Beartooth Alliance summer 08 schedule

Aug 6	Soda Butte Creek Cleanup, contact Marcia Woolman to help: 838-2481
Aug 21	Annual Meeting and Board Member Ken Pierce Presentation, Ken's topic this evening will be "The Yellowstone Hotspot and the Greater Yellowstone Landscapes." More info on Ken is included below. * 7 PM * Cooke City Fire Hall Ken Pierce, Geologist Emeritus, U.S. Geological Survey Yellowstone is a large “hotspot” whose geologic activity is driven by a hot plume arising from deep in the earth. The landscapes and the ecosystems of Greater Yellowstone area owe much to this hotspot plume. The Yellowstone supervolcano in central Yellowstone erupted rhyolite that forms well-drained, nutrient-poor soils forested by lodge pole pine. Active faults associated with the hotspot create such pairs of valleys and ranges like Jackson Hole and the Tetons and the Madison Range and Madison Valley. But most significantly, uplift associated with the Yellowstone hotspot has produced the high, snowy terrain of Yellowstone which was completely covered with glacial ice 16,000 years ago. This glacial ice deposited the soils that are the foundation of Yellowstone’s Northern Range and thus its wildlife. The geologic “track” of this hotspot to Yellowstone traces back to the southwest along the Snake River Plain. This lowland plain acts as a conduit bringing winter snows to Yellowstone. Dr. Pierce is an expert on Yellowstone and the Yellowstone hotspot. He is a Board Member of the Beartooth Alliance. He received an award from the Geological Society of America for his Yellowstone Research.
For more information about Beartooth Alliance call Nellie Israel at 406.838.2374

Date	Details
Jun 17	Program: "Programs and Activities of NPRC ," Northern Plains Resource Council Chair Beth Kaeding will talk about programs and activities of NPRC, including their new LEED building! * 7 PM * Cooke City Fire Hall
Jul 10	Program: John Koerth, MT Department of Environmental Quality, on McLaren Tailings cleanup * 7 PM * Cooke City Fire Hall
Jul 11	WEED Control: contact Sabine Melmann-Brown to help: 222-2117

Jul 26	19th Annual Beartooth Alliance Environmental Awareness Day * 11 AM -begins with Buffalo BBQ outside Ranger Rider in Silver Gate * 11 AM music by Jeff and Dave Menuey and Scott Denniston * Pie Auction- immediately following John Varley's presentation * Great Door prizes awarded following the Pie Auction-you must be present to win
Jul 26 cont.	John Varley, Former YNP Biologiest will be the speaker. 1:30 PM Inside the Range Rider The subject of his talk will be "Yellowstone's burning issues (including those that won't go away)."