University of Dayton Chautauqua Course
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Chautauqua
Course DAY-13
Geology and Ecology of the Colorado Western Slope
DONALD SULLIVAN, Department of Geography, University of Denver
P. KELLY WILLIAMS, Department of Biology, University of Dayton
July 28 to August 1, 2008 --- Apply to the Dayton Center --- To apply for this course now - click here
Note: This course will run from early morning to late evening each
day. Optional reduced rate lodging will be offered to early applicants. Also see the Front Range
course, DAY-18, which occurs immediately before this one.
This five-day course will examine
several geological features and ecological communities on the Western Slope of
the Colorado Rockies. Geological
features will be examined in the context of an ecological transition zone from
the lowland and canyon riparian communities along the Colorado
River to the high elevations of the Grand Mesa. Field sites will include the Grand Valley
of the Colorado River, the Grand Mesa lava flows, the Book Cliffs, the Uncompaghre Plateau, the La Sal Mountains and Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. Ecological communities occurring in this
diverse geological setting such as sagebrush steppe, saltbush-greasewood, juniper-pinyon
forest, gambel oak woodlands, montane
and subalpine life zones including subalpine fens will be visited.
Photographic
images and the course schedule can be found on the web at: academic.udayton.edu/kellywilliams – click on Colorado Chautauqua Course.
For college teachers of: biology, geology and other disciplines. The course will be offered at a general
level. Prerequisites: none.
Costs for 2008
Application fee: $100 [$50 if
received by February 29, 2008]
Course fee: $595 [Due in March
2008]
Optional on-site lodging: about $70
per person per night in a single, $35 double
Dr.
Sullivan is an Associate
Professor of Geography at the University
of Denver. His research interests involve the
reconstruction of past vegetation and climates through paleoecological
studies. He has extensive experience in field sites in Colorado
and western Turkey. Dr.
Williams is Professor of Biology at the University of Dayton. His research interests have focused upon small
mammal population ecology and evolution of mole salamanders. Dr. Williams has extensive
interest in science education at all levels including the instruction of Ecology of the Rockies, and Ecology
and Geology of the Colorado Front
Range in the Chautauqua program.
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