RIDGE REPORT Spring/Summer 2016

Volume 28, Number 1

DINOSAUR RIDGE

SUMMER

CAMPS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS IN MEMORIAM 3 ������Johnny Shockley, Jr. ADMINISTRATIVE NEWS 4 ������President’s Message 4 ������Executive Director’s Message 5 ������Program Director’s Report ARTICLES 5 ������New evidence of Cretaceous Raptors at Dinosaur Ridge

The Ridge Report Volume 28, Number 1 Spring/Summer 2016 Published by Friends of Dinosaur Ridge 16831 W. Alameda Parkway Morrison, CO 80465

6 ������The Picketwire Tracksite Revisited: A Different Approach to Preservation

President, Board of Directors Kermit Shields

9 ������Volunteer Appreciation Awards

Executive Director Patricia Kelly

CALENDAR 10 ����Dinosaur Ridge Calendar of Events FRIENDS OF DINOSAUR RIDGE 2016 11 ����Friends of Dinosaur Ridge

Editor Judith Burton Editor Emeritus Louis H. Taylor, Ph.D. Design & Layout Brian LaCount

Cover photo: Summer Camper Toula Barry explores local ecology at the Visitor Center. Photo by Erin LaCount

Volunteer Opportunities at the Ridge School and Group Tour Guides Exhibit Hall Docents Dinosaur Discovery Day Helpers If interested, please leave your name and email address at the Exhibit Hall.

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IN M EM O RI A M

Johnny Shockley, Jr.

photo: Jude Burton

Johnny Shockley was a big man with a kind heart, and he was a proud parent of his daughter Josie. He had a smile for everyone and a wonderful sense of humor. And wherever Johnny was, you would usually find Pepper, his dog and best friend. Johnny worked at Dinosaur Ridge for about six years. He was an excellent craftsman and worked with Jack Evans. Johnny helped remodel the Discovery Center and worked there in the winter doing sales – always enjoying learning new skills and greeting people.  Johnny was a great friend and co-worker and is missed very much.

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ADMINISTRATIVE NEWS President’s Message

As I write the President’s report for this quarter, we are preparing to go to six counties in the Scientific and Culture Funding District (SCFD) to request funding for our programs at Dinosaur Ridge. We will be asking for significantly more than the $124,000 that we received in 2015, due largely to a major increase in the numbers of visitors that we saw in 2015.

Dinosaur Ridge is a special place. Not only does it have an incredible variety of geological and paleontological features, along with interesting historical and nature opportunities, but also it is right next to a major metropolitan area. The Jurassic bones have been here for 150,000,000 years and were discovered in 1877, but we are still making new discoveries on the Ridge.

In 2013, 100,778 people visited us to walk the Ridge, participate in our programs, or just stop at our Visitor Center. In 2014, that number increased 18 percent to 119,044. In 2015, the number of visitors soared to 167,679 – an additional 41 percent increase. How is that possible?

When you come by the Visitor Center or the Discovery Center, or walk along Dinosaur Ridge or our Triceratops Trail, be sure to appreciate the incredible resource that we have – and be sure to tell your friends, neighbors and out-of-town visitors. And if the parking lot is too crowded due to our soaring visitation, know that we are working on ways to handle our growing success.

First, this is due to the great work and dedication from the staff, the volunteers and the board. Next, the Dinosaur Train event not only brought in nearly 1,800 people last June, but the marketing and visibility from this event helped us through the summer. 2015 was the first complete year that the Discovery Center was open on the West side of the Ridge. And maybe the opening of the Jurassic World movie sparked more interest in dinosaur paleontology.

Kermit Shields FODR President

Executive Director’s Message Rezoning is front and center for Dinosaur Ridge. The 3 Dinos, LLC submitted two applications for rezoning in the SE and NW quadrants of the Alameda Parkway and C470 intersection area. The Dinosaur Ridge educational hub, exhibit hall and gift store are affected. The deadline to record comments on this rezoning was May 17, 2016. Over 15,000 grassroots Dinosaur Ridge neighbors and supporters have organized petitions in opposition to the rezoning, and the numbers are still growing. Thanks to everyone who joined us for a fundraising event featuring John Fielder on April 13, 2016, at Fossil Trace Golf Club. For this special evening, John shared his stunning photography and inspirational stories around his efforts to protect Colorado’s ranches, open space, and wildlands during a 33-year career as a nature photographer and publisher. John’s work has influenced people and legislation, earning him recognition including the Sierra Club’s Ansel Adams Award in 1993, and in 2011, the Aldo Leopold Foundation’s first achievement award given to an individual. Over 40 of his books have been published celebrating Colorado’s beauty through photography. It was an evening of renewing old acquaintances and meeting new friends. Where do you stand on cows versus condos? These were some of the topics covered at a parks and outdoor conference that included conservation easements, the importance of private lands, and unique public/private partnerships that can protect viewscapes, migratory flyways, free movement in migration corridors, and public 4

