Ecological Interactions Between American Pikas and Mountain Goats on the Colorado Plateau Discovery Pool Grant: Summary 2021-2022 Mallory Sandoval Lambert The second season of fieldwork for my Ph.D. project was partially supported by the Discovery Pool grant from Canyonlands Natural History Association in partnership with the US Forest Service. I am conducting a multi-level, field-based […]
Mesa Verde Fall 2022 Updates
Autumn is a Great Time to Visit the Park! Visitors to Mesa Verde have decided: autumn is a great time to visit the park! Tours are selling out, the Mesa Verde Association bookstore at the Visitor Center is super busy, and the Far View Sites are in continuous demand by people from all over the […]
Grand Canyon October 2022 Updates
Celebration of Art Exhibition and Sale The 14th Annual Celebration of Art was a grand success! This year featured 24 Plein air artists who spent a week painting at Grand Canyon. While the weather wasn’t as favorable as we had hoped, the artists didn’t let it dampen their enthusiasm, creating over 300 pieces of spectacular […]
Canyonlands October 2022 Updates
Manti-La Sal Update Alpine monitoring is no small feat! The Moab wildlife/botany crew puts in great effort to visit the high-elevation habitat of two sensitive plant species every year. The La Sal daisy (Erigeron mancus) and Lehmann’s rockjasmine (Androsace chamaejasme ssp. lehmanniana) are notably adorable plants found in the cushion plant communities of the La Sal mountains. […]