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I haven’t written much here since last year, for a variety of reasons, the primary ones being that I have been focusing on paid writing work and getting into graduate school (I will be starting the University of Colorado’s Museum and Field Studies M.S. program in about three weeks) and associated science work.
Another factor is that I wasn’t very good at choosing a focus for Rosetta Stones–if I do revisit it in the future, I will probably focus on national park and resource management issues, with a side of paleontology. For now, I’m blogging pretty extensively over at the Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc. website, which is certainly teaching me about focus. I hope in the future to involve other park staff and volunteers in the Friends blog, but at the moment it’s mostly me.
This coming week, I’m hoping to post some photos and journals of my recent thesis fieldwork, pending supervisor approval. I will crosspost or at least link here–I’m very excited about this research, although it has significantly changed directions from original plans. In the meantime, here are some posts I’ve made there that I’m particularly fond of:
- Filling a Niche: Linkhart Studies Elusive Owls (July 2)
- Notes From the Field: Volcanic ash research at Florissant (June 27)
- Species Spotlight: Palaeovespa florissantia (June 19)
- Exhibit assembly progress (June 8)
- Seasonal training field trip (June 1)
I’ve been posting a combination of event announcements, park news, photo essays on research/field trips/events, and spotlights on fossil and modern species at the park.
