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• What Do These Two Specimens Have in Common?

  

  Hint #1:In situ. Proud geo-geek for scale.Hint #2: They have nothing to do with Ice Age Mega-floods.Hint #3:Where on Google Earth? (click on photo for better... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 OUTDOORS

• Lakes and Floods of Unimaginable Proportions

  

  Traveling north on Montana Highway 200 -- 15,000 years ago.Continuing along the trail of Ice Age Mega-floods, we arrived at Sand Point, Idaho, site of the ice... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2013 OUTDOORS

• Cedars of the Thuja Kind

  

  "the branches appear flattened as if they had been ironed" (Rocky Mt Tree Finder)During our recent tour of Pleistocene flood landscapes we were driving through... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2013 OUTDOORS

• Of Mosses and Mountains II and AW #60

  

  The Apennines -- home to momentous discoveries in geology.As mentioned earlier, my summer reading included two outstanding books about natural history. Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 OUTDOORS

• The “Unusual Currents” of JT Pardee

  

  Looking east-southeast from interpretive sign on Road 382.This is Camas Prairie in northwest Montana, home to some very curious ridges and swales (mid-ground... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 OUTDOORS

• FFF: Glacial Lake Missoula

  

  One of Montana Department of Transportation's great roadside signs.FFF stands for “Five Fact Friday”, a creation of Tim Havenith at Notes of Nature. Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 OUTDOORS

• Where Every Natural History Blogger Should Be Situated

  

  From The Guardian.Nobel Laureate and beloved poet Seamus Heaney passed away last week. In reading thoughts and excerpts posted by his friends and followers, I... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2013 OUTDOORS

• Of Mosses and Mountains, I (recommended Reading)

  

  Moss with sporophytes growing on brick.“Mysterious and little-known organisms live within reach of where you sit. Splendor awaits in minute proportions.” E.O.... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2013 OUTDOORS

• Recommended Geo-guides ... and More Needed Soon

  

  Road trip gear: the library.This month’s Accretionary Wedge #59 features geologic field guides, a subject near and dear to my heart as I take vacations... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2013 OUTDOORS

• Botanical Dragnet (a Letter to the Earth)

  

  Joe Friday and his buddy Spike -- just umbel cops, but they always get their man.About the author: Punster Extraordinaire John Baxter grew up in Burns, a very... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2013 OUTDOORS

• Goodbye, Moderate Botanist

  

  Our colleague and friend Helen McGranahan passed away last weekend ... while gardening. We console ourselves -- “better to go quickly doing what we love, than t... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 OUTDOORS

• Grassland, Forest and an Igneous Intrusion

  

  Devils Tower -- a puzzling igneous intrusion in northeast Wyoming.Recently I spent a day wandering around Devils Tower looking for just the right shot. Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 OUTDOORS

• Signs -- Context is Everything

  

  The National Park Service awarded me the highest rating, A1, for my work at Devils Tower National Monument. Congratulations to self!Well, actually ...... it... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 OUTDOORS

• Plants and Rocks v. 1.2

  

  Laramie columbine on Laramie granite.It was two years ago this month that I started In the Company of Plants and Rocks. The plan was to write about work and... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 OUTDOORS

• Fresh Petals for Breakfast

  

  After an early-morning safari shooting yucca flowers, breakfast is ready.Not far from town is a thick stand of Great Plains yuccas, growing on sandy soil as the... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 OUTDOORS

• Recommended Field Apps for iPad Mini?

  

  Field work starts in a few weeks. Since last season, I’ve acquired an iPad mini with GPS/data capabilities. I'm hoping to find a GPS app that will allow me to... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 OUTDOORS

• Missing Rocks Found

  

  Sedimentary rocks in western Nebraska, made of sand, silt and clay from the Rocky Mountains.We students of Wyoming geology are quite familiar with the Laramide... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 OUTDOORS

• A Novel Discovery by an Accidental Botanist (a Letter to the Earth)

  

  By the late Aven Nelson, Professor of Botany, University of Wyoming, LaramiePhoto by Hollis Marriott, 2004.The rugged high country of the northern Laramie... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2013 OUTDOORS

• Cat Tectonics

  

  Years ago, I had a pair of feline roomies for about eight months. Not being a cat person I generally ignored them, but one day I noticed they were nicely... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 OUTDOORS

• Where Are We? ... and Why?

  

  So far there hasn’t been much in the way of adventure in 2013. Spring passed without a road trip, as work dictated otherwise. However I managed to sneak away fo... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 OUTDOORS