FIELD
TRIPS: All
field trips will meet in the Foyer of the Riviera Conference Center,
opposite the JFIC
registration desk. Note
that field trips
are subject to cancellation and refund in case of poor weather
conditions or
insufficient number of participants. A $25 fee will be charged for
participant cancellation
after May 15, 2010.
Preconference
Field Trip
(Thursday, 6/24/10 to
Sunday, 6/27/10).
THIS FIELD TRIP IS NOW FULL AND REGISTRATION IS CLOSED The
“Grand” Grand Canyon
Tour– Visit
Hoover
Dam, Grand Canyon
National Park
south rim, Little
Colorado River, Glen Canyon Dam, and take a 16-mile float trip down the
Colorado River from
Glen Canyon Dam to Lees Ferry. Learn
about Grand Canyon geology and river
history and how dams have affected river sediment conditions in Grand Canyon and how dam
operations have been used as
part of an adaptive management program to improve environmental
conditions. Field
trip participants will
stay the night in Williams, AZ; Cameron,
AZ; and Kanab, UT,
before arriving at the Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, NV,
on June 27th.
Agencies
involved: Reclamation
and the USGS Grand
Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.
Cost: $295, includes bus
transportation, lunches,
snacks, park entrance fees, and float trip (lodging, breakfasts, and
dinners
are not included). Registrants
must make
and pay for their own lodging reservations from a block of rooms in
reserve
until May 25, 2010, under the name of “Federal Conference
Tour” (see below for
contact information).
Thursday,
June 24, 2010, 2:00pm to
3:00pm: The tour bus will depart directly from
the Las Vegas McCarran (LAS) airport by 3:00pm for a tour of Hoover Dam
(about
a 40-mile drive). 6:00pm
to 7:00pm:
Dinner in Kingman,
AZ
(about a 70-mile drive from Hoover Dam)
and then continue another 110 miles to Williams, AZ, for lodging:
· Fairfield by Marriott
(928-635-9888), $69 per room + tax, breakfast included, http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/flgwl-fairfield-inn-williams-grand-canyon/
Friday,
June 25, 2010. From Williams,
AZ, field trip participants will proceed by bus to Grand Canyon
National Park
(about a 60-mile drive). At
the south
rim of Grand Canyon,
participants will learn
about canyon geology and river history.
The
tour bus will then continue to Cameron,
AZ (about a 60-mile
drive) where participants will learn
about the Little Colorado River
geomorphology. Lodging
will be in Cameron,
AZ:
· Cameron Trading Post
Lodge (1-800-338-7385), $99
per room + tax, http://www.camerontradingpost.com/lodge.html
Saturday,
June 26, 2010. From Cameron,
AZ,
field trip participants will proceed by bus
to
Page, AZ (about a 90-mile drive) for a tour of Glen Canyon Dam. From the base of the dam,
field trip
participants will board rafts for a 16-mile float trip down the
Colorado River to
Lees Ferry, AZ (There are no rapids on this float trip, and luggage
will remain
on the bus). While
on the river,
participants will learn about the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research
Center,
Adaptive Management Program, and sediment related research. From Lees Ferry,
participants will proceed by
bus to Kanab,
UT,
for dinner and lodging (about a 120-mile
drive from Lees Ferry, AZ):
Shilo Inn Suites, (435)
644-2562; 33 rooms reserved (1 bed each) Ask for government rate $70
per night, including breakfast
www.shiloinns.com
Parry
Lodge Motor Hotel, (435) 644-2601; 7 rooms
reserved, Group rate of $64 per night (optional $6 per person breakfast
buffet)
www.parrylodge.com
Sunday,
June 27, 2010. Field trip
participations will get to see eolian
sedimentary structures near the east entrance of Zion
National park
and then continue by
tour bus to Las Vegas
(about a 200-mile drive
from Kanab,
UT)
and end field trip by 2:00pm at the
Riviera Hotel.
Additional
Field Trips on
Sunday, June 27,
2010:
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Hoover
Dam and new Hoover Dam Bypass Project Bridge
– 10:00am
to 4:00pm, $60, Lunch provided. Visit Hoover Dam, the new visitor
center and tour inside the dam. Also hear about and view construction
of the new Hoover Dam Bypass Project bridge over the Colorado River below Hoover Dam.
Agencies involved: USBR, FHWA, NPS, WAPA, Arizona DOT, Nevada DOT, and Central Federal Lands Highway Division
(CFLHD). Websites of interest: http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/ and http://www.hooverdambypass.org/.
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THIS FIELD TRIP HAS BEEN CANCELLED -Spring/Ecology Tour
of Muddy River
-Virgin
River Valley
areas
–
9:30am to 3:30pm, $60,
Lunch provided. Tour
Monitoring/restoration efforts within the regional White River
Carbonate
groundwater flow system terminal discharge area and Muddy River Springs
Complex. Visit various springs (Warm, Pederson, Rogers , and Blue Point
Springs
for example), hear about current/historical flows, flow credits, fish
studies
and habitat restoration efforts, get close to Moapa
Dace at Moapa Springs
National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center and Fish Viewing
chamber and then
Virgin/Muddy River real-time flow
and sediment study and recent Virgin River floods,
State of Nevada Lost City museum in Overton
and possibly visit/take a short hike to the ghost town of St Thomas, an
old
abandoned town site, while Lake Mead is low. Coordinated
by
BLM, USBR, USFWS, USGS, State of Nevada,
SNWA,
The Nature Conservancy, Clark County,
and Virgin Valley
Water District. Websites of interest:
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THIS FIELD TRIP HAS BEEN CANCELLED - Red Rock Canyon National
Conservation Area – 9:00am
to 3:00pm, $60, Lunch provided. Experience
cultural, geological, and biological resources, sandstone quarry,
Willow Springs, Red Rock Scenic Road Loop, Red
Rock Visitor Center, Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, Quickbird
Study in Red Rock National Conservation Area near urban Las Vegas.
Coordinated by BLM, USGS, Friends of Red Rock and Nevada
State Parks. Websites of interest: http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/lvfo/blm_programs/blm_special_areas/red_rock_nca.html;
http://www.redrock.org/;
http://www.parks.nv.gov/smr.htm
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