Lots of exciting things in the works for the 2012 meeting
Thursday Night Workshops:
How to Go About the Application Process for Graduate School
What makes a good research website?
1st Neuroscience Section Meeting
Saturday Events:
Animal Tracking Workshop
Geology Field Trip (see below)
Business Meeting:
TAS Strategic Planning Report
Please stay tuned for more information coming soon...
Wildlife Tracking Workshop
Taught by Jonah Evans, Wildlife Diversity Biologist, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Alpine, TX
For many species of wild animals, survival depends on being elusive and cryptic. This often makes research and detection exceedingly difficult. Recent advances in trail cameras and GPS collars enable us to detect and research some species, but require set up time and monetary investments. Animal tracks are the most efficient way to detect many species and can make detection of elusive species a simple matter. Animal tracking is used regularly in wildlife research in a wide variety of study designs and is a crucial skill for mammalogists and wildlife biologists. Accurate identification of tracks can be difficult however and takes significant time and practice. The goal of this workshop is to jump start the learning process and will focus on identification of clear tracks in the field. We will cover field marks for tracks of common species, tracking books and resources, and tools for learning more.
TAS, Saturday Geology Field trip.
Leaders: Dr. John C. White, Chair-Eastern Kentucky University and Dr. James W. Ward, Angelo State University
Leave Sul Ross State University’s Geology building @ 7:30a and stops are as follows:
1) Barrillos Dome with discussion of Davis Mountains (DM) laccoliths, lower DM stratigraphy
2) Wesson Laccolith and Petrology of DM rocks
3) Ft. Davis, TX-rocks and history
4) Travel west to Point of Rocks
5) Blue Mountain Caldera Margin -Head back to Ft. Davis, point towards Kent, TX
6) Sleeping Lion outcrop
7) Mount Locke section
8) McDonald Observatory (lunch-Bring Sandwiches); Continue almost to Kent
9) Gomez Tuff section; Travel Interstate-10 to Balmorhea, TX
10) Discussion of Hydrogeology region and of San Solomon springs
Head home @ approximately 4:00p