land by buffering. The importance of private land conservation was stressed and the means to promote sustainability through stable, voluntary programs was discussed. The workshop on state and federal grantmaking proved popular. And Colorado was described as one of the most progressive states according to panel experts. GOCO, the Department of Interior, Colorado Wildlife and Parks, and the Cattleman’s Land Trust Foundation were among some of the presenting and consulting organizations.

“As our visitation and reputation continue to grow at Dinosaur Ridge, our need for volunteers follows.” We’re looking for volunteers who can help inspire and educate some of our 168,000 visitors to Dinosaur Ridge and 18,000 students who will visit us this year. As our visitation and reputation continue to grow at Dinosaur Ridge, our need for volunteers follows. We’re looking for volunteers who value an opportunity to give the gift of learning and inspiration to a child, a senior and everyone else in Patricia Kelly between. And don’t be surprised if FODR Executive Director you get more than you give. Please think about it. We need you!

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Program Director’s Report - 2016

The Friends of Dinosaur Ridge currently operates the following four venues in Jefferson County: 1. Visitor Center, 16831 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, Colorado 80465 2. Discovery Center, 17681 W. Alameda Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401 3. Dinosaur Ridge Trail, along Alameda Parkway over the Dakota Hogback 4. Triceratops Trail, 6th Ave, and 19th St., Golden, Colorado 80401 Visitation — First Quarter

Tom Moklestad Programs & Operations Director

Venue Visitor Center Gift Shop Discovery Center Gift Shop Dinosaur Ridge Trail Triceratops Trail Total (counted, see comments) Total (estimated - after eliminating double counting)

Visitors 14,100 4,500 24,000 1,000 43,600 --------

Gift Shop Visits w/o Trail* 3,500 1,125 ------------------------29,625

Comments Manual at door Manual at door 4 electronic counters 2 electronic counters Includes double counting Eliminates double counting

Programs

2015

2016

Change

Tours*

6,270

6,468

+3%

Trek Through Time

3,301

3,194

-3%

*Includes attendees from: Shuttle Buses (VC and DC), School Tours, Birthday Parties, Teacher Classes, Field Trips, Summer Camps, TriceraTots, and Special Events.

Discovery Ctr, Exhibits

4,229

4,505

+7%

DDDays-Dino Train

0

0

Traveling Exhibits

2,400

1,000

-58%

Sales***

$ 80,933

$ 82,020

+1%

***Includes receipts from: Gift Shops (VC and DC), Shuttle Buses (VC and DC), Trek Through Time, School Tours Birthday Parties, Teacher Classes, Field Trips, Summer Camps, Triceratots, Membership, and Special Events including Dinosaur Train.

ARTICLES New evidence of Cretaceous Raptors at Dinosaur Ridge Submitted by Martin Lockley - modified from CU press release

Dinosaur Ridge is again proving its significance as a source of important dinosaur track discoveries. This time it is evidence of those two-toed raptors, with sickle claws that have played leading roles in the Jurassic Park movies. But wait! Most of these menacing raptors come from Cretaceous deposits about 100 million years old. Track-rich deposits of this age have been known from Dinosaur Ridge for more than 80 years, and since the 1980s abundant track discoveries up and down the Front Range have led to the idea of a “Dinosaur Freeway.” These track-rich layers represent the stomping grounds and perhaps migration routes of dinosaurs, like the herbivore Iguanodon, along a coastline that cut through Colorado when Dinosaur Ridge was beachfront property. A recent study by Martin Lockley, geology emeritus professor from CU Denver, and colleagues reports a couple of two-toed tracks from a Dinosaur Ridge layer that had not previously produced any dinosaur tracks. The study was published in the journal Cretaceous Research. “These two-toed tracks are very rare,” says Lockley, who has recently worked with his Chinese colleague Lida Xing to document the global distribution of this type of track. “There are only about 16 reports worldwide,” said Xing, adding, “about 12 of these are from China and Korea.” These track types were made by continued on next page

