GTS Library

 

The annual Guides Training Seminar offers a wealth of information on a multitude of fascinating topics.  Since ongoing education is necessary to keep guides at the top of their game, we’ve started to compile abstracts of talks into a “library” of sorts, categorized by topic.  Our plan is to add to the list each year so check back for new information!  The GTS Library will allow the presentations from the Guides Training Seminar (past and future) to have a life beyond the event.  Great learning, right at your fingertips! (Actually the right navigation menu!)

 

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ARCHEOLOGY

• The Grand Canyon Geoarchaeology Project (GCGAP): research-focused cultural resource investigations and findings from the first excavations in 2008, by Gary O'Brien, 2009
• What Lies Beneath the Dunes? Excavations along the Colorado River Corridor, Grand Canyon National Park, by Lisa Leap and Allyson Mathis, 2008

 

ASTRONOMY

• A Potential Astronomical Calendar in Grand Canyon National Park, Bryan Bates, 2004

 

BOATING

• Grand Canyon Historic River Boats: Project Update, Jan Balsom, Grand Canyon National Park, 2010
• Facing your Danger: The Evolution of the Cataract Boat, by Roy Webb, University of Utah, 2010
• Facing Your Danger: Origins and Adoption of Stern-First Drifting., by Gaylord Staveley, 2002

 

COLORADO RIVER MANAGEMENT PLAN

• Soap Creek Camp Restoration, Grand Canyon National Park, 2010
• Colorado River Management Plan Update: Implementation Strategy, GCNP, 2008
• Update on CRMP Implementation, GCNP, 2007

 

CULTURAL RESOURSES

• Hopi and the Grand Canyon, by Mike Yeatts, 2007

 

DAM MANAGEMENT

• Update on Recent Events Related to Beach Habitat Building Flow Tests, Ted S. Melis, David J. Topping & John F. Hamill, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, 2008
• Upper Basin Hydrology and Glen Canyon Dam Operations, by Tom Ryan, Bureau of Reclamation, 2006
• How’s it look?  The effect of the November 2004 high experimental flow on Colorado River sand bars, by Matt Kaplinski, Joe Hazel, Rod Parnell, Department of Geology, NAU, 2005
• Current status and trends of Lake Powell and Glen Canyon Dam release water quality, William S. Vernieu, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, 2005

 

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

• Uranium Mining in the Grand Canyon – Biting my Tongue in Front of Congress, Dave Kreamer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2010
• Map of uranium mines near Grand Canyon National Park, 2010
• Letter from the Grand Canyon Trust to the EPA regarding coal fired power plants, 2010
• Fact sheets regarding climate change and uranium mining, by Stacey Hamburg, Sierra Club, 2009

 

FLORA AND FAUNA

• An Overview of Humpback Chub Translocation Efforts in Grand Canyon National Park, by Brian Healy, Fisheries Program Manager at Grand Canyon National Park, 2010
• Grand Canyon/Colorado River Herps (Page 1 - Lizards), by Geoff Carpenter, University of New Mexico, 2010
• Grand Canyon/Colorado River Herps (Page 2 - Snakes), by Geoff Carpenter, University of New Mexico, 2010
• Distribution and expansion of Diorhabda elongata (Tamarisk Beetle) across the Colorado Plateau, by the Tamarisk Coalition, 2010
• Colorado River Fish Monitoring in Glen and Grand Canyons, by Andy Makinster, Arizona Game & Fish Dept., 2010
• Not Wanted in Arizona: Tamarisk Leaf Beetles, by USFW, 2009
• Tamarisk Management in Grand Canyon: Past Challenges, Current Efforts, and Future Directions, by Lori Makarick, Grand Canyon National Park, 2009
• A Snail's Tale: Updates on the Kanab Ambersnail Project, by Jeff Sorensen, Arizona Game & Fish Department, Phoenix, 2009
• Foraging Ecology of Non-Native Trout in the Colorado River, Grand Canyon: Predation on Native Fishes and the Effects of Turbidity, by Mike Yard, 2009
• Amphibians and Reptiles of Grand Canyon: What Kind of Guide Would Guides Like to See, by Geoff Carpenter, 2006
• Kanab Ambersnail 2005 Update: Research, Monitoring and Mitigation, Jeff Sorensen, Arizona Game & Fish, and Barbara Ralston, Grand Canyon Monitoring & Research Center, 2005

