RIDGE REPORT 2016 Annual Report Volume 28, Number 3

Friends of Dinosaur Ridge — The Ridge Report - Volume 28 #3 — 2016 Annual 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS

ADMINISTRATIVE NEWS 3 ������President’s Message 3 ������Executive Director’s Report 4 ������Friends of Dinosaur Ridge Education Programs 2016 The Ridge Report Volume 28, Number 3 4 ������Education Committee Report Fall/Winter 2016 5 ������Preservation Committee Annual Report for 2016 Published by 6 ������Gift Shop Report Friends of Dinosaur Ridge 6 ������Friends of Dinosaur Ridge: A Review of 2016 16831 W. Alameda Parkway Morrison, CO 80465 ARTICLES President, Board of Directors 7 ������Fun Fact - Amphicoelias Kermit Shields HONORS Executive Director 8 ������In Memoriam: Frank Adler Jeff Lamontagne

UPCOMING EVENTS 2017 Editor Erin LaCount 8 ������Green River Fossil Fish Dig: May 26-28, 2017 9 ������Summer Camps 2017 Design & Layout Brian LaCount 10 ����Volunteer Trainings 2017 10 ����Dinosaur Discovery Days 2017

ADDITIONAL CONTENT 11 ����Coloring Page — Protoceratops 12 ����Calendar of Events 2017 Cover photo: Boy Scouts pal around with Mr. Bones during 14 ����Friends of Dinosaur Ridge Profit and Loss 2016 Boy Scout Day. 15 ����Friends of Dinosaur Ridge 2017

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2 Friends of Dinosaur Ridge — The Ridge Report - Volume 28 #3 — 2016 Annual ADMINISTRATIVE NEWS

Please remember that we still have a long way to go to fulfill President’s Message our mission. We need to build a track pavilion to protect our Passion. Dedication. Commitment. Whenever I go to the main Tracksite. We need to have a new or expanded Visitor Ridge or am involved in a Friends of Dinosaur Ridge event, I Center to serve the growing number of visitors. And we need see these qualities. I see them in the staff, the volunteers, the to get the word out in our local community and beyond about board members, the FoDR members and the Dinosaur Ridge the fantastic resource that we are supporting. neighbors. Dinosaur Ridge is poised to have a great 2017! Our new I see Trek Through Time docents interacting with visitors to executive director, Jeff Lamontagne, has a great vision for make it a great educational experience for them. I see guides our organization. We are bringing in new members to add a on the Ridge and at Triceratops Trail bring those fossils to life so fresh perspective to our Board that visitors can understand the geologic history of this area. I of Directors. Please continue to see everyone concerned about the future development of the support our organization and help lands around our Visitor Center. I see staff working to organize us to make it even greater. great programs. And I see our people working to preserve our geologic heritage and make our site look great.

Dinosaur Ridge is a special place – partly due to the great geologic, paleontologic and historic features – but also due to Kermit Shields those of you who give of your time, treasure and talent. FoDR President

Executive Director’s Report Thank you to the whole Dinosaur Ridge community for the warm program, but I spent the last five-plus years as Executive Director welcome that has been lavished on me over the past three of Bluff Lake Nature Center, an open space/wildlife refuge and weeks. As I am just completing three weeks at Dino Ridge, I environmental education center in east Denver. am still in a learning phase, but let me share a few of the most important things I’ve learned: I’m glad to share more about my background and my vision, and will do so in future columns here. Mostly, I can’t wait to learn Volunteers, staff, board members, and the community care about more about you, and your hopes and dreams for the future of this place with an incredible zeal; Dinosaur Ridge!

I have never seen an organization in which so many people have been involved for so long—it’s incredible how much of their lives so many individuals have given to this place;

I had visited Dinosaur Ridge many times with my family, but I had never fully appreciated the number and variety of treasures on the Ridge (and at Triceratops Trail) until spending more time with the real experts;

So many great things have been accomplished at Dinosaur Ridge, and there is still so much potential for incredible growth in terms of visitation, exhibits, preservation, and discovery. The future is so exciting!