Two-toed track from Dinosaur Ridge with foot reconstruction

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continued from previous page carnivorous dinosaurs like Velociraptor, Utahraptor and relatives popularly known as “raptors.” Before the Dinosaur Ridge discovery, the only convincing North American reports came from the Moab area of eastern Utah in rocks about 112 million years old. Lockley and his colleagues, including Neffra Matthews and Brent Breithaupt from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), documented the most important Utah site (the publicly accessible Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite), concluding that the raptor tracks represented the first trackway ever found in North America. Although Lockley and his colleagues have spent decades studying hundreds of sites in the younger, 100-million-year-old tracked layers found at Dinosaur Ridge, they had never found any raptor tracks. The reason Lockley says is that the new Dinosaur Ridge discovery comes from a different, and older layer, probably about 105 million years old. This is the first report from Colorado and only the second from North America. According to Lockley and other geologists, the 105-million-year-old layers have very few tracks in comparison with the 100-million-year-old dinosaur freeway layers on display at Dinosaur Ridge. It seems raptors and their tracks are more easily found in the older layers, which represent environments different from the wet coastal plain habitats where the 100-million-year-old tracks are so abundant. A few million years is a long time in evolution and plenty of time for changes in the ancient environment and ecosystem. “We are dealing with changes in the Cretaceous Park landscapes in North America,” said Lockley. He also added that “these animals never encountered Jurassic dinosaurs. That only happens in the movies.” Asked how the team felt about the discovery, they expressed amazement at how often Dinosaur Ridge yields up new paleontological treasures.

The Picketwire Tracksite Revisited: A Different Approach to Preservation by Sam Bartlett

Introduction In the fall of 2014, the Canon City Geology Club (CCGC) was invited by Bruce Schumaker, US Forest Service Paleontologist, to clean off one of the “new” tracksites on the left bank of the Purgatory River, south of La Junta. In the process, over 100 tracks were uncovered and cleaned in preparation for mapping. The Picketwire Canyonlands Dinosaur Tracksite (Picketwire Tracksite) is by far the largest dinosaur tracksite in North America. It was first studied in the late 1930s by Ronald T. Bird and others. Bird spent little time at the site and moved on from there to the Glen Rose site in Texas where several trackways were collected and reassembled, most notably in the America Museum of Natural History in New York City. One of the misinterpretations made by Bird and other early viewers at the Picketwire site was to identify the three-toed tracks solely as ornithopds. During the second research and mapping of the site by Martin Lockley and others, it was realized that most of the three-toed tracks belonged to theropods, and the track continued on next page 6

Bruce Schumacher, USGS paleontologist, explaining the Purgatory tracksite to CCGC members. photo: Cindy Smith, CCGC

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continued from previous page makers also included sauropods and ornithopods as well as theropods of the Late Jurassic, approximately 150mya. The Picketwire Tracksite lies in fresh-water limestones of the Morrison Formation, much like the freshwater limestone on Dinosaur Ridge, but much thicker and covering larger areas. Dinosaurs, mostly sauropods, are found in four levels on both sides of the river. These tracks have been exposed during eons of river erosion, scouring and deposition within the Purgatory River floodplain.

the meandering river could again bury, degrade and eventually destroy them. CCGS members were allowed to stay in the Forest Service’s facilities at the Rourke ranch, just upstream of the tracksite, making it a real weekend getaway and allowing for additional cleaning on the second day. While at the tracksite, CCGC members were able to clean several thousand square feet of rock surface and expose more than 100 “new” tracks of sauropod, ornithopod and theropod dinosaurs.

