Rock Creek Park

GENERAL ROCK TYPES The oldest rocks exposed are arkosic sandstone and shale, and small amounts of thin-bedded chert and altered volcanic rocks, of the Upper Jurassic Franciscan formation. Large masses of serpentine and smaller plugs and dikes of gabbro and diorite intrude these sediments; glaucophane schists and their unusual mineralogical assemblages are developed locally. The series as exposed on the San Jose quadrangle consists chiefly of sandstone, shale, and jasper; with occasional bed of heavy

Topographic Assessment of Taylor Mountain Regional Park The purpose of this assessment is to understand all topographic factors concerning the past, present, and future of Taylor Mountain Regional Park. The site is 4 acres in size and is located in Taylor Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve. The coordinates of the site, according to the USGS 1954 Santa Rosa Quadrangle Map, are N 38 degrees 24 minutes and 30 seconds, W 122 degrees 41 minutes and 25 seconds (Figure 2). The entrance to the

Green Lake in the Bishop Creek Canyon is a sacred place and the happy hunting ground for the ancestors of the Paiute people. Evidence of the habitation of these people goes back thousands of years and indicates that this area was of prime importance for food gathering. The men hunted deer and mountain sheep while the women and children gathered and prepared food. Everybody pitched in on all the other chores like making camp. Summer was a wonderful time in the mountains of the Eastern Sierra for the

The other birds use the prairie grass for their habitat (National Park Service, 2015a). If the prairie grass were to get replaced by some other type of plant or get removed from farming, then the habitat of those birds is now destroyed. The butterfly distribution depends upon the presence of appropriate host plants, which in turn vary according to local soil, moisture, temperature, and elevation (National Park Service, 2015a). 5. Black Hills 5a. Geology The Black Hills

in facility tours (Calpine geysers specifically), and logging more hours of experience doing wetland delineations. I also would like to continue to utilize the CRAM as a way to objectively prioritize the proposed restoration sites in our Citywide Creek Master Plan. Performance Standards: I actively push myself to be aware of and upholding to the organizational values and basic principles of the City of Santa Rosa, which are easily available in my office to reference. One of the basic principle I

in Caringbah (aboriginal word referring to the 'Pademelon Wallaby' ) belongs to Sutherland Shire, being separated from Royal National Park- Bundeena(Aboriginal meaning: 'noise like thunder) by Hacking River inlet. (Sutherland Shire Council Library and Information Service, 2004) Dharawal stencils, rock paintings, shell middens, engravings, grinding grooves, and rock shelters are present throughout the Shire. However, the coal mining industry threatens the conservation of the Indigenous cultural heritages

I arrived around noon at the Marin Museum of American Indian which was located In Miwok Park. The Museum was a small two story building surrounded by lots of tall, beautiful trees. Thousand years ago this area was an Indian village composed of circular homes, a sweat lodge and a larger ceremonial house. On the right side of the park there was a creek which made this area Ideal location for Native Americans to live because attracted fish and ducks and other foods such as seeds and acorns, deer and

Yellowstone National Park Trip Theme This trip starts from Denver, Colorado to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. “Natural landform” is the main theme for this trip. I will explore the mystery of geothermal features in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone National Park, a national park mostly located in Wyoming, on March 1, 1872 U.S. President You Lixi Simpson Grant Adams signed the bill passed by Congress after the establishment of the world's first national park. Yellowstone National Park, its abundant

such as Whiffin Spit Park, the Sooke Potholes Regional Park, and adjacent Sooke Potholes Provincial Park attract visitors from around the world. It is also home to the Sooke Region Museum and Visitor Centre; where visitors and locals are able to get information on regional attractions and history. • The area's popularity has increased as a base for visiting the wilderness parks of Vancouver Island's southwest coast, the West Coast Trail and the Juan de Fuca Provincial Park , which includes the now

geographical features of Plaster Creek, it is important to understand what a creek is. There are many different ideas of what a creek is. In order to gain a factual understanding of what a creek essentially is, the dictionary definition of, “a natural stream of water normally smaller than and often tributary to a river” can be examined (Merrian-Webster). In addition to this, National Geographic defines a creed as simply, “any body of flowing fluid” (National Geographic). Creeks can vary greatly in size