Pierre Auger North Observatory

Local Effort

Several southeastern Colorado organizations worked together to bring the Auger North project to the area and are now working together to facilitate building the observatory, including:

Southeast Colorado Enterprise Development (SECED)
112 West Elm Street
Lamar, CO 81052 USA
Phone: (719) 336-3850
Executive Director: Dan Tate
email: seced@seced.net
web: http://www.seced.net
County Commissioners offices from the three initial counties involved:
- Baca County
  741 Main Street
  Springfield, CO 81073 USA
  Phone: (719) 532-6532
  Contact: Troy Crane
- Bent County
  P.O. Box 350
  Las Animas, CO 81054-0350 USA
  Phone: (719) 456-1600
- Prowers County
  301 S. Main Street, #215
  Lamar, CO 81052 USA
  Phone: (719) 336-8025
  Contact: Richard Widener
Lamar Community College
2401 South Main
Lamar, CO 81052 USA
Contacts:
- Brad Thompson
  Phone: (719) 336-1548
  email: auger@lamarcc.edu (LCC Auger Outreach Coord.)

Bent County Fairgrounds is the location of one of the outreach tanks used for education. The CSU extension office is seen in the background
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Prowers county buildings south of Lamar where scientists from CSU and Michigan Technical University have made atmospheric measurements verifying the clarity of the air for the Auger north project.
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Lamar Community College has pledged 5 acres to the Auger project for the central Auger campus. Support from the State of Colorado will go toward financing the visitor center.
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This web site is dedicated to informing the public about the Auger North site in southeast Colorado and provides links to local resources and people who are working to facilitate building the northern site. Questions and answers can be found at the links here and on the main Auger web page.
Background image:© ESO Education & Public Relations Department