“New” Tracks The famous Picketwire Tracksite is not the only location in the valley where tracks exist. Most likely a large portion of the valley at this location, at the stratigraphic level of the fresh water limestones, contains tracks – much like Dinosaur Ridge where we know that more tracks exist on the same stratigraphic level as the current tracksite but are covered by overlying layers of rock. Since the original Picketwire tracks were created, depositional processes have buried them under thousands of feet of overlying sedimentary rock. Later during the rise of the Rocky Mountains, the Purgatory River, through erosion, chiseled out the canyon to its current floodplain atop the various beds of fresh water limestones, once again exposing the famous dinosaur tracks. However, the continual meandering of the purgatory river across the current floodplain in addition to uncovering tracks in one area is also continually burying tracks in others areas of the flood plain with river alluvium. As a result, a large number of valuable dinosaur tracks are currently buried on the left bank of the river through this process.

A good day’s work in cleaning over 100 dinosaur foot prints. photo: Cindy Smith, CCGC

The Forest Service has been charged with the preservation of all the tracksites in the Picketwire Canyon and is in the process of documenting all available tracksites at the Picketwire location. During this process, new tracksites on the left bank of the river are currently being uncovered cleaned, mapped and studied. As a result, these “new” tracks are being exposed for the first time in recent or possibly in human history. As the river’s unrelenting cycle of erosion process continues by exposing, burying and ultimately destroying the tracks, there is an urgency in completing the recording and studying of the tracks for the paleontological record.

Track Cleaning Due to the limited funding of the Forest Service’s project, a large part of the cleaning operations are being performed by various volunteer groups at Bruce’s invitation. The Canon City Geology Club was invited to participate in the cleaning operation, and on a September weekend in the fall of 2014, the CCGS traveled to the Picketwire Tracksite to clean a portion of “new” tracks for mapping, recording and study for the permanent record before continued on next page

CCGC exposed and cleaned these narrow gauge Sauropod tracks showing upstream/downstream erosion. photo: Cindy Smith, CCGC

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continued from previous page It was much more difficult to uncover and clean the tracksite that we were working on due to historical flood events, which filled and covered the tracks with coarse and fine gravel that had subsequently become partially cemented. To make the final cleaning process easier, the river-deposited overburden was removed mechanically to within six inches of the final track layer. Cleaning of the last six inches was done by shovels followed by brooming and bucket brigades to expose the actual tracks. Final cleaning of the track depressions was done by trowels, brush and handwork. Fortunately, the exposed tracks exist in limestone, allowing the use of somewhat coarse tools without serious damage to the actual tracks. During the cleaning process members of the CCGC learned firsthand the process of exposing, cleaning and preparing the tracks for mapping and study and could see first-hand the condition of the tracks when newly exposed. One of the revelations was that this was not the first time the “new” tracks had been exposed and subjected to the ravages of erosion. Bruce pointed out the effects of differential erosion on the upstream and downstream edges of the large sauropod tracks. The upstream track edges were rounded where the river current was flowing over them with enough energy to erode and degrade them. However, the downstream edges of the tracks were more distinct and vertical due to slowing of the current and reducing the erosional effects.

A Preservation Dilemma The unrelenting erosion cycle of the Purgatory River sweeping relentlessly across its floodplain through floods and droughts will continue to uncover, recover and ultimately destroy the dinosaur tracks. This unrelenting sweep of the river presents a preservation dilemma for those charged with protecting and preserving the Picketwire Tracksite. During CCGC’s visit to the tracksite, we observed fisthand the power of the river to both expose and degrade these invaluable tracks and, which over time, will ultimately destroy them. On the right bank, tracks are being lost due to the erosion of the interbedded shales below the track layer, which in turn cause the collapse and removal of the overlying track bearing limestones. Efforts have been made to mitigate this erosive action by setting large blocks upstream in the river to try and divert the floodwaters away from the immediate area.

While excavating and cleaning the “new” tracks on the left riverbank we observed the slower erosive effect of river flows on individual tracks. The eroded upstream, lip of the tracks and the near vertical downstream lip of the tracks give evidence of the erosive and soluble effects of the river in the limestone beds. In combination, these erosive actions, exacerbated during flooding, will eventually eliminate all traces of the dinosaurs that once roamed here. The bottom line in all this is that any physical preservation methods are transitory. Even if the river was rerouted away from the overall tracksite, or berms were constructed to protect the exposed tracks, the river would eventually have its way and, over time, would ultimately destroy any exposed tracks. This is the preservation dilemma that the Forest Service has faced ever since it inherited the Picketwire Tracksite. Over time, they have come to accept the inevitable loss of the tracks through eventual erosion and have come to an alternate view of preservation. Through husbandry, detailed mapping, track casting and studying, the tracks will be recorded and their record preserved permanently. Permanent track preservation through recording is a normal preservation method used by track paleontologists. Most tracks are not portable and lie in areas exposed to the natural degradation elements of wind, rain, ice, flowing water and vandalism. Usually, only the scientifically significant and portable tracks are removed and placed in a repository. The rest are mapped, studied and recorded, and then left to the elements. Fortunately it will take many eons yet for the river to eventually destroy the tracks. In the meantime, we will still be able to visit and wonder at the passage of so many dinosaurs along the fresh water lakes of the late Jurassic. It behooves us to take every opportunity to visit the Picketwire Tracksite, observe the work that the Forest Service is doing to preserve the tracks and to wonder at the uniqueness of life through the ages.

