[Scico-list] earth science events for the summer

[Peter J Modreski]

Dear friends and colleagues, 

Here is my latest "coming events" list for the summer months.  Wishing an 
enjoyable season to all, 
Pete Modreski


Sat., June 7, mineral dealers Pat & Zelda Tucci ("GEOdyssey") will have 
their annual home mineral sale: "Help us reduce our inventory at our 
mineral and fossil ?Garage Sale.?   A wide variety of individual specimens 
and low priced flats will be available.  Discounts of 10% to 50%, and 
haggling is encouraged. We also have a few household items?framed prints, 
fountains?for sale."   10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., 15339 West Ellsworth 
Drive, Golden, CO, 303-279-5504.  "Directions: from west 6th Avenue, exit 
onto Indiana Street and go south on Indiana. Drive into Mesa View Estates. 
Turn right at the first street (McIntyre Circle) and right at the next 
street (Ellsworth Drive). We are about midway down the street on the 
left."

Sat., June 7, 10:30-2:30 p.m., Dinosaur Discovery Day (free public tour 
day with volunteer guides) at Dinosaur Ridge, near Morrison.  These are 
held monthly on the first Saturday of each month. The walking tour is 
free, or for a small donation you can ride the "Vanosaurus" bus up one way 
and hear guides explain the interpretive sites as you walk back.  For more 
info see www.dinoridge.org, call 303-697-3466, or stop and see the 
Visitors Center at 16831 W. Alameda Parkway.  Today's tours will also 
include guided tours of the "Triceratops Trail" fossil site in Golden 
(access along the bike path south of 19th Street off Highway 6).

Sat.-Sun. June 7-8, Last Chance!to see the GOLDexhibit at the Denver 
Museum of Nature and Science.  June 8 will be the last day of this special 
travelling exhibit.  See the museum's website, 
http://www.dmns.org/main/en/, for details.

Sun., June 8, for those who may be interested, the Colorado Native Plant 
Society will hold its "First Annual Native Plant Garden Tour", Sunday, 
June 8, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., touring gardens at private homes in Morrison, 
Golden, Lakewood, and Denver.  "Free to members--join now at 
http://conps.org for only $20 ($12, seniors/students)".  For more 
information please call Megan Bowes, 303-561-4883

Friday, June 13, and the second Friday of every month through November, 
Free USGS GPS, Map, and Compass Classes.  Building 810, Federal Center, 
Lakewood; 9-11 a.m. Map & Compass, 12-4 p.m., GPS class.  Call 
303-202-4689 or email gpsworkshops at usgs.gov for reservations, or see 
www.cr.usgs.gov/gpsworkshops/index.html  for more information. 

Tuesday, June 17, the monthly Café Scientifique at the Wynkoop Brewery, 
Denver, 6:30-8:00 p.m.  An all-welcome, stimulating, interdisciplinary 
science lecture-and-discussion format series, free (except for beer). June 
speaker:  Edward Janoff, MD, Department of Medicine, University of 
Colorado Denver
Prevention of Infectious Diseases: Vaccines and Immunity. Held in the 
Wynkoop's Mercantile Room, 1634 18th St., Denver (across from Union 
Station).  See  http://cafescicolorado.org/   for an a summary of the talk 
and more information on future Café dates and about Cafés held in Boulder, 
Colorado Springs, and Frisco as well as in Denver.  This will be the last 
meeting until September.

The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument sponsors a 
summer series of seminars and field trips relating to fossils, nature, and 
geology.  I'll give a capsule list of the titles & dates here; the 
complete info is linked from their website, http://fossilbeds.org/, so if 
you are interested, please contact them, or write to me and I'll forward a 
.pdf file with the details of all the seminars: 
June 14, 2008, 9 ? 5, Spider Biology and Natural History, Dr. Paula 
Cushing (DNMS) 
June 21 - 22, 2008 9 ? 5, Basic Map and Compass and GPS and GIS, Geoff 
Irons (REI), Nancy Shock, (NPS) 
June 28, 2008, 9 ? 5, Discover a Watershed: The Colorado (Project Wet 
Series), Mike Wilde 
July 8- 10, 2008, 9- 5, Trees and Wildflowers of the Central Rockies, Doug 
Coleman 
July 12, 2008, 9 ? 5, Teacher Workshop: How to Excavate for Fossils-Hands 
On Activities for Students, Dr. Bob Carnein and Jeff Wolin 
July 19, 2008, 9 ? 5, Archaeology of South Park, Dr. Susan Bender 
July 20, 2008, 9 ? 5, Treasures in the Basement: Pegmatite Minerals of the 
Pikes Peak Granite at Crystal Peak, Dr. Bud Wobus 
July 24, 2008, 9 ? 5, Railroading on the Backside of Pikes Peak, Mel 
McFarland 
August 9, 2008, 9 ? 5, Evolution and the Nature of Science: Pheromes, 
fossils, and a fishpod, Dr. Louise Mead 

Sat.-Sun., June 21-22 is the Pikes Peak Gem and Mineral Show, sponsored by 
the Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society and held at the Phil Long Expo 
Center, Auto Mall Loop at North Academy Blvd., Colorado Springs.  see the 
club's website at http://www.csms.us/  for more info.  This is always a 
really nice mineral show, and we (the USGS) will have a booth here, so 
please come by and say hello.  Show hours are 10-5 Saturday, 10-4 Sunday.

Thurs-Sun., Aug. 7-10, "Contin-Tail" rock swap and mineral sale, at the 
Buena Vista rodeo grounds, Buena Vista, CO.  An always-enjoyable outdoor 
"tailgating" sale by rockhounds and dealers of rocks, minerals, fossils, 
jewelry, etc.; free parking and admission, nice scenery, and the usual 
guarantees (almost) of typical mountain weather: morning sunshine and late 
afternoon wind and thunderstorms!

Fri.-Sun., Aug. 15-17, Lake George Gem and Mineral Show; "Local Specimens, 
Field Trips, Free Admission, Free Parking!"
Lake George, CO (38 miles west of Colorado Springs on US 24)

P.S., two new publications that you may be interested in:

Friends of Dinosaur Ridge has published A Guide to Triceratops Trail at 
Parfet Prehistoric Preserve, a 16-page color booklet, a guide to the 
fossil sites along the interpretive trail adjacent to the Fossil Trace 
golf course in Golden; available for $2.00 at the Dinosaur Ridge Visitor 
Center.

The USGS has published a new geologic report with maps about the Table 
Mountain lava flows, by Harald Drewes: "Table Mountain Shoshonite Porphyry 
Lava Flows and Their Vents, Golden, Colorado", USGS Scientific 
Investigations Report 2006-5242.  The 28-page booklet can be viewed or 
downloaded online at
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2006/5242/
or printed copies may be purchased for $16.00 at the USGS Map Store, 
Building 810, Denver Federal Center, open 8-4 weekdays; or call 
1-888-ASK-USGS for mail orders ($5 per order postage & handling charge). 
Please note, only a very limited (less than 50) number of printed copies 
of this booklet are available.

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Peter J. Modreski
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado 
Central Region Office of Communications
Public Relations and Educational Outreach
tel. 303-202-4766, fax 303-202-4767
email pmodreski at usgs.gov
SCIENCE FOR A CHANGING WORLD
http://www.usgs.gov      http://ask.usgs.gov
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