Ranger Lecture: Science on the Edge

As a part of the Ranger Lecture Series in Flagstaff, called Conversations on the Edge, the Grand Canyon Association and Cline Library at Northern Arizona University will host Science on the Edge: Preserving Grand Canyon National Park’s Natural and Cultural Resources. Martha Hahn, Chief of Science and Resource Management, Grand Canyon National Park, will highlight some of park's current projects, giving a behind-the-scenes look at the role the Division of Science and Resource Management plays in preserving and protecting Grand Canyon.

Hahn has been Chief of Science and Resource Management at Grand Canyon National Park since May 2007. She previously worked at Grand Canyon in the mid-1980s. She oversaw the Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Studies and Colorado River resource management and planning, and served as the management assistant to the Superintendent.

When:

Wednesday, May 6, 2009
7:00 p.m.

Where:

Cline Library
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona

Cost:

Free and no reservations are required.

Science on the Edge: Preserving Grand Canyon National Park's Natural and Cultural Resources is part of the 2009 Ranger Lecture Series in Flagstaff, called Conversations on the Edge. The lectures feature specialists from Grand Canyon National Park's Division of Science and Resource Management speaking about the National Park Service's work to monitor, manage and preserve Grand Canyon's natural and cultural resources for present and future generations.

Conversations on the Edge lectures are sponsored by the Grand Canyon Association, Grand Canyon National Park and Cline Library.

If you can't attend the lecture, you'll be able to see the video on the new GCA YouTube Video Channel.


For more info: GCA Community Lecture Series

GCA Community Lecture Series

The Grand Canyon Association Community Lecture Series continues February 18, 2009, with Wendell Duffield. He's a northern Arizona geologist who will speak about the San Francisco Volcanic Field that runs from Williams to Sunset Crater.

Cline Library
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff
7:00 p.m.

You can learn about Duffield's book at Volcanoes of Northern Arizona: Sleeping Giants of the Grand Canyon Region. Also, the Grand Canyon Association Bookstore should be set up to sell the book at the lecture.

I highly recommend the book and I'm really looking forward to the lecture.

Route 66 Resources

Long View of Route 66 Flagstaff

If you're interested in Route 66, you might want to take a look at this Route 66-iana page by Sean Evans. You'll find Route 66 materials for researchers, resources at NAU Cline Library and some great information in Sean's own presentations.

This is the best resource I've found for information relevant to Route 66 and Arizona. Enjoy!

NAU Yearbooks Online

If you attended Northern Arizona University (NAU) and want to take a walk down Memory Lane or you just want to know a little more about NAU history, Cline Library and the Colorado Digital Archives gives you access to many yearbooks from 1915 to 1978. You can view them online at Northern Arizona University Yearbooks.

While you're browsing, don't overlook the advertisements. On page 6 of the 1915 volume of The Pine, the following ad appears: "For the Bachelor Girl or the School Girl--There's nothing like the Electric Iron--It weighs but 3 pounds--It costs but $2.50. HOTPOINT Traveller's Iron for pressing the Dainty Summer Waists, so dear to the heart of Girlhood. Use it right in your room." by FLAGSTAFF ELECTRIC LIGHT CO. "Do It Electrically"

Thank you NAU and Cline Library for giving us access to these priceless historical resources.

Colorado Plateau at NAU Cline Library

You can take a fascinating virtual trip back through the history of the Colorado Plateau by visiting Colorado Plateau Digital Archives at Northern Arizona University's Cline Library. (Soon we'll take a little road trip down to Cline Library, NAU, Flagstaff. I'll post some pics and the location of the library.)

One of my favorite exhibits is Beyond the Rainbow: The Photographs of James J. Hanks which, in addition to almost 450 digitally scanned negatives from 1027 and 1928, gives access to repeat photography that allows us to see some of Hanks' photographs side-by-side with 2005 pictures of the same sites.

This exhibit is just one part of an ongoing work to make the Colorado Plateau Collections, held by Cline Library, more accessible to students, researchers and the general public. Whether you visit these archives online or at the Library, it is a trip you don't want to miss.