As I walked into the elementary school in Paradox Valley, CO I was led to the office where I met Jon the principal and another faculty member who informed our PSU group about their backgrounds and where they each had grown up. The female teacher’s story intrigued me, she related that the town where [...]
Archive for the ‘Geology’ Category
“Uravan: A Fading Memory” by PSU student Jess Byrne and Mary Ann McGarry
Posted in Culture, Geology on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fossils on the San Juan River: Evidence of a Changed Environment
Posted in Biology, Conservation, Geology, tagged Add new tag on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rafting down the upper section of the San Juan River from Sand Island to Mexican Hat, in southeastern Utah, there is a fossil stop near the entrance of Lime Creek, after the river emerges from the canyon. While much of the San Juan River passes through colorful layers of sandstone, the fossils of note are [...]
First Impressions of Arches National Park
Posted in Geology on May 10, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Driving down US 191, just north of Moab (the largest town in southeast Utah), red arches of Entrada sandstone began to emerge in the distance. The sun was midway over the red sandstone cliffs along the northern edge of Moab. It was 8:00 am and music was blasting on the rental Suburban stereo as our [...]
Research and Reflections on Visiting Arches for the first time
Posted in Geology on May 3, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Arches National Park is 76,519 acres or 119 square miles long and lies in Utah. The park lies atop underground salt beds; basically a sea flowed into the region and eventually evaporated leaving behind the salt. The salt bed was eventually covered with an ocean that deposited sediments that accumulated and compressed to form sediemtnary [...]
Learning about A Navajo Legacy- Canyon de Chelly
Posted in Culture, Geology on April 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
One of the neatest places I visited while out West was Canyon de Chelly in Chinlee, AZ. The “Chelly” is pronounced “shay” and not as it is looks. I found out that this is a big deal with the native residents, they get very upset if the name is pronounced wrong. The canyon is designated [...]
Geologic Discoveries from the Field, Badlands in New Mexico!
Posted in Geology on April 11, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Driving south out of Farmington, New Mexico on Highway 271, to visit a school on the Navajo Reservation, we happened by a sign for the Bisti Badlands. As a science educator teaching Earth Science at Plymouth State University, I had to explore further. I learned the Bisiti/De-na-zin Badlands is a federally designated wilderness area. About [...]
Welcome to the first blog about a trip to the Four Corners
Posted in Conservation, Geology on February 10, 2006 | 2 Comments »
This is the first post about a bio-geo-cultural education course on the Colorado Plateau. The Plymouth State University (PSU) travel study course is visiting the four corners region of the United States March 16-27th. We will be sharing our experiences and learning about this region before, during, and after the trip. Highlights of our trip [...]
