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Grand Canyon National Park
2009 Ranger Lecture Series - Flagstaff
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Division of Science and Resource Management
Conversations on the Edge
This lecture series features specialists from Grand Canyon National Park's Division of Science and Resource Management speaking about the National Park Service's work to monitor, manage and preserve Grand Canyon's natural and cultural resources for present and future generations.
All Lectures Are Free and Open to the Public
Flagstaff lectures will be held at Cline Library, at the intersection of Knoles Drive and McCreary Road on the NAU campus. Parking is available to the west of the library (Lot P13 on Riordan Road).
Sponsorship
The Grand Canyon Association, Grand Canyon National Park and Cline Library are proud to present the Conversations on the Edge: 2009 Rangers Lecture Series in Flagstaff.
Excavating Along the Colorado River:
New Archeological Research in Grand Canyon National Park
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 (7:00 - 8:30 p.m.)
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Lisa Leap
River Corridor Archeologist, Grand Canyon National Park
The National Park Service, in cooperation with the Museum of Northern Arizona, is excavating nine archeological sites along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park as part of a five-year project. These are the first major excavations along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon in nearly 40 years. Archeologist Lisa Leap, the project’s co-director, received her MA in archeology from Northern Arizona University in 1992. Leap will share new insights into Grand Canyon’s prehistory that have been gained through this exciting project.
Grand Canyon's Green Heart: Plants of the Canyon
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 (7:00-8:30 p.m.)
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Lori Makarick
Vegetation Program Manager, Grand Canyon National Park
Did you know that Grand Canyon National Park contains over 1,750 plant species, more than any other national park unit? The canyon is home to an incredible assemblage of plant species, some found nowhere else in the world.
Join Grand Canyon National Park’s Vegetation Program Manager, Lori Makarick, on a virtual tour of the park’s vegetation communities from the North Rim to the inner canyon.
Makarick will discuss all of the components of the park’s vegetation program, including updates on efforts for the park’s endangered plant species, the current status of invasive plant species management efforts and an overview of native-habitat restoration projects.
Climate Lessons From Grand Canyon:
Can 1.8 Billion Years of History Help Us Predict the Next Century?
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 (7:00-8:30 p.m.)
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Carl Bowman
Air Quality Specialist, Grand Canyon National Park
Carl Bowman will summarize the major climate events of the Grand Canyon’s long geologic past. During the last 1.8 billion years we’ve seen global greenhouses and ice ages, with causes and effects that scientists are still teasing out of the rock record. Both the flowering of multicellular life 530 million years ago, and its near-demise 250 million years ago may have had their “roots in the air.” Just 11,500 years ago, ice age climates created a Grand Canyon that looked much different than today’s.
Carl will also discuss some of the changes we could see in the coming century as greenhouse gases change our climate yet again. What can we learn from the past and will that knowledge help us in the near future?
Visit the NPS Climate Friendly Parks Web Site
Science On The Edge:
Preserving Grand Canyon National Park's Natural and Cultural Resources
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 (7:00-8:30 p.m.)
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Martha Hahn
Chief of Science and Resource Management
Grand Canyon National Park
Martha Hahn will highlight some of Grand Canyon National Park’s current projects, giving a behind-the-scenes look at the role the Division of Science and Resource Management plays in preserving and protecting Grand Canyon.
Hahn has been Chief of Science and Resource Management at Grand Canyon National Park since May 2007.
She has a wealth of experience in public lands management in both the non-profit sector and in the federal government. She has held a number of positions with the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management, including serving as the BLM state director for Idaho. Between 2005 and early 2007, she was associate director of Grand Canyon Trust.
Hahn previously worked at Grand Canyon in the mid-1980s. She oversaw the Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Studies and Colorado River resource management and planning, and served as the management assistant to the Superintendent.
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Did You Know?
For more than 30 years Grand Canyon National Park has provided a free shuttle bus
system on the South Rim. Visitors and
residents have made 75,000,000 boardings.
Riding the shuttles makes your stay more enjoyable, while reducing pollution and
decreasing traffic congestion.
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Last Updated: December 10, 2008 at 19:14 EST |
