Friday, October 7 2005
(Center for Tomorrow)
1:00pm-7:00pm:
Field Trip: Geomorphology and Ecosystems along the Niagara River
Center for Tomorrow Field Trip Organizers:
Keith Tinkler,
Marcus Bursik, and
Chris Renschler
This event is optional and requires a special
registration that covers
the transportation, a field guide, a soft drink and a snack.
The field trip will have limited seats (max of 30 people).
Buffalo weather is unpredictable. Here the local
10-day-weather-forecast
and the Fall Foliage
in Western New York.
Fieldtrip Schedule
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Field Trip Guide
(Field Trip Guide
- Introduction only):
1:00pm: Introduction -field tour lecture presentation (open to the public)
1:40pm: Bus leaves for Field trip
2:00pm: Stop 1A: Niagara River - Lake Tonawanda (Water Power Plant In-Take)
3:00pm: Stop 1B: Niagara Falls (Goat Island and and adjacent valley walls)
4:00pm: Stop 2: Niagara Gauge I (Whirlpool State Park)
5:00pm: Stop 3: Niagara Gauge II (Power Vista - Niagara Glen)
6:00pm: Stop 4: Niagara River II (Youngstown - The “Unknown” Niagara Gorge)
6:50pm: Bus returns to Center for Tomorrow
7:00pm-9:00pm:
Icebreaker Reception: Onsite Registration (Poster setup
session 2)
Center for Tomorrow