So you can also learn a little bit about me if we haven’t met; I have lived in Lakewood for 17 years and have two kids, ages 16 and 14. We visited and hiked Dinosaur Ridge, and attended a few programs, especially when the kids were younger. The kids attend Lakewood High School, where my wife also teaches. I have a B.S. in Natural Resources from Cornell University and a law degree from the College of William and Mary in Virginia. I am best known in Jeffco as the Co-Founder and long-time Executive Director of Second Wind Fund, a teen suicide prevention counseling Jeff Lamontagne, Executive Director

Friends of Dinosaur Ridge — The Ridge Report - Volume 28 #3 — 2016 Annual 3 Friends of Dinosaur Ridge Education Programs 2016 School and Scheduled Programs 2016 Over 270 schools and other organizations came to Dinosaur Ridge for a field trip program in 2016! This included 16,830 participants from K-12 schools and organizations across Colorado! We’re hoping to see even more students come to Dinosaur Ridge for a one-of-a-kind educational experience in 2017. Summer Camps 2016 Campers from as far away as China, South Korea, Qatar, and Slovenia attended Dinosaur Ridge Summer Camps in 2016! Many children from much closer (Georgia, Florida, New York, Illinois, California, and, of course: Colorado) also participated! It was an amazing year and we hope to do even better in 2017! TriceraTOTs 2016 Our preschool program was very strong through 2016, with 191 preschoolers and their mom, dad, or grandparents attending for the unique story and craft time at the Discovery Center! We’re continuing great in 2017 and hope to see even bigger numbers from this demographic! Dinosaur Discovery (DD) Days 2016 In 2016 we hosted three DD Days: Boy Scout Day (May), Reptiles and Bird Day (August), and Girl Scout Day (October), the smallest slate of Discovery Days in many years. Despite that, around 2,550 people attended Friends of Dinosaur Ridge Discovery Days in 2016. We have five Dinosaur Discovery Days planned for 2017, and we’re hoping to see attendance numbers fly off the charts! Here’s to 2017 and all the possibilities in education it brings!

Education Committee Report by Marsha Barber, Committee Chair Kid and adult visitors are curious about nature, and Friends of Di- K-12 School Tours nosaur Ridge wants all students and visitors to have an engaging • We encourage FoDR staff members to gather and provide additional experience while visiting our unique sites. It is our hope that all curriculum information to school tour volunteers so that students visitors will learn some science and come back for more. can more easily apply their classroom learning at a real outdoor sci- ence site. Making the school tour meaningful to students’ classroom In 2016, the Education Committee met quarterly and received learning provides a reason for teachers to bring classes to our sites. guidance from an education consultant who recommended we • Training and mentoring of school tour volunteers will focus on age-ap- focus on only a few priorities. The Committee decided that it can propriate strategies and content to deliver to different ages. provide guidance in 2017 for the following three educational proj- • Delivery of consistent school tour projects will encourage teachers to bring ects that fall under the Education Programs offered. their students to Dinosaur Ridge and Triceratops Trail year-after-year. Training Shuttle Bus Tours • We developed and offered appropriate introduction training to all • Training of shuttle bus tour guides will focus on getting families, volunteers, docents, and staff, so that they could become familiar scientists, and the general public from across Colorado, the United with the overall projects falling under the Education Program - of States, and the world excited about discovering the rocks and fossils fered by the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge. The introductory training found at Dinosaur Ridge. also addressed general logistics, guidelines for appropriate interac- • Shuttle bus tour staff will receive appropriate training and mentor- tion with the public, and how to address specific questions. ing before starting their jobs. • We plan to develop additional training and mentoring Friends of Dinosaur Ridge provides two excellent outdoor sites in and offer it to school tour volunteers, docents, and others close proximity to major highways and tourist attractions for visi- with specific science content and strategies to engage stu- tors of all ages to observe rocks and fossils in a natural setting. We dents and the public on tours and in Trek through Time. on the Education Committee want to help all visitors to become more excited about science after experiencing a tour at Dinosaur Ridge or Triceratops Trail.

