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Desert Ecology Class Gets Tour
of Sites In Texas, New Mexico and Arizona (6/15/09)
MONTICELLO, AR — Students taking a desert ecology class at the University
of Arkansas at Monticello this summer have seen everything from prairie dogs
and pronghorn antelopes to the painted walls of a canyon in the Texas
panhandle, thanks to a recently-completed field trip to the American
Southwest.
The class, taught by Dr. John Hunt, assistant professor of biology, gave the
students a first-hand look at the geology, biology and botany of a region
stretching from Texas across New Mexico to Arizona.
Hunt and fellow faculty member Dr. Glenn Manning took their students to a
variety of national parks and monuments, wildlife and recreation areas, and
museums. Highlights of the trip included stops at Palo Duro Canyon State
Park south of Amarillo, Texas; Blackwater Draw Paleontological Museum in
Portales, New Mexico; Bitter Lakes National Wildlife Refuge near Roswell,
New Mexico; the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in San Antonio,
New Mexico; the Valley of Fires Recreation Area and Aguirre Springs
Recreation Area, both part of the New Mexico State Parks System; White Sands
National Monument near Alamogordo, New Mexico; the Living Desert Museum and
Carlsbad Caverns National Park near Carlsbad, New Mexico; and the Chiricahua
National Monument of Arizona.
The field trip was conducted in conjunction with the UAM Biology Club.
PHOTO CAPTION: UAM students and
faculty participating in the field trip were (from left) Samantha Lang, Will
Black, Dr. John Hunt, Rebekah Shepherd, Dr. Glenn Manning, and Faye
Stephens.
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