North-Central Section - 42nd Annual Meeting (24–25 April 2008)
Session No. 22 Friday, 25 April 2008
8:15 AM-12:00 PM, Casino Aztar Conference Center: Maple B

T4. We have National Parks Too! Earth and Environmental Science Research and Teaching in National Lands of the Midcontinent and the Eastern United States

Paul K. Doss and Paul E. Super, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:15 AM Introductory Remarks
22-18:20 AM MAMMOTH CAVE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND LEARNING: GEOSCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND LEARNING AT MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK: TOOMEY, Rickard S. III and TRIMBOLI, Shannon, Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning, Western Kentucky University and Mammoth Cave NP, P.O. Box 7, Mammoth Cave, KY 42259, Rick_Toomey@contractor.nps.gov
22-28:40 AM A NEW RESOURCE FOR THE GEOLOGY OF MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK: CRAWFORD, Matthew, Kentucky Geological Survey, Univ of Kentucky, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building, Lexington, KY 40506, mcrawford@uky.edu, OLSON, Rickard A., Division of Science and Resource Management, Mammoth Cave National Park, P.O. Box 7, Mammoth Cave, KY 42259, TOOMEY, Rickard S. III, Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning, P.O. Box 7, Mammoth Cave, KY 42259, and SCOGGINS, Lillian J., Division of Science and Resources Management, Mammoth Cave National Park, P.O. Box 7, Mammoth Cave, KY 42259
22-39:00 AM THE ROLE OF PALEO AND MODERN HYDROGEOLOGY IN CONCERT WITH DETAILED MAPPING AS TOOLS OF DISCOVERY IN THE HISTORIC SECTION OF MAMMOTH CAVE: OLSON, Rick, Mammoth Cave National Park, P.O. Box 7, Mammoth Cave, KY 42259, rick_olson@nps.gov
22-49:20 AM GEOSCIENCE TEACHERS IN THE PARK: A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN NAGT AND THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AT MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK: RIGGS, Eric M., Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and CRESME, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051, emriggs@purdue.edu and HAVHOLM, Karen G., Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI 54702
 9:40 AM Break
22-510:00 AM USE OF THE UPPER GREEN RIVER BIOLOGICAL PRESERVE AS AN OUTDOOR TEACHING AND RESEARCH CENTER NEAR MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK, KENTUCKY: MAY, Michael T., KENWORTHY, Stephen T., and HAM, Brian C., Geography & Geology, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd, Bowling Green, KY 42101, michael.may@wku.edu
22-610:20 AM A NOVEL GEOLOGY OF NATIONAL PARKS COURSE FOR MAJORS: DOSS, Paul K., Geology and Physics, University of Southern Indiana, 8600 University Blvd, Evansville, IN 47712, pdoss@usi.edu
22-710:40 AM USING THE WABASH RIVER HERITAGE CORRIDOR AT NEW HARMONY, INDIANA AS A LABORATORY: AN EXERCISE IN DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, INTERPRETATION, AND APPLICATION: DURBIN, James M., Geology and Physics, University of Southern Indiana, 8600 University Blvd, Evansville, IN 47712, jdurbin@usi.edu and DOSS, Paul K., Geology and Physics, Univ of Southern Indiana, 8600 University Blvd, Evansville, IN 47712
22-811:00 AM THE EFFECT OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS AND HYDROLOGY ON THE DEGRADATION OF PANNE VEGETATION BY INVASIVE SPECIES: NAZARETH, Cheryl, Department of Geology, Indiana Univ - Purdue Univ, Indianapolis, 723 W Michigan Street, SL 118, Indianapolis, IN 46202, cnazaret@iupui.edu, FILIPPELLI, Gabriel, Department of Earth Sciences, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5132, SOUCH, Catherine, Department of Geography, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5132, and MASON, Daniel, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Porter, IN 46304
22-911:20 AM RESEARCH LEARNING CENTERS: YOUR GUIDES TO RESEARCH IN YOUR NATIONAL PARKS: SUPER, Paul E., Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center, National Park Service, P.O. Box 357, Lake Junaluska, NC 28745, paul_super@nps.gov
 11:40 AM Concluding Remarks

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