Cleaning methods at the tracksite with the south slopes of the Purgatory canyon in the background. photo: Cindy Smith CCGC.

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Volunteer Appreciation Awards by Tom Moklestad

FODR is extremely appreciative of all the dedicated, hard-working volunteers, and we are very proud of all of their accomplishments. With volunteers’ efforts, 2015 was a record year for visitation, program attendance, sales and profits. Thank you one and all. Here are the award winners for 2015 volunteerism: Category

Recipient

Award

Volunteer of the Year

Stephen Curro

Triceratops Trophy

Tour Guide of the Year

Willie Walsh

Iguanodon Trophy

Docent of the Year

Sharon Carosella

Tyrannosaurus Trophy

Caster of the Year

Clint Turner

Kentrosaurus Trophy

Outreach Vol. of the Year

John & Ruth MacDonald

Dinosam Trophy

DDD Vol. of the Year

Moose Cain

Apatosaurus Trophy

Author of the Year

Cathy Tilton

Framed Script

Curator of the Year

Judy Peterson

Dinosaur Train Event Education Partners

Wesley Stagg – MNHM Barb Melby – Greater Denver Area Gem & Mineral Council Dave Schranck – Rail Events Greg Tally Family – Dino Hotel [Best Western at Wadsworth & C470] Shannon Berry – Bear Creek Lake Park John Hankla – Collective Collection Bobby Pensley, Lookout Mtn. Nature Ctr. Billie Erxleben, Lookout Mtn. Nature Ctr.

Dinosaur Train Plaques

Media Performances of the Year [on YouTube.com]

Kermit Shields Reese Livingstone (wrote script) Merlin Barnes

Oscar Statuettes

Lifetime Achievement

DuWayne Ebertowski [1996-2015] Joe & Holly Tempel [1989-2015]

Plaques

10-YEAR PINS Elmo Brown Kathy Honda Keith Patton Judy Peterson Kermit Shields Bruce Wyre

20-YEAR PINS Tim Connors Jane Dianich Duwayne Ebertowski Dan Green Ed Holroyd Bob Munger LeRoy Shaser Beth Simmons

