Learning from the land : Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Science Symposium proceedings : November 4-5, 1997, Southern Utah University

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by  Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Science Symposium (1997 : Southern Utah University)

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LEARNING FROM THE LANdKH^TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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INTRODUCTION
1
WELCOME
3
JerryMeredith
Manager,GrandStaircase-EscalanteNationalMonument 5
Dr.SteveBennion
President,SouthernUtahStateUniversity 7
MichaelLeavitt
Governor,StateofUtah ^
BruceBabbitt
SecretaryoftheInterior ^^
PERSPECTIVES ON SCIENCE AND THE
MONUMENT
15
EcologicalResourcesoftheGrandStaircase-EscalanteNationalMonument 17
JayneBelnap
PerspectivesonScienceintheMonument 27
HellmutH.Doelling
DesignationoftheGrandStaircase-EscalanteNationalMonument:TheRoleofScience ....31
ThomasC.Edwards,Jr.
IntegratingScienceintoNaturalResourcePlanningandManagement 37
DavidJ.Parsons
ARCHAEOLOGY SECTION
41
InvestigatingHumanLandUseWithintheGrandStaircase-Escalante
NationalMonument:TheRolesofArchaeologicalSurveys 43
WilliamB.FawcettandWilliamR.Latady
ArchaeologicalResearchintheNewMonument:LessonsfromGlenCanyon 53
PhilR.GeibandHelenC.Fairley
LearningtoPreserveandPreservingtoLearn:ACaseStudyinGrandStaircase-Escalante
NationalMonumentArchaeologicalResearch 65
JoelC.JanetskiandRichardK.Talbot
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TABLE OF CONTENTS LEARNING FROM THE LAND
ADietaryReconstructionfortheVirginRiverBranchAnasazi ....75
SteveL.Martin
FormativeSettlementontheGrandStaircase-EscalanteNationalMonument:
ATaleofTwoAdaptations 91
DouglasA.McFadden
ProveniencingIntrusiveTradeWareandLocalPotterybyMagneticSusceptibility
MMeaausruyreEm.eMnotrsg,enGsetoecinheamnidcaWlilalnidamPeLtartoagdryaphicAnalysis:TheCoombsSite,42GA34 ......103
ATnoadsdaPzriinOcce,cuWpialtliioamnJiRn.tLhaetaNdoy,rtahnedasWterGneoPfofrrteiyonSpoafutlhdeinGgSENM . ...121
ArchaeologyintheGrandStaircase-EscalanteNationalMonument:
ResearchProspectsandManagementIssues . 133
BetsyL.Tipps
BIOLOGY SECTION
151
MMiacmhmaaelliAa.nBeSgpaecnieasndDiCviernsdiytyA.ofRatmheotGnriakndStaircase-EscalanteNationalMonument .....153
DNioannnaetWi.veDaBvriodmseonGaransdseJsayinnetBheelNnaepwNationalMonument ...161
GrasshopperCommunitiesinNativeandNonnativeGrasslandsoftheColoradoPlateau:
DTiifmfeGrrenacheasminDensityandSpeciesComposition ... 173
TheBeesoftheSanRafaelDesert:ImplicationsfortheBeeFaunaofthe
GrandStaircase-EscalanteNationalMonument 175
TerryGriswold,FrankD.Parker,andVincentJ.Tepedino
JSetnantiufserofJaBcaktssoni,nMtihcehaGerlanHedrdSetra,iracnasdeH-EasrcraylaBnatrebNeartionalMonument ..187
PopulationDynamicsandLifeHistoryStudiesofToads:Short-andLong-Range
NTeererdysD.foSrcUhnwdaneerrs,taDn.diRnijgeAamnaphHiabdlieayn,PKoipmuhleartliyonRs.iJnenSkoinust,hMeircnhUatelahP.Donovan, ..197
andB.AlTait
TLehielaFMlo.raShouflttzheColoradoPlateau:WhatDoWeKnow? .... ..203
MetapopulationsofBighornSheepin15NationalParkUnitsintheIntermountain
FRreagnicoins:JThSiengReerstaonrdatMiiocnhealnldeCGoundsoerrfvationBiologyofaSeverelyFragmentedSpecies ..211
