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TOURS Southern
Utah |
Learn
a Little Something Along the Way 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 |
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