4 Friends of Dinosaur Ridge — The Ridge Report - Volume 28 #3 — 2016 Annual Preservation Committee Annual Report for 2016 by Sam Bartlett In early February following the press release of newly discovered raptor tracks on the west side of Dinosaur Ridge, the Preservation Committee sprung into emergency action to protect the tracks from potential vandalism or removal. The two tracks are very fragile and susceptible to severe environmental damage due to their position on the underside of a dipping bedding plane in friable sandstone. Also, this bedding plane is part of a potentially unstable, fault- bounded, overhanging rock-block. The committee called officials of Jefferson County Open Space, History Colorado and the Jefferson County Department of Transportation into consultation to discuss how best to save these two raptor tracks. The group decided on a two-prong approach. The first step of the plan was to stabilize the rock block and build a cage around the tracks to prevent the tracks from vandalism. The second stage was to further research methods of stabilizing the tracks in situ for permanent preservation. A sketch of the design was submitted to the Jefferson County Highway Department with a request that a permit to construct the supporting structure be issued quickly. After the permit was issued and emergency funding and donations were procured to accomplish this work, volunteers set out to construct the structure in the shortest amount of time. Volunteer Mason Fine lent his enthusiastic expertise to construct the masonry structure along with Jack Evans, Figure 1. Sketch of raptor tracksite protection structure submitted FoDR’s fearless handy-man. We started in April and had the structure to Jefferson County for approval. essentially completed by early fall. We have about two days of work remaining to finish the gate, seal the top, install Plexiglas™, paint, and place a small concrete patio for this structure, but, weather and other issues have held us up. We hope to get the work completed by early Spring 2017, if the weather will cooperate. Once we ensure the safety of the site, we will continue to research methods to permanently stabilize the tracks. In the meantime, Dr. Gerardo Gutierrez of UC Boulder and his crew of students have laser mapped the site. Dr. Gutierrez is also interested in laser mapping the main tracksite on the east side of the Ridge. Dr. Martin Lockley gave FoDR a cast of the main raptor track to place on an interpretive sign adjacent to the structure. While this emergency work at the raptor tracksite was being accomplished. The Preservation Committee continued to work on the camouflage design for the roof of the main tracksite pavilion. We have finally settled on ETFEs as the roofing material as this material is very light, extremely strong and can be procured in reasonably small quantities with a small range of colors. Dan O’Brien, FoDR’s architect of long standing, produced a design using the colors found on the side of the Ridge and we altered our model accordingly. The committee submitted the plan to Jefferson County Open Space; it was rejected. Dan O’Brien then held a workshop with County personal to brainstorm an alternate the camouflage pattern. The result was that a clear roof with varying concentration of dots (similar to an advertisement wrap used for vehicles, trains etc.) would be satisfactory. This material will reduce the glare off the roof and adjust the amount of light reflecting from of the track layer. The committee plans to submit the new scheme to Jefferson County Open Space in February 2017 for approval and will then present the camouflage scheme to the County Commissioners for final approval. Throughout the year, volunteers accomplished periodic cleanups of mudslides at the Bulges and Bone Sites. Jack Evans and Dennis Tesar mowed Figure 2. Photo of the nearly completed Raptor tracksite Triceratops Trail in September in preparation for a Geological Society of protection structure. Note the form of the gate. America (GSA) field trip.

Friends of Dinosaur Ridge — The Ridge Report - Volume 28 #3 — 2016 Annual 5 Gift Shop Report The Main Gift Shop underwent quite a few changes in 2016 under new management and some new staff members. The entire building has been cleaned, organized, and painted, inside and out. Many new items are now available: newly designed Dinosaur Ridge t-shirts, new bucket hats with more color choices, Dinosaur Ridge and Colorado travel and coffee mugs, magnets, key chains, and postcards. In addition, there are lots of new toys and books for the kids and more selections of fossils and minerals for everyone! One of the most popular new items in the Gift Shop is the penny machine. Children can select one of four dinosaurs imprints and take home a souvenir of Dinosaur Ridge. If you haven’t been in lately, you should come by and check us out! Sue Kaberline Gift Shop Manager Friends of Dinosaur Ridge: A Review of 2016 by Lou Taylor plaster field jacket, has entertained visitors at the Discovery 2016 was a challenging, but ultimately a successful year for Center since early February. When preparation is complete, the the Friends. The number of visitors to the Ridge and Gift Shop femur will be part of a more permanent display. sales increased from 2015. During the year there were two Rock Out for the Ridge, the Friends’ annual fundraiser, was new scientific publications about Ridge paleontology, children renewed this year. Nearly 100 friends gathered at Pinehurst enjoyed summer camps, we now enjoy upgraded facilities and Country club to enjoy a presentation by Dr. Kenneth Carpenter dinosaurs, and we experienced two successful fundraisers. The on the dinosaur Acrocanthosaurus. The 2017 event was the most three Dinosaur Discovery Days provided a variety of paleontology- financially successful to date. related activities and booths that over 2,500 visitors enjoyed. The Friends recognized and honored 2015 volunteer efforts at Significant events during 2016 included: a dinner at the American Mountaineering Center in Golden in In July Pat Kelly, the Executive Director, left the Friends. In April September. Volunteers enjoyed a meal catered by Guido’s No. 2 she organized An Evening with John Fielder, a successful event and a talk on paleontology work in the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek both as a presentation and as a fundraiser. Formation by John Hankla, museum educator and producer of the Also in July, Program Director Tom Moklestad left the Friends. Tom Valley of the Last Dinosaurs video blog. was, for many years, the face of the Friends through his outreach, The composition of the FoDR Board of Directors changed this year. marketing, and program efforts. Martin Lockley, Jim Cronoble, Jude Burton, and Lou Taylor left the The board hired Dr. Louis Taylor as interim director who served in board. Charles Meyers and Bob Raynolds joined the board. Terri that position from August st1 to January 17th, 2017. Cook both joined and left during the year. FoDR hosted three successful Dinosaur Discovery Days: Boy Blake Sullivan accepted a part-time position as the Volunteer and Scout Day in May, Reptiles and Birds Day in August, and Girl Membership Coordinator. Scout Day in October. Jeff Lamontagne was hired as new Executive Director. He took the FoDR board member and well-known paleontological artist Judy reins of the Friends on January 17, 2017. Peterson brought the Paul Koroschetz drawings on the Vanosaurus Staff members Sue Kaberline and Bobbi Kilgore, with help from to life for the fourth time. Judy, with help from staff members Jack a number of others, directed the reorganization, cleaning, and Evans and Dennis Tesar, spent countless hours cleaning, preparing, painting of the entire Main Visitor Center Gift Shop. and painting the fiberglass Stegosaurus and Iguanodon that draw Dr. Martin Lockley announced two newly-recognized ichnofossils visitors to the park-like area of the visitor Center. on Dinosaur Ridge in January. He and his co-authors held a well- The Stegosaurus also received other special attention: Doug attended press conference on the ridge to announce the presence Hanks, a former preparator at the Science Museum of Minnesota of “leks,” pseudo-nests constructed by dinosaurs during courtship. in St. Paul, rebuilt the tail spikes (thagomizers) and replaced and Their second paper reported on new raptor tracks, the first rebuilt a few plates. Constant damage to this reconstruction discovered in Colorado and only the third found in North America. forced the Friends to protect it with a wooden fence. Visitors The Friends lost a good man and employee when Johnny Shockley, can still see and photograph the Stegosaurus, but it doesn’t get Jr. passed away this year. Johnny worked at the Ridge for about six damaged from too much “up close” attention. years, during which he helped remodel and construct the exhibits Local geologist David Schmude donated a Diplodocus femur to for the Discovery Center and Main Visitor Center grounds. the Friends. This specimen, part of which remains in the original

