Yearbook 1999

The National Park Service would like to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of its 1999 GeoScientists-in-the-Parks participants. Many significant geologic projects were completed that could not have been done without the help of these individuals. Projects included geologic resource protection, interpretation, education, and research. The National Park Service and the public benefit from the efforts of these individuals. We would like this opportunity to say "Thank You!" to each of the 1999 GeoScientists-in-the-Parks participants and to share their accomplishments.

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Jennie Akins participated in the GIP Program at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Curecanti National Recreation Area in Colorado. This was Jennie's first job in the field of geology and she found it to be a very valuable experience. She primarily worked on researching and writing a teacher's guide and kit about the geology of the Park. This involved discussing local rock types and creating different activities for children to learn from.
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Nichole Alhadeff, a recent geology graduate from Portland State University, spent her summer working at Denali National Park. Her main duties involved inventoring and organizing Park geologic specimens and helping to develop interpretative exhibits. Nichole also participated in sample identification, labeling, database input, and development of ideas regarding the Park's geologic history. She was hired for an additional two months, predominately to spend her time traveling to remote field sites via helicopter.
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Matt Swanson, a geology graduate from Whitman College in Washington, worked as an interpretive ranger at the Jackson Visitor Center in Paradise, Mount Rainier National Park. Matt prepared four educational programs including dyanmic earth and macro-scale history presentations. Matt as a variety of interests including telemark skiing, playing guitar for a band, and fortunately being an experienced outdoorsman and educator for the National Park Service.
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Mary Barnes, a recent graduate of the University of Washington, worked at Oregon Caves National Monument as part of the GIP Program. Mary created various programs on cave formations for visitors and helped with geological and hydrological resource management projects. Some of these projects included surface mapping and sediment sampling for microfossils. Mary was an impressive addition to the staff at Oregon Caves.
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Lindy London recently graduated from Utah State University in Logan and spent the summer working with visitors at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area in Washington state. Lindy presented informative programs about the prehistoric Ice Age floods that occured in the region. She was asked by the Park Service to extend her assignment to November.
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Kevin Casey recently graduated from Earlham College with a double major in geology and religious studies. Kevin joined the GIP Program and interned at Great Sand Dunes National Monument in Colorado where he presented geology talks and slide presentations for visitors. Kevin also created a geology pamphlet for staff and visitors defining geology features at the Monument. Impressively, Kevin devoted much of his "spare" time to participate in a search and rescue team.
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Sarah Hanson is a geology professor at Adrian College in Michigan who worked as a GeoScientist-in-the-Park for Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument in Arizona. She provided the park with thin sections of some of their lava rocks, created a display of these with a microscope, and worked on geochemical data to better understand the various sequences of lava flows from Sunset.
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Gavin Hecker, a recent college graduate, spent 12 weeks at Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri. Gavin primarily surveyed springs and caves in the Park and conducted preliminary field work with other researchers, therefore definitely making a difference in the cave and karst inventory.
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Lawrence Ireland, a Master's student at Southwest Missouri State University, has an interest in cave geology saying, "caves are my love", and therefore primarily worked in the caves at Buffalo National River in Arkansas. Lawrence mapped and surveyed 7 caves and then entered the information in a database. Healso had the opportunity to assist in tagging and trapping a bear! Lawrence is considering pursuing his interest to other cave opportunities in the National Park Service.
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Kris Thompson, a current graduate student, worked at Fossil Butte National Monument assessing paleo avifauna localities in the National Park Service and worked on significant Park Service paleontological publications. Kris received the Gold Paleontology pin of the National Park Service for her exceptional work. Kris went on to receive a year long position at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument in Arizona followed by a summer at Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument.
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Sara Spradlin, a geology major and biology minor at the College of William and Mary, worked at Capitol Reef National Park in Utah. Sara developed and presented interpretive programs to provide a geologic orientation for the visitors. Sara was also responsible for giving a weekly presentation for the Park's Junior Ranger Program. Sara was exposed to active geology through flash floods and waterfalls during her stay at the Park.
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Susan Joy, a recent graduate from Gustavus adolphus College in Minnesota, hope to pursue a career in paleontology. Susan worked at Fossil Butte National Monument in their interpretive quarry as well as collected, documented, and curated their fish fossils. Susan thoroughly enjoyed her interaction with the visitors, stating, "If one kid a day finds a fossil and gets excited about geology, then I feel like my work really means something."
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Karrie Karpinski created resource materials on glacial geology of Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore for the visitors. She also led campfire programs, nature hikes, a game show, and a beach hike entitled "tour through time and energy". Karrie has already worked as a teaching and laboratory assistant and has plans to attend graduate school in sedimentology or a related field.
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Ann Tillery, a recent graduate from Arizona State University, worked at Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho as part of the GIP Program. Ann's primary responsibilities were to verify and record cave locations. During this work, Ann discovered more caves than were previously known or suspected of existing. She inventoried 24 caves, therefore increasing the current total to 129.
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Jennifer Washburn, a student at John Hopkin's University, spent the summer working at White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. Jennifer completed a geology web site and led informative talks, nature walks, and slide programs. During Jennifer's spare time she was able to enjoy camping, hot springs, and mountain climbing.
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Seamus McCabe travelled all the way from the University of Dublin, Ireland to participate in the GIP Program. Seamus worked in Badlands National Park in South Dakota where he learned not only about the local geology, but also about Americans and their culture. Seamus enjoyed all of his time in the United States, especially the interactions with other staff and visitors.
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Jessica Toubman, a recent graduate from Oberlin College in Ohio, assessed the paleontological resources in Big Bend National Park. Jessica documented through reports and photos many paleontological field sites within the Park. From this data, Jessica was able to produce maps of the Park illustrating this resource areas.
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Susanne Miller held a GIP position at Badlands National Park in South Dakota. Susanne did paleontological work searching literature on 100 species in 25 different museums. She also was able to find 3 new fossil sites in her "spare" time! Susanne hopes to continue working for the National Park Service in the future.
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Kelly Newman Moore is a double biology and geology major at the University of Northern Alabama. Kelly worked at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in Colorado as part of the GIP Program. Most of Kelly's work consisted of leading walks, giving on-site interpretation at active paleontolgical digs, and helping in the museum. Kelly hopes to get a Ph.D. in paleontology and eventually become an educator.
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Josh Smith, a student at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, began his paleontology career by dedicating his time to the fossil resources at Zion National Park. Josh identified and inventoried the fossil resources at Zion for the summer and then moved on to work at Fossil Butte National Monument during the winter months. Pursuing paleontological work on federal lands is a goal for Josh that should be easily attained seeing that he will complete his Bachelor's degree soon.
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John Figge worked for North Cascades National Park in Washington as part of the GIP Program. John put Park information on the web while living at home in the Seattle area. He was also he responsible for preparing geology brochures to be used for future interpretation.
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