T98 GeoCorpsTM America—A Successful Partnership Promoting Individual Professional Development and Application of Geoscience to Management of America’s Public Lands

Monday, 20 October 2014
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Presentations

• 8:05 AM
  THE FOREST SERVICE CAVE AND KARST PROGRAM AND GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA GEOCORPS INTERNSHIPS: A BENEFICIAL PARTNERSHIP
  Johanna Kovarik, Minerals and Geology Management, Golden, CO
  249622 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:25 AM
  NATIONAL JUNIOR RANGER PROGRAM: JUNIOR CAVE SCIENTIST (MAKING CAVES AND KARST FUN FOR KIDS)
  Joe Camacho, Pomona, CA and Limaris R. Soto, Geoscientists-in-the-Parks Program, Denver, CO and Jim F. Wood, Geologic Resources Division, Denver, CO and Dale L. Pate, Denver, CO
  247578 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:40 AM
  THE SUCCESSFUL USE OF GEOCORPS AND GEOSCIENCE TEACHER INTERNS TO FURTHER GEOLOGIC RESEARCH AT MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, WASHINGTON, USA
  Scott Beason, Mount Rainier National ParkNatural and Cultural Resources, Ashford, WA and Paul Kennard, Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford, WA and Laura C. Walkup, Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford, WA
  244625 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:00 AM
  MONITORING MOUNTAIN LAKES AT MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK AND THE NORTH COAST AND CASCADES NETWORK
  Arianna Goodman, Ashford, WA and Rebecca Lofgren, Ashford, WA and Barbara Samora, Ashford, WA and Ben Wright, N/A and Scott Anderson, Ashford, WA
  250353 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:15 AM
  I SPEAK GEOLOGY: A SUMMER AS AN INTERPRETIVE SPECIALIST AT MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK
  M. Benjamin Gross, UNAVCO, Boulder, CO
  242591 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:30 AM
  BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF OREODONTS IN THE JOHN DAY FORMATION
  Meaghan M. Emery, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR and Joshua X. Samuels, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Kimberly, OR and Nicholas A. Famoso, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
  246866 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:00 AM
  THE MARINE PALEOZOIC FOSSIL RECORD OF GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK, NEVADA
  Kaytan Kelkar, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and AnnMarie Jones, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
  250173 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:15 AM
  MAPPING THREE GENERATIONS OF FRACTURES IN BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK: A GEOCORPSTM AMERICA INTERNSHIP
  John S. MacLean, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT and Mark Green, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM
  243091 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:30 AM
  DROUGHT SENSITIVE MONTANE SPRING RELIABILITY AND HYDROLOGIC CONTROLS IN MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, CA
  Franklin J. Dekker, Prescott Creeks, Prescott, AZ and Debra L. Hughson, Mojave National Preserve, Barstow, CA
  250572 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:45 AM
  AN INITIAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND SOIL SURVEY OF LITTLE SPRING CREEK AND THE INFLUENCE OF GROUNDWATER SAPPING ON HEADWARD EROSION AT GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK, COLORADO, USA
  Katie Schultz, Adams State University, Alamosa, CO
  244627 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:00 AM
  TESTING AND EVALUATION OF THE 2013 CULTURAL RESOURCE SENSITIVITY PREDICTIVE MODEL IN THE DOMINGUEZ-ESCALANTE NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA, MESA COUNTY, COLORADO
  Elizabeth Haussner, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
  247841 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:15 AM
  INTERPRETING THE GEOLOGY OF AN ICON: IGNEOUS PETROLOGY, ROCK CLIMBING, AND SCIENCE COMMUNICATION IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
  Roger Putnam, Moorpark College, Moorpark, CA and Greg Stock, Yosemite National Park, El Portal, CA
  240686 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:30 AM
  BRIDGING THE GAP: SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS WORK AT LAVA BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT
  Sarina Patel, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
  247634 (Technical Sessions)