Learn about the Chippewa Moraine Ice Age Reserve through new publication and glacial geology field trip.
Kent Syverson, professor of geology at UW-Eau Claire, will be leading a Saturday glacial geology field trip in Chippewa County on September 26, 2009.
This field trip for laypersons showcases a recent Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin (#103) and colored map describing the landscape and glacial history of Chippewa County. The field trip will help people understand how a glacial geologist gathers and interprets data in order to understand the geologic history "puzzle."
The trip, first offered last fall, will be valuable for those wishing to understand the natural landscape. The trip is also very appropriate for motivated students and their parents. The field course will be run through UWEC Continuing Education and will be a fun time. The Chippewa Moraine Ice Age Reserve will be the site of a couple of the field trip stops.
If you are interested in more details, see http://www.uwec.edu/ce/enrichment/life/glacial/index.htm or contact UWEC Continuing Education (715-836-3636/toll free 866-893-2423). Other questions should be directed to Kent Syverson (syverskm@uwec.edu, 715-836-3732).
If you wish to attend, register early because the same field trip filled by mid-July last year!
If you are interested in the publication but unable to attend the trip:
A new bulletin describing the glacial geology of Chippewa County, WI, has been published and is available for purchase. The bulletin (which includes a colored 1:100,000-scale geologic map and cross sections) is available from the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey [WGNHS] for $15 plus shipping and handling. This publication would be ideal for people interested in the glacial history of Wisconsin.
See http://www.uwex.edu/wgnhs/b103.htm for more information.
Unfolded copies of the colored geologic map also are available for purchase.
Call the WGNHS Map Sales office for more information (telephone 608/263.7389), stop by their office at 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, Wisconsin 53705-5100, or use their order form http://www.uwex.edu/wgnhs/pdfs/orderpdf/order.pdf .