259 Science and Stewardship of U.S. National Park Service Paleontological Resources (Posters)

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.

Wednesday, 22 October 2025
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
HBGCC, Hall 1

Participants

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

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  An Inventory of Paleontological Resources from National Park Service Coastal Parks
  Hannah McCoy, The Ohio State Univ, Earth Sciences, Columbus, OH and Aubrey Bonde, Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, National Park Service, Boulder City, NV and Justin Tweet, Geologic Resources Division, National Park Service, St. Paul, MN and Vincent Santucci, National Park Service, Gettysburg, PA and Nathaniel Valentine, The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV and Christy Visaggi, Georgia State University, Geosciences, Atlanta, GA and Lisa Whitenack, Allegheny College, Geology, Meadville, PA and Jill Leonard-Pingel, The Ohio State University Newark, Newark, OH
  413106 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Paleotería: A paleontological take on the classic Latino America game “La Lotería”
  Janet Cañamar, The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX and Julia Clarke, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Vincent Santucci, National Park Service, Geologic Resource Division, Washington, DC and Justin Tweet, National Park Service Geologic Resources Division, Cottage Grove, MN and Christy Visaggi, Georgia State University, Geosciences, Atlanta, GA
  413277 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Natural and Anthropogenic Processes Affecting Paleontological Resources in National Park Service Coastal Parks
  Nathaniel Valentine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV and Aubrey Bonde, National Park Service, Boulder City, NV and Hannah McCoy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH and Jill Leonard-Pingel, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH and Justin Tweet, National Park Service, St. Paul, MN and Lisa Whitenack, Allegheny College, Geology, Meadville, PA and Christy Visaggi, Georgia State University, Geosciences, Atlanta, GA and Vincent Santucci, National Park Service, Butler, PA
  413345 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Oh, Snap! Discovery of Predatory Alligator Snapping Turtle at Waco Mammoth National Monument Sheds Light on a Pleistocene Environment
  Dava Butler, Baylor University, Department of Geosciences, Waco, TX and Lindsey Yann, Waco Mammoth National Monument, Waco, TX and Daniel Peppe, Baylor University, Department of Geosciences, Waco, TX
  413801 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Paleontological resource management on public lands: insights for early career scientists
  Gaia Orchard, Badlands National Park, Interior, South Dakota and ReBecca Hunt-Foster, Dinosaur National Monument, Jensen, Utah and Wayne Thompson, Badlands National Park, Interior, South Dakota
  414006 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Digging the West: A Journey Through Time in the National Parks
  Ronaldo Monroy, University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, California and Ashley Dineen, University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA and Lisa White, University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA and Christy Visaggi, Georgia State University, Geosciences, Atlanta, GA and Justin Tweet, National Park Service, Geologic Resource Division, Washington, DC and Vincent Santucci, National Park Service, Geologic Resource Division, Washington, DC
  414202 (Technical Sessions)