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).
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):
· Holiday Inn Express (435- 644-3100), $85 per
room + tax, breakfast included, http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ex/1/en/hotel/knbut
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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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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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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