6 Friends of Dinosaur Ridge — The Ridge Report - Volume 28 #3 — 2016 Annual ARTICLES Fun Fact - Amphicoelias This Fun Fact is about a dinosaur that not many have likely heard of; Amphicoelias (am-fi-see-lee-us). This may well have been the largest of all dinosaurs, and it was found right here in Colorado! The unfortunate thing is that the bones were lost some time after being studied, and much of this dinosaur now lives only in field notes, sketches, and a single large replica vertebra. Amphicoelias was found in the Morrison Formation and is a sauropod, one of the long-necked dinosaurs. It’s a diplodocid, meaning it’s related to Diplodocus and Apatosaurus. Part of a vertebra was discovered by paleontologists working for Edward Drinker Cope, of the famous Bone Wars, in Garden Park, north of Cañon City, Colorado in 1877-78. It was recovered from close to the location of the first Camarasaurus discovery. The bone was quite weathered and in poor condition, but despite being only a partial vertebra it measured 5 feet tall (around 9 feet tall if whole). In addition to the huge vertebra a massive femur was also discovered and was considered to be from Amphicoelias as well. An estimate of the size of the animal based on the two bones discovered was underway! With such limited material, the measurements wouldn’t be exact. It was estimated to have been 135-200 feet long, stood 25-30 feet tall at the back, and weighed 80-125 tons.

The bones were shipped to Cope in early 1878 and he made several drawings, but only of one side of the vertebra and not many angles, as did most of his drawings of other specimens. Dr. Ken Carpenter, director of the Utah State University Eastern Prehistoric Museum, suggested that the reason for this single angle sketch is because the bone was far too fragile to move. It was discovered in a crumbling mudstone and the bone itself was very crumbly (hence the species name given to it, Amphicoelias fragillimus, Latin for “very fragile”). The bones of Amphicoelias are often ignored in the categories of “the largest dinosaurs”, mainly because their location is unknown and all attempts at rediscovering more material has failed. The fact that they were lost caused many paleontologists to think that Cope’s numbers were exaggerated, resulted from a typo, or that he made up the specimens. Not so, according to Dr. Carpenter. Remember, this was at the height of the Bone Wars! Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh were bitter paleontological enemies, and each was looking for any shred of evidence to disparage the other in the press, in journals, or in public during lectures or speeches. It was well-known that Marsh had men spying on Cope’s dig sites, and it was entirely plausible that they reported back the massive dinosaur bones from Cañon City. A likely reason the bones disappeared is that they were so weathered and fragile, and the methods of extracting dinosaur bones in the late 1800’s were more rough than today, that the bones after preparation may have been so crumbled that the data were recorded and the fragments were tossed out. Many have journeyed back to the original location, or roughly the original location, of where the specimens had been discovered, but the layers there are so heavily eroded that many think that the majority of the skeleton had already been weathered and eroded when it was discovered in 1877, and that the partial vertebra and the femur were the only elements left of Amphicoelias to find. You never know, though – maybe one day we’ll find this lumbering giant below our feet, just waiting to be rediscovered!

