's Institute; and Steve Jackson, UW botany professor; Oct. 9.

* Paying the Bills, led by Howard Geller, Southwest Energy Efficiency Project; and Mary Byrnes, member of the Wyoming Public Service Commission; Oct. 23.

* Kids, led by Scott Beall, seventh-grade science teacher from New York; and Craig Sorenson, superintendent of Sweetwater County School District No. 2; Nov. 6.

* State Finances, led by Gov. Dave Freudenthal (schedule permitting), Nov. 20.

Each of the discussions will take place at 7 p.m. in the Wheeler Auditorium at Casper College, and will be available for download at outreach.uwyo.edu/ocp/podcasting.asp.