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Posts treating: "Teddy Roosevelt"

Sunday, 23 November 2014

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Caves in the Coast Ranges? Really? And a National Park? A Peek at Pinnacles 

Geotripper [2014-11-23 07:46:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (689 visits) info

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Bear Gulch Cave at Pinnacles National Park California's Coast Ranges hide some real gems (literally: check out benitoite, for instance). One of my favorites is also the nation's newest national park: Pinnacles National Park. The park was first established as a national monument by Teddy Roosevelt in 1908, and given national park status in 2013. The park preserves the spire-like remains of

Los dinosaurios de chatarra de John Lopez 

Koprolitos [2014-03-19 08:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (82 visits) info

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El artista John Lopez nació en un rancho del oeste de Dakota del Sur (Estados Unidos) y generalmente realiza esculturas en bronce y hierro sobre rodeos y cowboys. En los últimos años, también ha realizado diversas esculturas de presidentes estadounidenses para el proyecto The City of Presidents en Rapid City, entre los que destacan John Adams, John F. Kennedy, Calvin Coolidge o Teddy Roosevelt. Sin embargo en su obra, y es lo que nos interesa, también podemos encontrar dinosaurios [...]

Environmental History Timeline November, 1902 

GeoEcology [2013-06-06 15:12:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (126 visits) info
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The Birthday of the Teddy Bear, November, 16 1902. The Teddy Bear, early icon of wildlife conservation that has lost its historical identity and is fading from familiarity, was launched by a turn of the century cartoon. Teddy Roosevelt is illustrated eschewing taking a tethered bear, asserting sportsmanship, a fair chase offering wildlife a fair chance. Drawing the line in Mississippi,

The Taming of the Salt 

Arizona Geology [2011-03-21 02:49:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (159 visits) info
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There's a lot written in the past week to mark the 100th anniversary on March 18 of the dedication of the Roosevelt Dam on the Salt River east of Phoenix, and the impact of the dam on Phoenix and Arizona. I particularly enjoyed Tom Beal's piece in the Arizona Star. [right, Teddy Roosevelt at the dedication. Credit, Walter Lubken, US Reclamation Service]The dam provided the water that
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