135 Science and Stewardship of U.S. National Park Service Paleontological Resources

The National Park Service continues to advance and implement strategic approaches in the management of paleontological resources. This session showcases contributions to inventorying, monitoring, research, outreach, and other aspects of management, stewardship, and science of park fossils.

Monday, 20 October 2025
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
HBGCC, 302B

Participants

• Chair Vincent Santucci
• Chair Justin Tweet
• Chair Christy Visaggi
• Chair Megan Rich

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  3, 2, 1, Action!: Advances in Communication through Digital Methods within the National Park Service
  Alexandra Apgar, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Jason Moore, University of New Mexico, Honors College, Albuquerque, NM and Vincent Santucci, National Park Service, Geologic Resource Division, Washington, DC and Justin Tweet, National Park Service, Geologic Resource Division, Washington, DC and Christy Visaggi, Georgia State University, Geosciences, Atlanta, GA
  414731 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:05 PM
  A Historical Perspective of National Park Service Stewardship of Fossil Resources: Contributions of New Deal-Era Public Works Programs
  Megan Rich, American Geosciences Institute, Morgantown, WV and Vincent Santucci, National Park Service, Gettysburg, PA and Justin Tweet, National Park Service, Cottage Grove, MN
  413623 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:20 PM
  Course Approaches for Bringing National Park Service Paleontology into the Classroom
  Christy Visaggi, Georgia State University, Geosciences, Atlanta, GA
  413870 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:35 PM
  Engaging Students and the Public in Park Paleontology: A New Educational Guide to National Park Service Fossil Resources
  Lindsay Mossa, American Geosciences Institute, ANNAPOLIS, MD and Edward Robeck, AGI Education & Outreach, Alexandria, VA and Sequoyah McGee, American Geosciences Institute (AGI), Alexandria, VA and Lauren Brase, American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, VA
  413962 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:05 PM
  Past Research and Future Directions for Mesozoic Macrofloras Collected in U.S. National Parks
  Renee Cace, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Indah Huegele, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID and Christy Visaggi, Georgia State University, Geosciences, Atlanta, GA and Katherine Bober, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and Theodore Matel, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Lisa Boucher, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Elizabeth Hermsen, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI and Steven Manchester, Florida Museum of Natural Hist, Gainesville, FL and Victoria McCoy, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI and Justin Tweet, National Park Service Geologic Resources Division, St. Paul, MN and Vincent Santucci, National Park Service, Geologic Resource Division, Washington, DC
  412224 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:20 PM
  Growth Rings in Fossil Trees from the Chinle Formation, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA
  Judith Parrish, Univ Idaho Earth & Spatial Sciences, Viola, ID and Robert Gillis, Alaska Div. of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Fairbanks, AK and Jerry Fairley, Univ Idaho Earth and Spatial Sciences, Moscow, ID
  411944 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:35 PM
  Assessing Ecological Relationships Among Late Triassic Vertebrates in Petrified Forest National Park
  Alexandra Apgar, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Catalina Tomé, Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, Indianapolis, Indiana and Jason Moore, University of New Mexico, Honors College, Albuquerque, NM
  414757 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  Assessing Terrestrial Community Response to Aridification: Analysis of Vertebrate Tracks of the Lower Jurassic of Zion National Park (Moenave Fm, Kayenta Fm, Navajo Sandstone), UT, USA
  Conner Bennett, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Saint George, UT and Daniel Hembree, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
  412772 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:05 PM
  New paleoenvironmental data for the dinosaur-bearing Chignik Formation (Late Cretaceous), Aniakchak National Monument, southwest Alaska
  Anthony Fiorillo, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Albuquerque, NM and Paul McCarthy, Univ Alaska - Fairbanks Dept of Geosciences, Fairbanks, AK and Yoshitsugu Kobayashi, Hokkaido University Museum, Sapporo, Hokkaido
  412139 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:35 PM
  Paleoecology Through Taxonomic and Functional Diversity at Three Fossil Sites Within Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota
  Ariel Berenyi-Tonesi, South Dakota State University, Rapid City, SD and Alex Shupinsky, South Dakota State University, Rapid City, South Dakota and Nathaniel Fox, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota and Deacon Dahlberg, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota and Andrew Price, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota and Logan Ekstein, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota and Rachel Benton, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota and Rachel Short, South Dakota State University, Rapid City, South Dakota
  413036 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:50 PM
  Multi-proxy investigation of the paleobotanical community at Waco Mammoth National Monument (Waco, Texas, USA) and re-evaluation of paleoclimatic interpretations
  Griffen Fallwell, Waco Mammoth National Monument, Waco, Texas and Venanzio Munyaka, Baylor University, Waco, Texas and Ashley Gonzalez, Waco Mammoth National Monument, Waco, Texas and William Hockaday, Baylor University, Waco, Texas and Daniel Peppe, Baylor University, Waco, Texas and Lindsey Yann, Waco Mammoth National Monument, Waco, Texas
  414549 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:05 PM
  New Pleistocene Megafauna and Other Vertebrate Fossils from Fort Pulaski National Monument (Chatham County, Georgia, USA)
  Kelly Cronin, Georgia State University Perimeter College, Dunwoody, GA and Kathlyn Smith, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA and Christy Visaggi, Georgia State University, Geosciences, Atlanta, GA
  414628 (Technical Sessions)