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CALENDAR Dinosaur Ridge Calendar of Events July 11 - August 5 – Dinosaur Ridge Summer Camps Do you have a dinosaur or rock enthusiast at home? Would they like to explore over 300 dinosaur footprints and dozens of other fossils from Colorado this summer? Or would they rather identify, collect, and label rocks and minerals for their collections while learning how Colorado was built layer by layer? This year the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge are offering 8 camps designed for your kids to learn about Colorado’s history and prehistory. Filled with activities ranging from measuring REAL dinosaur footprints to collecting rocks from local formations, Dinosaur Ridge Summer Camps can’t be beat! Summer Camps are full this year, make sure to check back next summer for Summer Camp availability! August 3 – TriceraTOTS (Wednesday) 10 a.m. A story-time and craft program geared toward 2-5 year old kids. Siblings welcome! $5 per child non-member, $3/child member, adults free. RSVP with Erin LaCount at [email protected] (or send us a message on our Facebook Page.) NOTE: This event will now take place at the new Discovery Center located at 17681 W Alameda Pkwy, Golden, CO 80402 - Red Rocks Entrance #1. August 13 – Reptile and Bird Day: Dinosaur Discovery Day (Saturday) 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Come on over to Dinosaur Ridge today to see live birds and reptiles! We’ll be celebrating the relationships between these groups of animals with special guests like the Denver Zoo, Wild Wings Environmental Education, and many more! We’ll also have hands-on dinosaur stations at the Visitor Center and scientists along our trail to teach about the fossil footprints, bones, and the local geology to visitors. Contact: Erin LaCount – [email protected] September 7 – TriceraTOTS (Wednesday) 10 a.m. A story-time and craft program geared toward 2-5 year old kids. Siblings welcome! $5 per child non-member, $3/child member, adults free. RSVP with Erin LaCount at [email protected] (or send us a message on our Facebook Page.) NOTE: This event will now take place at the new Discovery Center located at 17681 W Alameda Pkwy, Golden, CO 80402 - Red Rocks Entrance #1. September 10-18 – Denver Coliseum Mineral, Fossil, and Gem Show Dinosaur Ridge will have a large booth partnering with our friends at PaleoBond and Dinosaur Brokers during this show! Come see some neat replica skeletons, dig in a dig box for real fossils and gems, and perhaps take a dinosaur friend home with you from our Gift Shop booth! September 16-18 – Denver Gem and Mineral Show (48th Annual) Dinosaur Ridge will have a large educational booth at this gem show with fun dig boxes, hands-on activities, and neat replica fossils to see and touch! Come check us out! Dinosaur replica fossils for sale (pending approval – information subject to change). October 5 – TriceraTOTS (Wednesday) 10 a.m. A story-time and craft program geared toward 2-5 year old kids. Siblings welcome! $5 per child non-member, $3/child member, adults free. RSVP with Erin LaCount at [email protected] (or send us a message on our Facebook Page.) NOTE: This event will now take place at the new Discovery Center located at 17681 W Alameda Pkwy, Golden, CO 80402 - Red Rocks Entrance #1. October 8 – Girl Scout Day: Dinosaur Discovery Day (Saturday) 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Girl Scout registration information coming in 2016 through the scouts. This event is for all scout levels in Girl Scouts. Stations, booths, volunteers, and partners will be here on this date to help scouts earn requirements for many nature, history, careers, and household patch requirements. More information coming soon. Contact: Tom Moklestad - [email protected]

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FRIENDS OF DINOSAUR RIDGE 2016 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS

Kermit Shields

President; Geologist (retired)

Harvey Family Foundation

Lou Taylor, Ph.D.

Vice President; Development Chair; Research Associate Denver Museum of Nature & Science; Paleontologist

Chevron

Charles Meyers

Secretary

Jeffco Conservation Trust Fund

Pete Martin

Treasurer; Finance Chair; U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

1772 Foundation

Scientific & Cultural Facilities District (SCFD)

Norb Cygan, Ph.D. Governance; Geologist (retired)

Subaru of America

Kathleen McCoy, J.D. Past President; Attorney

Exxon Mobil Volunteer Program

Sam Bartlett

Greater Denver Area Gem & Mineral Council

Former President; Preservation Chair; Geologist (retired)

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists (RMAG) Mikkelson Education Fund BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Western Interior Paleontological Society (WIPS)

Marsha Barber

Education Chair; Teacher (retired)

Xcel Energy Foundation

Terri Cook

Science Writer

Association for Women Geoscientists

Martin Lockley, Ph.D.

Paleontologist; Emeritus Professor,

FirstBank



University of Colorado

Judy Peterson Paleoartist

The mission of Friends of Dinosaur Ridge is to preserve the paleontologic, geologic, and historic resources on Dinosaur Ridge, Triceratops Trail and the outlier sites in the Morrison-Golden Fossil Areas National Natural Landmark and to educate the public about these resources.

STAFF Executive Director

Patricia Kelly

Programs & Operations Director

Tom Moklestad

Education Programs Coordinator

Erin LaCount

Gift Shop Manager

Sue Kaberline

Discovery Center Manager

Sue Kaberline

Gift Shop Assistant Manager

Barbara Davidson

Scheduler - Drivers, Store Clerks

Bobbi Kilgore

Maintenance

Jack Evans

Maintenance

Dennis Tesar

Store Clerk

Emily Palmer

Store Clerk

Linda Rotz

Store Clerk

Sharon Spicher

Tour Guide/Gift Shop

Andrew Oligmueller

Tour Guide

Thornton Geise

Tour Guide

Dan Wheat

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Tyrannosaurus Member

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Apatosaurus Member

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