Friends of Dinosaur Ridge — The Ridge Report - Volume 28 #3 — 2016 Annual 7 HONORS In Memoriam: Frank Adler Frank Adler, a long-time volunteer and tour guide, passed away on February rd3 , 2017. Frank, who had celebrated his 96th birthday on February 1, 2017, loved teaching anyone and everyone about dinosaurs and geology. Frank’s dedication to the Friends and his love of using the Ridge as a teaching tool served as a role model for us all. His daughter Annette wrote that his volunteering at Dinosaur Ridge and working as an instructor for the Mile high Fencing Club kept him young for many years. Many of us at Friends of Dinosaur Ridge remember Frank fondly and are saddened by his passing.

UPCOMING EVENTS 2017 Green River Fossil Fish Dig: May 26-28, 2017 Join the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge, May 26 through 28, 2017 for an amazing weekend excursion! This trip will visit the Ancient Lake Fossils private, commercial quarry in the Green River Formation near Fossil Butte National Monument in Kemmerer, Wyoming. During this trip we will dig in their active split fish quarry and keep the fish you uncover! Friday evening will feature guest speaker Arvid Aase (Fossil Butte National Monument, National Park Service). Saturday evening will feature guest speakers: Ancient Lake Fossils Inc. quarry owner Adam Lindgren, quarry staff Dain Hanson, and Dinosaur Ridge staff Blake Sullivan. Dates: May 26 through May 28, 2017 Cost includes: • Transportation via bus or van from Dinosaur Ridge • 2 nights hotel at the Best Western (Double occupancy; add $125 for each single room • 2 days of digging (4 hours each) • 2 breakfasts at the hotel, 2 lunches at the quarry, water and sodas • 2 guest speakers with an added tour of the Fossil Butte Monument • Use of tools, YOU KEEP EVERYTHING BUT RARE SPECIES! Cost: $550/person; $525 for Dinosaur Ridge Members & Volunteers Restrictions: Anyone under 18 years of age must attend with an adult (valid ID required). All ages welcome. Limited walking field trip, not wheelchair accessible. Hammers and chisels provided, but if you have your own, please feel free. $125 non-refundable deposit due with RSVP. For detailed information and to register, please contact Blake Sullivan at Dinosaur Ridge. [email protected] or 303-697-3466 x 107

8 Friends of Dinosaur Ridge — The Ridge Report - Volume 28 #3 — 2016 Annual Summer Camps 2017 Do you have a dinosaur or rock enthusiast at home? Would they like to explore over 300 dinosaur footprints and dozens of other fossils from Colorado this summer? This year the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge are offering 8 camps designed for your kids to learn about Colorado’s history and prehistory. Filled with activities ranging from measuring REAL dinosaur footprints to collecting rocks from local formations, Dinosaur Ridge Summer Camps can’t be beat! Camp Sessions: Daily 9am-3pm • Session 1: Fossils and Fun – June 5-9 • Session 2: Junior Paleontologists – June 12-16 • Session 3: Junior Geologists – June 19-23 • Session 4: Fossils and Fun – June 26-30 • Session 5: Junior Paleontologists – July 10-14 • Session 6: Fossils and Fun – July 17-21 • Session 7: Junior Paleontologists – July 24-28 • Session 8: Fossils and Fun – July 31-August 4 Camp Details: Fossils and Fun Camp: This camp is a great introduction to the geology, paleontology, and ecology of Dinosaur Ridge and the surrounding areas. Hands-on activities will help campers learn about the ancient environments, landscapes, and the animals of Colorado’s prehistoric Front Range. Campers will have the chance to explore, measure, draw, observe, and interact with the geology and fossils of the area and explore science like never before among 150 million year old fossils. Ages 6-10. Junior Paleontologists Camp: This camp focuses primarily on the fossils that are found in and around the Morrison and Golden Fossil Areas. Your campers will explore, observe, map, draw, and measure dinosaur bones and tracks, fossil palm fronds and other plant impressions, and a plethora of other local fossils and prehistoric evidence to learn more about prehistoric Colorado. Hands-on activities will help them visualize and experience paleontology in a way they never have before! Ages 8-13. Junior Geologists Camp: This camp will focus on the local rocks and formations of Colorado’s Front Range, as well as what we can learn from rocks and minerals. With interactives and hands-on activities, campers will get a chance to explore, experiment, observe, measure, collect and even mine rocks and minerals to help them visualize and learn about Earth materials. Ages 8-13. Cost: $250 per child per camp (member); $275 per child per camp (non-member). [Scholarships, Sibling discounts, and Multi-Camp discounts are available – ask for more information.] Where: Dinosaur Ridge: 16831 West Alameda Parkway, Morrison, CO 80465 (C-470 and Alameda Parkway) Spots are filling up quickly! Register your campers as soon as possible! Visit www.dinoridge.org to sign up or email [email protected]. Erin LaCount, Education Programs Coordinator

