EARTH SCIENCE WEEK
October 13-19th, 2002

- Colorado State Sponsored Events -

LECTURE:

In collaboration with GSA - Saturday 10/ 19/2002 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. at the REI flagship store: AVALANCHE SAFETY IN COLORADO.
Presenting: Halsted Morris, Avalanche Safety Course Instructor and Field Observer, Colorado Geological Survey, Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC).
Learn about the anatomy of avalanches, avalanche accidents and rescues in Colorado, and how to recreate safely in Colorado's backcountry during the winter.

2 FIELD TRIPS:

Saturday: 10/12/2002 Mineral and Mineral Fuel Resources of Jefferson County Colorado.
Geological Survey leaders Jim Cappa, John Keller, Chris Carroll and Professor Robert Weimer (Colorado School of Mines) will teach you all about minerals, coal, aggregate, and oil and gas found near the Front Range in Jefferson County. Visit areas of active and inactive mining!

10/19/2002 Pedal to the Past: A Mountain Bike Trek to the Purgatoire River Dinosaur Trackway
Leaders Matt Morgan (CGS Geologist) and Joanna Wright (UC-Denver)will take you on a mountain bike trip into the continent's longest dinosaur trackway. Come pedal to more than 1300 footprints exposed along the banks of the Purgatoire River. Tracks were featured in National Geographic.

For more information visit http://geosurvey.state.co.us/pubs/earth_sci_week/earth_sci_week_2002.htm
To sign up for a field trip, contact Matt Morgan @ 303-894-2171 or matt.morgan@state.co.us.
Governor Owen's ES Declaration: ...coming soon - 2002
last year's (2001) proclamation
Colorado's Geological Survey web page: HOMEPAGE
Geocalendar
Field trips
Other State Surveys - click here Nevada Bureau if Mines and Geology - three public one-day geology field trips

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