Ten students from Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) visited the natural history collections at the Museum of Southwestern Biology on 24 October 2007. The students were enrolled in Fishery and Wildlife Conservation and Management (NATR 230 and 230 Lab) taught by Katherine Mitchell. They learned how natural history collections are used to study and monitor environmental change throughout the West from several MSB personnel, including Sandy Brantley, Dave Lightfoot, Jane Mygatt, Cindy Ramotnik, Andy Johnson, and Chris Witt.

SIPI students were enthusiastic about this opportunity to learn about the diversity of plants, arthropods, mammals, and birds that are housed at the MSB, and recorded copious notes in their journals. MSB sponsors a number of these outreach activities each year.