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 In
its first three years, Grand Circle Field School (GCFS) has
established itself as a provider of high-quality environmental
education trips for adults. GCFS is now taking the next
steps in fulfilling its vision by increasing the
number of school-based
trips for middle and high school
students, offering college credit for students engaged
in independent
studies, linking NPS and BLM agency needs with student
and volunteer interests, and providing work service
programs to provide assistance on needed projects such as archeological
surveys, revegetation, trail construction and maintenance
through volunteer classes, student internship and youth
programs.
Teachers interested in learning more about
working with GCFS to develop custom field trips for school
groups should
contact us directly by phone (505.797.8540) or email.
We look forward to helping you achieve your educational
goals.
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Let us design a trip to fit your
middle or high school group’s needs. You can
hike a little or a lot. You can camp or stay in a
lodge. We can help plan your travel to our site. We'll
handle logistics and our instructors
and guides will work with you to customize the class to
meet your teaching goals.
Below are descriptions of two multi-day sample classes which we hosted last season (both were big hits with the kids!).
Contact us by phone (505.797.8540)
or email
to
discuss your dream field trip today!
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LAKE
POWELL & COLORADO RIVER FLAT WATER FLOAT
Middle and/or
High School Field Trip
Date: Choose
the dates
Fee: Prices vary
Students base camp on Lake Powell with variety
of day hikes and smooth water float from Glen Canyon
Dam to Lees Ferry.
Class Overview
This class addresses environmental & political issues created by the Glen
Canyon Dam. The landscape of slickrock plateaus and deep slot canyons provides
an excellent backdrop to discuss and understand the environmental and geopolitical
context of Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell. Students tour the dam, then spend
two days camping and hiking at Lake Powell and then take a smooth water raft
trip from the dam to Lees Ferry.
Class Schedule
Day One: Afternoon tour of Glen Canyon Dam; evening slide show
Day Two: Water shuttle from Wahweap Marina to base camp on the lake; day hikes
and classes
Day Three: base camp & day hikes on Lake Powell
Day Four: Morning water shuttle to Wahweap Marina, Flat Water Float to Lees Ferry
Goals/Objectives
· Glen Canyon Dam tour and discussion of how the dam operates
· Impacts of the Flood of 1983
· Slide
show of the many aspects of Lake Powell: effects of fluctuating
lake levels, comparisons
between a full lake of the past and low lake
levels of 2004-2005, graph of fluctuating
lake levels since 1963.
· Hiking trips to examine the effects of fluctuating lake levels—vegetation
changes, unusual erosional features, rockfalls and landslides.
· Smooth water float trip from dam to Lees Ferry
· Impacts of dam on native species and new & introduced species
The following is partial list of destinations visited during this class, and
used to accomplish class objectives:
· Weathering pit ridge
· Cookie Jar Butte
· Glen Canyon Dam
· Sandy Inlets on North Side of Padre Bay
· Glen Canyon from dam to Lees Ferry
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VERMILION CLIFFS/COLORADO RIVER FLAT WATER FLOAT
Middle and/or High School
Field Trip
Date: Choose
the dates
Fee: Prices vary
Base Lodge at Lees Ferry Lodge in Vermilion Cliffs with
variety of day hikes and smooth water float from Glen
Canyon Dam to Lees Ferry
Class Overview
This class provides some physical exertion for the students~ without the camping
element. Students hike and explore in the Lees Ferry area, while learning about
geology, botany, condors and river ecosystem issues. They explore a bit of Glen
Canyon on a smooth water float from the Glen Canyon Dam to Lees Ferry, after
touring the dam. Before returning to Vermilion Cliffs, they tour historic Lonely
Dell Ranch. The students learn about the California Condor Reintroduction Project
and hopefully see condors in the field.
Class Schedule
Day One: Arrive Lees Ferry Lodge. Hike to Badger Point for geology talk; cookout,
evening star talk
Day Two: Glen Canyon Dam Tour & Flat Water Float to Lees Ferry; Tour of Lonely
Dell Ranch. Evening Condor Talk
Day Three: Morning geology hike; guided bus trip to Grand Canyon
Goals/Objectives
· Provide
students with background on river ecosystem issues caused by
the presence and
operation of Glen Canyon dam
· Discuss local geology
· Learn about reintroduction of endangered condors
The following is partial list of destinations visited during
this class used to accomplish class objectives:
· Lonely Dell Ranch
· Badger Overlook
· Smooth water float from Glen Canyon Dam to Lees Ferry
· Cameron Trading Post
· Grand Canyon Desert View overlook
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Above: Exploring on foot beyond the reach of Lake Powell, Cascade Canyon.
Photo © Gary Ladd.
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