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Jackson Hole, Wyoming 

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  NW Wyoming

    Grand Tetons
    Yellowstone
    Jackson Hole
    Fossil Butte

  Southern Utah
 
   Escalante Canyons
      Full-Day Tours
        Plat of Zion
        Old Boulder Rd
        Waterpockets
        Peek-a-boo
      Half-Day Tours
        Upper Calf Cr
        Rock Art
    Capitol Reef
      Striking Beauty
      Capitol Ideas
      Ultimate Road Trip
   Multi-Day Tours
    6 Day Zion-Bryce
    3-6 Day Boulder

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TETONS AND YELLOWSTONE
Tetons Fault and mountains uplifted against Jackson Hole
Yellowstone Hotspot and Geysers
Plant and Animal Communities and Elevation Changes
Wildlife of Yellowstone and Tetons
Human history
      Story of Gros Ventre Slide, Uncle Billie and Guil Huff
      Beaver Dick and Jenny Leigh
Current Issues
Leave no trace hiking and backpacking in the mountains.

SOUTHERN UTAH
Geology of the Colorado Plateau - rocks layers and scenery
      Rocks from the Age of Dinosaurs
      Canyonlands of the Escalante Watershed
      Waterpocket Fold
      Henry Mountains
      Boulder Mountain
      Straight Cliffs and the Kaiparowitz Plateau
      Moqui marbles and other weird concretions
Desert Ecosystems and changes with elevation
Prehistoric man in southern Utah - Fremont-Anasazi cultures
History of exploration and settlement
     Explorations of Escalante, Powell, Thompson, and Hamblin
     Hole-in-the-Rock Story
     Escalante and Boulder Settlements
     Roads from Hell
     Everett Ruess
     Establishment of the GSENM
Current Issues
Leave no trace hiking and backpacking in the desert

REFERENCES -- GOOD BOOKS FOR YOU TO READ
TETONS AND YELLOWSTONE
     Windows into the Earth, by Dr. Robert Smith
     Rising from the Plains, by John McPhee, 1986
     For Everything there is a Season, by Frank Craighead, 1994
SOUTHERN UTAH
     Heart of the Desert Wild, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, by Greer K. Chesher and Liz Hymans, 2000
     Geology of Capitol Reef, by Michael Collier, 1987
     Desert Solitaire, by Edward Abbey, 1968
     The Monkey Wrench Gang, by Edward Abbey, 1976
     Coyote's Canyon, by Terry Tempest Williams, 1989