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Garden Park Restoration (Dinosaurs & rare plants), Oct 21-23:
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Date: Oct 15, 2011 5:45 PM

Garden Park Restoration

Oct 21 - 23
Volunteers Sought

OVERVIEW


Have no fear, they don't run very quickly any more.

 And the plants aren't carniverous, or poinsonous!

 So, what do ya' say?  Can you join us for 1 or 3 days of fun
restoration work in the lair of the dinosaur wars?

 This project is an essential step in the protection of one of the
most significant botanical and paleontological hotspots in the Nation.
Garden Park is the site where the 'Dinosaur Wars' of the late 1800s
brought dinosaurs to the forefront of American culture. But the story
started much earlier. Way back in the Jurassic period (150-200 million
years ago), in fact, when Earth was witnessing the break-up of the
supercontinent Pangaea into the northern and southern supercontinents
Laurasia & Gandwana.

The remnants of Jurassic life that walked Colorado then are still
evident at Garden Park today! As fossils of course. The Garden Park
State Natural Area was created to help protect one of the most
important Late Jurassic vertebrate localities in North America,
boasting 20 genera and 19 described species of fossil fish, turtles,
rhychocephalians, crocodiles, dinosaurs and mammals.

More recently, some time after dinosaurs became extinct, wildlfowers
(angiosperms) came into existence, some of them extremely rare today.
Now, you have a chance to keep some of the rarest of our wildflowers
from following in the footsteps of their fossil neighbors.

 Rare Plants of Global Significance

Along with all of the great fossil finds in this area, the property
also contains populations of three plant species that rank among the
rarest in Colorado. In fact, Brandegee's buckwheat, dwarf milkweed and
golden blazingstar are all ranked as 'globally imperiled', occuring in
specialized habitats around the Garden Park Area of Critical
Environmental Concern.

And if you're a climber, this is the home of the world famous Shelf
Road!

 Free camping (sand gulch) and food provided!


HOW TO REGISTER?
To register for this prehistoric project, click here, e-mail
john@wlrv.org, or call 970-493-2075.

QUESTIONS?
If you have any questions, please contact John at (970) 493-2075 or
john@wlrv.org.





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