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LEARNING FROM THE LAND^B^TABLE OF CONTENTS
TheGrandStaircase-EscalanteNationalMonumentHistoryofPlant
CollectingandCollections,1872-Present 213
StanleyL.WelshandN.DuaneAtwood
EcologyofMexicanSpottedOwls[Strixoccidentalislucida)intheCanyonlands
ofSouthernUtahandPotentialRelationshipstotheGSENM 219
DavidW.WilleyandCharlesvanRiperIII
ECOLOGY SECTION
229
ImpactsofTrampUngSoilsinSoutheastUtahEcosystems 231
JayneBelnap
GeoecologyoftheHangingGardens:EndemicResourcesintheGSENM 245
CathleenL.May
BurningCoalSeamsintheGrandStaircase-EscalanteNationalMonument:
ANaturalSystemforStudiesofPlantResponsestoElevatedCO2 259
SusanL.Phillips,JamesR.Ehleringer,andDarrenR.Sandquist
APlantoAssessNativeandExoticPlantDiversityandCryptobioticCrustsinthe
GrandStaircase-EscalanteNationalMonument 269
ThomasJ.Stohlgren,JayneBelnap,GenevaW.Chong,andRobinReich
EcologicalCharacterizationoftheCanyonCountryRegion:
ABasisforSustainableLandManagement 277
JoelS.TuhyandTimB.Graham
GEOLOGY SECTION
287
HydrocarbonPotentialintheGrandStaircase-EscalanteNationalMonument,Utah 289
ThomasC.Chidsey,Jn
Geology,Geography,andResourcesoftheGrandStaircase-Escalante
NationalMonument,Utah 291
HellmutH.Doelling
Titanium-Zirconium-BearingFossilPlacerDepositsintheCretaceous
StraightCliffsFormation,GarfieldandKaneCounties,Utah 293
R.W.Gloyn,G.M.Park,andR.G.Reeves
EnvironmentalChangeinValleysofthePariaRiverBasin 305
RichardHereford
VariationintheChemistryofUpperCretaceous,StraightCliffsFormationCoals 307
J.F.Kohler,J.C.Quick,andD.E.Tabet
OilFamihesintheGrandStaircase-EscalanteNationalMonument,Utah 319
PaulG.LillisandJamesG.Palacas
TABLE OF CONTENTSKBHLEARN NG FROM THE LAND
I
PetroleumExplorationinEnvironmentallySensitiveAreas:Applications
forNoninvasiveGeochemicalandRemoteSensingMethods 321
DietmarSchumacher
Floods,Ground-WaterLevels,andArroyoFormationontheEscalanteRiver,
South-CentralUtah 335
RobertH.WebbandJimHasbargen
SurficialGeologyandGeomorphicProcessesintheGrandStaircase-Escalante
NationalMonumentArea,Utah 347
VanS.WilliamsandL.M.H.Carter
PALEONTOLOGY SECTION
353
EmergingImportanceoftheGrandStaircase-EscalanteRegionin
CretaceousVertebrateBiostratigraphy,WesternU.S 355
J.DavidArchibald
ADecisionModelforManagingPaleontologicalResourcesonPublicLands
UsingSpatialData 359
LaurieJ.Bryant,CathleenMay,andDonaldL.Hinrichsen
PaleontologicInventoryofMarineandBrackish-WaterLateCretaceous
RocksintheGrandStaircase-EscalanteNationalMonument,Utah 363
T.S.Dyman,G.L.Pollock,andW.A.Cobban
CretaceousVertebratesoftheGrandStaircase-EscalanteNationalMonument 365
JeffreyG.EatonandRichardL.Cifelli
PaleobotanyintheGrandStaircase-EscalanteNationalMonumentand
AdjacentAreasinSouthernUtah 373
DianeM.Erwin
RecommendationsforPaleontologicalResearchinthe
GrandStaircase-EscalanteNationalMonument 383
DavidD.Gillette
LargerVertebratesoftheKaiparowitsFormation(Campanian)inthe
GrandStaircase-EscalanteNationalMonumentandAdjacentAreas 391
IHowardHutchison,JeffreyG.Eaton,PatriciaA.Holroyd,andMarkB.Goodwin
LateCretaceousMicroherpetofaunasoftheKaiparowitsPlateau,Utah:
PaleobiogeographyandPaleoecology 399
RobertD.McCord,II
PotentialforPaleoecologicalStudyofMesozoicMarineFossilsintheGSENM 413
CarolM.Tang