Friends of Dinosaur Ridge — The Ridge Report - Volume 28 #3 — 2016 Annual 9 Volunteer Trainings 2017 Volunteer training events will be taking place at various times throughout 2017!​ We have been working hard with the Morrison Natural History Museum (MNHM) to complete a more comprehensive Volunteer Training Program. Check our website regularly for more information on these programs as the schedule is being worked out (www. dinoridge.org). These trainings aim to take a more in-depth look at each of our geology and fossils sites along the Dinosaur Ridge Trail as well as the history of the Arthur Lakes quarries and even casting and preparation training! March 18, 2017 will be our second large training event covering everything at Dinosaur Ridge! It is a broad program that will last about four hours and cover both the geology and paleontology found along Dinosaur Ridge. From 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. will be the classroom, indoor portion of the training, and from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. there will be a hike of the Dinosaur Ridge Trail stopping at our many sites covered in the classroom section. If you are able to attend the classroom, outdoor, or both parts of the training, please RSVP with Blake Sullivan: [email protected], 303-697-3466 x 107. In-depth training dates TBD. http://dinoridge.org/calendar.html

Dinosaur Discovery Days 2017 Dinosaur Discovery Days are free outdoor events open to the general public held May through October at Dinosaur Ridge on the second Saturday of the month. Guides are stationed along the Dinosaur Ridge at many interpretive sites. Visitors can hike at their own pace or take the Shuttle Bus (one way) at $4 per person (ages three and under ride free). At the Main Visitor Center, Hands-on Dinos for kids includes the Backyard Bones Dinosaur Dig, the Cretaceous Crossroads Dinosaur Tracking Area, Track Painting (paint a fossil and take it home), Gold Panning, Fossil Sifting, and other activities depending on the theme for the day. Local natural history, paleontological, and geological organizations are on hand to display unique materials and answer questions. This year’s scheduled DD Days include: Saturday May 13 – Boy Scout Day - 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturday June 10 – World Ocean’s Day – 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Saturday August 12 – Reptiles and Birds Day - 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Saturday September 9 – Geocaching Colorado Day – 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Saturday October 14 – Girl Scout Day/National Fossil Day - 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. To volunteer at a Ridge location or in our hands-on stations at the Visitor Center, please contact Blake Sullivan: [email protected] , 303-697-3466 x 107. For event information contact Erin LaCount:[email protected] , 303-697-3466 x 101.

