Presentation Schedule

California Excursion

Spring, 2009



14 Jan Opening Night Syllabus, expectations, planning, etc.
21 Jan Sheldon   Transcontinental Railroad
21 Jan  Arensdorf California Zephyr
28 Jan  deSilva Regional Geology of the Rocky Mountains
28 Jan  Stutzman Lake Bonneville and the Great Salt Lake
4 Feb  Satterlee Geology of the Sierra Nevada Mountains
4 Feb  O'Brien Yosemite National Park
11 Feb  Rickertson John Muir and the early environmental movement
11 Feb  Magee Dams of the West, including the Hetch Hetchy
18 Feb  Keehner Monterrey Bay and Submarine Canyon
18 Feb  Stringer Monterey Bay Aquarium
25 Feb  Tscharner Whale and their migration pattern
25 Feb  Walz Collapse of coastal fisheries
4 Mar  Kuhle Old-growth forests
4 Mar  Butler San Francisco Bay management and invasive species