Geologists of Jackson Hole

As a non-profit, all-volunteer organization, our mission is to inform and educate our members and community about earth science related matters – their broad scope and importance to all of us.

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We encourage anyone with an interest in earth science, regardless of their educational background, to become a member of the Geologists of Jackson Hole. To learn more about joining, please visit our membership information page. Click here for a membership application.

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Upcoming Field Trips

We hold monthly trips and events. Click below for more information.

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Public Programs
in Conjunction with
Teton Co. Library

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Due to the COVID 19 outbreak, all public programs or cancelled until further notice..

Upcoming

March 17^th (Tuesday), 6 p.m., Teton Co. Library Auditorium – Open to Public. Presentation: “Unraveling Cenozoic climate and tectonics in western North America using lake sediments”, Presented by Daniel Enrique Ibarra, UC Berkeley. Summary. Join Online Presentation

March 18^th (Wednesday), 12 p.m. / noon, JH Senior Center – Open to Public. Presentation: “The rise and fall of latest Pleistocene pluvial lakes in the northern Great Basin”, Presented by Daniel Enrique Ibarra, UC Berkeley. Summary

April 7^th (Tuesday), 6 p.m., Teton Co. Library Auditorium – Open to Public. Presentation: “An Inventory of Landslides in Grand Teton National Park”, Presented by Ben Crosby, Idaho State University. Summary

April 21^st (Tuesday), 6 p.m., Teton Co. Library Auditorium – Open to Public. Presentation: “Active tectonics along the flank of Yellowstone investigated using terraces of the Snake River in and around Alpine Canyon”, Presented by Joel Pederson, Utah State University. Summary

Recent Presentations

March 3^rd (Tuesday), 6 p.m., Teton Co. Library Auditorium – Open to Public. Presentation: “Flood plain dynamics along rivers in the western USA & related conservation issues”, Presented by Mike Merigliano. Video Summary

February 19^th (Wednesday), 12 p.m. / noon, JH Senior Center – Open to Public. Presentation: “When Sponges Built Mountains”, Presented by Kathleen Ritterbush, University of Utah. Summary

February 18^th (Tuesday), 6 p.m., Teton Co. Library Auditorium – Open to Public. Presentation: “Swimming with the Ammonites”, Presented by Kathleen Ritterbush, University of Utah. Summary

February 4^th (Tuesday), 6 p.m., Teton Co. Library Auditorium – Open to Public. Presentation: “The Amazing Geology and Scenery of New Zealand”, Presented by Mike Adler, Geologists of Jackson Hole. Summary Video