 

GEOLOGY

• Origin and Sedimentology of Sand Bars in Grand Canyon, by David M. Rubin, USGS/Santa Cruz, 2010
• “What a conflict of fire and water!” - Interactions between volcanism and the Colorado River, by Ryan Crow, Karl Karlstrom, William McIntosh, Lisa Peters, and Laura Crossey, 2009
• Tracing the Ancient Landscapes of the Grand Canyon, by Wayne Ranney, 2009
• Grand Canyon Geology Training Manual, by Stacy S. Timmons, for the Grand Canyon National Park Interpretation Division.
• Travertines and Springs in Grand Canyon National Park, by Laura Crossey & Karl Karlstrom Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 2006
• New Insights on old rocks: an evolving story of ~two billion years of Earth history at Grand Canyon, by Karl Karlstrom and Laura Crossey, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 2006
• Carving Grand Canyon and Other Impossible Stories to Tell, by Wayne Ranney, 2006
• Life in Stone: The Long and Extraordinary History of Life in Our Office, Christa Sadler, 2006
• Introduction to Megalandslides In The Grand Canyon Region, by Conor Watkins (cwatkin@umr.edu) and J. David Rogers (rogersda@umr.edu), Dept. of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Missouri – Rolla, 2005

 

HEALTH

• First Aid for Back Injury, by Laura Fallon and Judy Stratton, GTS 2010
• Back Injury Prevention, by Laura Fallon and Judy Stratton, GTS 2010
• Public Health River Guide Reference Card, by Grand Canyon National Park, 2009
• GCRA Public Health River Program: Evaluation Checklist, by Grand Canyon National Park, 2009
• Norovirus - A Very Successful Pathogen, By CAPT Charles L. Higgins, RS, MSEH, 2003

 

HUMAN HISTORY

• Dock's data of Navigational Numbers: the 2nd 100 Grand Canyon River Runners, by Richard Quartaroli, NAU Cline Library Special Collections, GTS 2010
• Dock's 1953 Christmas Cards, P.T. Reilly Collection, NAU.MS.275 S1 B15 F244a, presented at GTS 2010
• Jet Boat Down-Run & Up-Run of Grand Canyon 1960: Colorado River Daily Means Flows - cfs, May - July 1960, presented at GTS 2010
• 1960 Jetboat Expedition Gasoline and Gas Cache Plan, presented at GTS 2010
• 50th Anniversary of the Jet Boat Uprun by Buzz Belknap and Phil Smith, presented at GTS 2010
• John Wesley Powell: White Water to White City, by Marcia Thomas, professor, Illinois Wesleyan University, 2009
• John Wesley Powell and the Creation of a Visual Identity for Grand Canyon, by Alan Peterson, Coconino Community College, 2009
• The Significance of the Grand Canyon in American History, by Dr. Paul Hirt and Yolanda Youngs, Arizona State University, 2009
• Dock's Data of Navigational Numbers: the First 100 Grand Canyon River Runners, by Richard Quartaroli, 2009
• Cartographic Campsites of 1969: Major Powell's Momentous Possibilities, by Richard Quartaroli, 2009
• The 1937 Carnegie-Caltech Colorado River Expedition, by Erik Berg, 2009
• Art Gallenson Story, Gallenson, 2002
• Lees Ferry History, Kupel, 2002
• Grand Canyon Women Who Didn’t Get Their Feet Wet, Leavengood, 1999

 

OVERFLIGHTS

• The Grand Canyon Overflights Mess: Soundscape of Nowhere, By Dick Hingson, 2002

 

SAFETY

• Grand Canyon National Park Helicopter Evacuation Guide, 2009
• Critical Communications: Best Practices for Emergency Operations, by Ken Phillips, Grand Canyon National Park, 2009

 

WATER LAW

• Water Law Facts for River Guides, by Jocelyn Gibbon, GTS 2010