2017 Programs and Materials
1/9 Public Hawaiian geology & Geologists of Jackson Hole Field Trip
John Guslander & Mike Adler – Members GJH Summary Video
1/17 Public Weather and Climate of Jackson Hole
Jim Woodmencey, MountainWeather.com Summary Video
1/18 Members Only The Hotsprings of Teton County
John Sharsmith Slide Show Video
2/7 Public Wyoming’s Dinosaur Discoveries. A Look at Wyoming Dinosaurs Around the World.
Jessica Lippincott, Executive Director, Big Horn Basin Foundation Summary Video
2/9 Public Ship-to-Shore: Oceanic Ridge Deep Sea Science Expedition
John Cheadle, UWy Summary Video
2/21 Public Climate Change – A longterm perspective on fire and ecological change in the Greater Yellowstone region.
Cathy Whitlock, Director, Montana Institute on Ecosystems Summary Video
2/22 Members Only Spectacular Newfoundland: Geology & Adventure
Mike Adler, GJH Video
3/7 Public Drones and Geology
Donna Delirate, ISU Summary Video
3/21 Public Astrobiology in Wyoming (aka The search for extra- terrestrial life in Wyoming?)
Suki Smaglik, CWC Summary Video
3/22 Members Only Thermopolis Extremophiles, Ski Smaglik, CWC
4/4 (Tuesday) Public, “Hawaiian geology and the Geologists of Jackson Hole field trip”. Presented by John Guslander, Mike Adler, Geologists of Jackson Hole. Summary Video
4/18 Public The Wyoming State Geological Survey: Its mission & contribution to Wyoming and the United States Presented by Tom Drean, Director & State Geologist, Wyoming State Geological Survey. Video Summary
4/19 Member Only Deepwater Horizon Tragedy:Insider’s Perspective Presented by Cynthia Blankenship
5/2 Public Detrital zircons and the intriguing problem of the Late Cretaceous Harebell Formation and the Targhee Uplift Presented by Paul Link, Geosciences Department, Idaho State University Summary
5/16 Public Energy in Wyoming & the World: Critical Choices & Costs! Presented by John J Hebberger Jr., Geologists of Jackson Hole Video Summary
5/17 Members Only. The Greatest Show on Earth, Rock and Mineral that is: GJH member Mike Scher discusses and shows photos from the 2017 Tucson Rock, Mineral Fossil and Gem Show. Tucson is like combining the Smithsonian, American Museum of Natural History and a bazaar where you can get really up close and even buy things you did not know even existed. Video
6/6 What punctuates the geologic time scale? Presented by Peter L. Ward, Geologists of Jackson Hole. Materials Summary
6/20 Wyoming’s Ancient Ecosystems: Paleontological and Geochemical Evidence of Ecosystem Change over the last 65 Million Years. Presented by Mark Clementz, University of Wyoming, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics. Video Summary
7/3 Citizen Scientists and Sustainable Travel: Aiding Field Science While Exploring the Natural World from the Equator to the Poles. Presented by Sarah Aciego, University of Michigan. Video Summary
7/18 (Tuesday) Anatomy Of Old Faithful And Yellowstone Volcano Plumbing. Presented by Bob Smith, Univ. of Utah, Dept Geology & Geophysics. Video Summary
7/19 Members Lunch. Magnetostratigraphy of Upper Permian to Lower Triassic. John W. Geissman, Dept. of Geosciences, University of the State East of New Mexico at Dallas, Richardson, TX Video Slide Show
8/1 The Greater Caucasus Mountains: A Natural Laboratory for Understanding the Initiation of Continental Collision. Nathan Niemi, University of Michigan Video Summary
8/5 Annual Geologists of Jackson Hole Barbecue Pictures
8/15 50 Years of Plate Tectonics & its impact on understanding the tectonic evolution of Cuba. Lawrence Lawver, Univ. of Texas Austin Video Summary
8/16 Members Lunch: Changes in Southern Ocean Seaways and the Development of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, Lawrence Lawver, Univ. of Texas Austin Video
8/18 Our Enigmatic Sun from Air and Space by Prof. Peter Gallagher Video
9/5 Eruption of Kilauea 1959 – 1960: Classic Example of Hawaiian Volcanism Bob Tilling, USGS and Member GJH. Summary Video
9/18 – 10/3 Field Trip to Iceland
9/19 Building mountains in old continental crust: examples from the Northern Rockies and the central Andes. Dave Pearson ISU. Video Summary
9/20 Member’s Lunch: Extended Building mountains in old continental crust: examples from the Northern Rockies and the central Andes. Dave Pearson ISU. Video
10/3 Natural Trap Cave, A Window into Wyoming’s Past. PrGretchen Hurley, Geologist, Bureau of Land Management, Cody Office. Video Summary
10/17 Monitoring Glacial Retreat in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Justin Snyder, PG, Bridger-Teton NF, Robin Thomas, Geologist, GeoCorps. Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee (GYCC) – Glacier Working Group. Video Summary
10/18 Member’s Lunch Jackson Whole Grocer Yellowstone – One of the World’s Great Volcanos – John Hebberger Jr. GJH Video
11/6 (Monday!) Reconstructing Early Paleogene forests, food webs and climate using the fossil leaves of Wyoming”. Presented by Esther Pinheiro, University of Wyoming Video Summary
12/14 (Thursday), “ Extraordinary in the Ordinary: The Hubble telescope – great images, incredible science”. Presented by Samuel Singer, Wyoming Stargazing. Video Summary