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March 14 – Everything Dinosaur: Talk 9 – Ceratopsians (Tuesday) 10 a.m.-11 a.m. Join the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge for part nine of a talk series meant to orient new volunteers (or anyone interested) in dinosaurs! Wish you knew more about these fantastic beasts that roamed our backyard? This is the series for you! This ninth talk focuses on ceratopsians, the horned dinosaurs. Unable to make it to this talk? It will take place again the following Friday at 10am. Meet at the Discovery Center: 17681 W. Alameda Parkway, Red Rocks Entrance #1. FREE TALK. [email protected] to RSVP. March 15 - Annual Meeting of Friends of Dinosaur Ridge Members (Wednesday) 6 p.m.Discovery Center: 17681 W Alameda Parkway. March 18 – Volunteer Training 101 (Saturday) 8am-12 p.m. MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW VOLUNTEERS and STAFF! Join the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge for this Dinosaur Ridge 101 training session. From 8am to 10am is the classroom session, and from 10am to 12pm is a guided tour of Dinosaur Ridge. Coffee and juice served, volunteer handbooks will be given out. Meet at the Discovery Center: 17681 W. Alameda Parkway, Red Rocks Entrance #1. [email protected] to RSVP. March 21 – Everything Dinosaur: Talk 10 – Pachycephalosaurs (Tuesday) 10 a.m.-11 a.m. Join the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge for part ten of a talk series meant to orient new volunteers (or anyone interested) in dinosaurs! Wish you knew more about these fantastic beasts that roamed our backyard? This is the series for you! This tenth talk focuses on pachycephalosaurs, the bone-head dinosaurs. Unable to make it to this talk? It will take place again the following Friday at 10am. Meet at the Discovery Center: 17681 W. Alameda Parkway, Red Rocks Entrance #1. FREE TALK. [email protected] to RSVP. March 28 – Everything Dinosaur: Talk 11 – Archosaurs (Tuesday) 10 a.m.-11 a.m. Join the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge for part eleven of a talk series meant to orient new volunteers (or anyone interested) in dinosaurs! Wish you knew more about these fantastic beasts that roamed our backyard? This is the series for you! This eleventh talk focuses on archosaurs, the crocodilians, pterosaurs, birds, and a bit on the dinosaurs. Unable to make it to this talk? It will take place again the following Friday at 10am. Meet at the Discovery Center: 17681 W. Alameda Parkway, Red Rocks Entrance #1. FREE TALK. [email protected] to RSVP. March 29 – Everything Dinosaur: Talk 3 – Sauropods (Wednesday) 6 p.m. -7 p.m. Join the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge an interesting talk on long-necked dinosaurs, the sauropods! Meeting place: Dinosaur Discovery Center: 17681 W Alameda Parkway, Red Rocks Entrance #1. FREE TALK. [email protected] to RSVP. April 4 – Everything Dinosaur: Talk 12 – Mammals (Tuesday) 10 a.m.-11 a.m. Join the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge for the final part of a talk series meant to orient new volunteers (or anyone interested) in dinosaurs! Wish you knew more about these fantastic beasts that roamed our backyard? This is the series for you! This last talk focuses on mammals. Unable to make it to this talk? It will take place again the following Friday at 10am. Meet at the Discovery Center: 17681 W. Alameda Parkway, Red Rocks Entrance #1. FREE TALK. [email protected] to RSVP. April 5 - TriceraTOTS (Wednesday) 10 a.m. A story-time and craft program geared toward 2-5 year old kids. Siblings welcome! Non- members: $5/child. Members $3/child. Adults and 1 and under free. RSVP with Erin LaCount at [email protected] (or send us a message on our Facebook Page.) NOTE: This event will take place at the Discovery Center: 17681 W Alameda Parkway - Red Rocks Entrance #1. April 11 – Everything Dinosaur: Dinosaur Ridge Field Trip – (Tuesday) 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Join the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge for a guided tour of our site! This is the final piece in the volunteer talk series Everything Dinosaur, where we focus on what we have evidenced here at Dinosaur Ridge, the history of our site, and the mission of the Friends. Meet at the Discovery Center: 17681 W. Alameda Parkway, Red Rocks Entrance #1. We’ll use a Dinosaur Ridge tour bus for the program. Contact: Erin LaCount – [email protected] to RSVP. April 26 – Everything Dinosaur: Talk 4 – Theropods (Wednesday) 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Join the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge an interesting talk on meat-eating dinosaurs, the theropods! Meeting place: Dinosaur Discovery Center: 17681 W Alameda Parkway, Red Rocks Entrance #1. FREE TALK. [email protected] to RSVP. May 3 - TriceraTOTS (Wednesday) 10 a.m. A story-time and craft program geared toward 2-5 year old kids. Siblings welcome! Non- members: $5/child. Members $3/child. Adults and 1 and under free. RSVP with Erin LaCount at [email protected] (or send us a message on our Facebook Page.) NOTE: This event will take place at the Discovery Center: 17681 W Alameda Parkway - Red Rocks Entrance #1. May 13 - Discovery Day: Boy Scout Day (Saturday) 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (for Cubs and Webelos also). Scouts of all levels can complete requirements for many badges in geology, fossils, hiking, and more! 2016 Event Information Details. 2017 Event details TBD. Public is welcome. Contact Erin LaCount for more information: [email protected].

