[CINC] Fwd: Death Valley Presentation Tonight

[Karen Telleen-Lawton]

Are any Santa Barbarans going down to this (the presentation, not the trip) and want to carpool?
Karen


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> From: "Channel Islands Restoration" <volunteer at cirweb.org>
> Date: March 28, 2011 11:03:02 AM PDT
> To: <ken at cirweb.org>
> Subject: Death Valley Presentation Tonight
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> Exploring the Natural History of 
> Death Valley National Park
> Pre-trip Meeting
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> Everyone is invited to our Death Valley pre-trip meeting, featuring Dr. Tanya Atwater, celebrated geophysicist and expert in the geology of California. 
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> Monday, 3/28, 6:00 PM 
> E. P Foster Library Topping Room
> 651 E. Main St. Ventura 
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> We will learn about this amazing national park and what the geology tells us about the history of North America. We will also study the ecology, including what flowers are in bloom.
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> If you would like to learn about this very special place, join us tonight!
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> Encompassing 3 million acres of desert, (95% as designated wilderness), Death Valley is the largest national park in the United States, south of Alaska. It is also an island of amazing geologic features, abundant wildflowers, desert wildlife, historic sites, sublime scenery, and clear night skies. 
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> Death Valley National Park is a superlative desert of streaming sand dunes, snow-capped mountains, multicolored rock layers, water-fluted canyons. It is Home to the Timbisha Shoshone people and to plants and animals unique to the harshest desert.
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> Geology and botany/wildflowers will be the main focus of this trip – the third in a series of field study outings sponsored by Channel Islands Restoration. 
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> We are fortunate to have as our leaders Dr. Tanya Atwater, Emeritus Professor of Geology from UCSB, who will share her knowledge gained from numerous trips she has led to Death Valley 
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> As we expect some wonderful wildflowers, we’ll also have Steve Junak, herbarium curator from the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and regular CIR trip leader and naturalist. Additional naturalists will join us to cover birds and other specialties.
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Karen Telleen-Lawton
www.CanyonVoices.com



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