Field Tour Route
May 11-20, 2014
May 11
Discuss: salt desert and sagebrush systems and the invasive tamarisk
Meet: Tony Apa a Sage-grouse Researcher to discuss Colorado sage-grouse habitats
Camp: Dinosaur National Monument
Laramie to Dinosaur via Craig Colorado
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May 12
Start: Dinosaur National Monument
Visit: Atriplex site (Howard Stutz) N. of Green River
Camp: Torrey, UT
May 14
Visit: Monument Valley and Natural Bridges
Camp: Navaho National Monument
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May 15
Camp: Cave Creek Regional Park
Ice age forest remnant: Aspen, fir, spruce
Ruins – Puebloan ancestors, Tsegi Phase villages AD 1250-1300
7200 feet elevation
Trails
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May 16
Desrt Botanic Gardens
Visit with plant ecophysiologist Dr. Kevin Hultine
Petrified Forest
Stay: in Holbrook
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May 17
Hubbel Traiding Post
Canyon de Chelly
Stay: Far Out Expedition Guest House
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May 18
Visit with Dr. Barry Baker, director of Canyonlands Research Center
Camp: Canyonlands Research Center
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May 20
Return to Laramie
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May 19
Camp: Canyonlands Research Center
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May 13
Capitol Reef and the Waterpocket Fold to discuss geology and plant diversity
Camp: Torrey, UT
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