T108 Keys to Opportunities with the National Park Service

Monday, 23 October 2006
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GEOBIOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AT THE SEVEN NEW US PUBLIC FOSSIL PARKS
  James H. Wandersee, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Renee Clary, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
  116427 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  “UNDERSTANDING ANCIENT SHORELINES IN THE NATIONAL PARKS OF THE GREAT LAKES:” AN INTERPRETATIVE GUIDEBOOK DEVELOPED AS A “GEOSCIENTIST-IN-THE-PARK” AT MICHIGAN'S PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE
  William L. Blewett, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Shippensburg, PA
  110146 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  THE AWG GIP PROGRAM - PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCH IN THE NATIONAL PARKS
  Marguerite A. Toscano, Smithsonian Institution, Wshington, DC
  112627 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  GEOCORPS AMERICA - GEOSCIENCE SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES ON NATIONAL PARKS
  Wesley Hill, Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO
  107863 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  BEYOND GEOCORPS - A PERSPECTIVE ON SEARCHING FOR AND SECURING FURTHER PARK SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
  Stephanie Kyriazis, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
  112941 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  IT'S ABOUT TIME: PLANS FOR INSTALLATION OF TRAIL OF TIME AT GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK AND INVESTIGATIONS OF PUBLIC COGNITION OF DEEP TIME AND EARTH PROCESSES
  Karl E. Karlstrom, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Laura J. Crossey, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Mike Williams, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA and Ryan Crow, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Steven Semken, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
  116352 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  EARTHCACHING - USING GEOCACHING TO TEACH THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE EARTH
  Gary B. Lewis, Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO
  105368 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  PALEONTOLOGY, PARTNERSHIPS, AND PARKS: OPPORTUNITIES TO ESTABLISH BASELINE DATA FOR FOSSILS IN THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
  Jason P. Kenworthy, National Park Service, McLean, VA and Vincent L. Santucci, National Park Service, McLean, VA and Judy Geniac, National Park Service, Denver, CO
  115775 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS WITH THE NATIONAL PARKS
  Ann Benbow, Alexandria, VA
  115405 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  GEOLGIC RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE NPS RESEACH LEARNING NETWORK
  Beverly Lynne Murdock, Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Geologic Resources Division, Mt. Airy, MD
  113113 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  VISITORS' UNDERSTANDING OF GEOTHERMAL FEATURES AND ASSOCIATED THERMOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS AT MIDWAY GEYSER BASIN, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
  Warren C. Tomkiewicz, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH
  110746 (Technical Sessions)