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May 26-28 – Green River Fossil Fish Dig (Friday through Sunday) Join us on a weekend adventure digging fossil fish in Kemmerer, Wyoming! Details are being finalized.Field Trips Page for more detailed information. Contact Blake Sullivan atmembership@dinoridge. org to RSVP or for any queries. May 31 – Everything Dinosaur: Talk 5 – Heterodonts (Wednesday) 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Join the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge an interesting talk on different toothed dinosaurs, the heterodonts! Meeting place: Dinosaur Discovery Center: 17681 W Alameda Parkway, Red Rocks Entrance #1. FREE TALK. [email protected] to RSVP. June 7 - TriceraTOTS (Wednesday) 10 a.m. A story-time and craft program geared toward 2-5 year old kids. Siblings welcome! Non- members: $5/child. Members $3/child. Adults and 1 and under free. RSVP with Erin LaCount at [email protected] (or send us a message on our Facebook Page.) NOTE: This event will take place at the Discovery Center: 17681 W Alameda Parkway - Red Rocks Entrance #1. June 5-9 - Summer Camp: Session 1 - Fossils and Fun 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. This camp is a great introduction to the geology, paleontology, and ecology of Dinosaur Ridge and the surrounding areas. Hands-on activities will help campers learn about the ancient environments, landscapes, and the animals of Colorado’s prehistoric Front Range. Ages 6-10. Registration information. Contact: Erin LaCount – [email protected] June 10 – Discovery Day: World Ocean’s Day! (Wednesday) 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Join the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge to celebrate World Ocean’s Day! Special guests TBD. Hands-on activities will be at the Visitor Center, scientists stationed along the Ridge trail to interpret geology and fossils. Contact: Erin LaCount – [email protected]. June 12-16 - Summer Camp: Session 2 - Junior Paleontologists 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. This camp focuses primarily on the fossils that are found in and around the Morrison and Golden Fossil Areas. Your campers will explore, observe, map, draw, and measure dinosaur bones and tracks, fossil palm fronds and other plant impressions, and a plethora of other local fossils and prehistoric evidence to learn more about prehistoric Colorado. Ages 8-12. Registration information. Contact: Erin LaCount – [email protected] June 19-23 - Summer Camp: Session 3 - Junior Geologists 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. This camp will focus on the local rocks and formations of Colorado’s Front Range, as well as what we can learn from rocks and minerals. With interactives and hands-on activities, campers will get a chance to explore, experiment, observe, measure, collect and even mine rocks and minerals to help them visualize and learn about Earth materials. Ages 8-12. Registration information. Contact: Erin LaCount – [email protected] June 26-30 - Summer Camp: Session 4 - Fossils and Fun 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. This camp is a great introduction to the geology, paleontology, and ecology of Dinosaur Ridge and the surrounding areas. Hands-on activities will help campers learn about the ancient environments, landscapes, and the animals of Colorado’s prehistoric Front Range. Ages 6-10. Registration information. Contact: Erin LaCount – [email protected] June 28 – Everything Dinosaur: Talk 6 – Thyreophora (Wednesday) 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Join the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge an interesting talk on armored dinosaurs, the thyreophora! Meeting place: Dinosaur Discovery Center: 17681 W Alameda Parkway, Red Rocks Entrance #1. FREE TALK. [email protected] to RSVP. July 4 - Festival of July! (Tuesday) 6 p.m. – 11 p.m. Join the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge for a fun evening of festival games with prizes! Games will be at the Visitor Center from 6pm to 9:30pm. Starting at 9pm shuttles will be available to give rides up to the overlook to watch Bandimere Speedway fireworks (typically a 10pm start – sundown). After the fireworks display the shuttle will bring people down between 10:30pm and 11pm. VC closes (locked up) at 11:30pm at the latest. Shuttle rides $2/person, 3 and under free. Contact: Erin LaCount – [email protected] July 5 - TriceraTOTS (Wednesday) 10 a.m. - A story-time and craft program geared toward 2-5 year old kids. Siblings welcome! Non- members: $5/child. Members $3/child. Adults and 1 and under free. RSVP with Erin LaCount at [email protected] (or send us a message on our Facebook Page.) NOTE: This event will take place at the Discovery Center: 17681 W Alameda Parkway - Red Rocks Entrance #1. July 10-14 - Summer Camp: Session 5 - Junior Paleontologists 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. This camp focuses primarily on the fossils that are found in and around the Morrison and Golden Fossil Areas. Your campers will explore, observe, map, draw, and measure dinosaur bones and tracks, fossil palm fronds and other plant impressions, and a plethora of other local fossils and prehistoric evidence to learn more about prehistoric Colorado. Ages 8-12. Registration information. Contact: Erin LaCount – [email protected] July 17-21 - Summer Camp: Session 6 - Fossils and Fun 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. This camp is a great introduction to the geology, paleontology, and ecology of Dinosaur Ridge and the surrounding areas. Hands-on activities will help campers learn about the ancient environments, landscapes, and the animals of Colorado’s prehistoric Front Range. Ages 6-10. Registration information. Contact: Erin LaCount – [email protected]

Friends of Dinosaur Ridge — The Ridge Report - Volume 28 #3 — 2016 Annual 13 YEARLY FINANCIAL REPORT Friends of Dinosaur Ridge Profit and Loss 2016

Ordinary Income/Expense Income Donations & Grants $56,490.70 Designated Project Income $21,046.00 Education Programs $243,453.91 Fundraising $39,025.00 General Business Income $1,068.75 Investments $14.71 Merchandise Sales $330,142.36 SCFD $159,178.50 Membership Dues $17,956.58

Cost of Goods Sold -$144,995.46

Gross Profit $723,381.05

Expense Advertising/Marketing $5,688.96 Contract Services $62,578.29 Designated Projct Expense $1,666.28 Education Programs Expense $10,142.95 Fundraising Expense $6,962.94 General Business Expense $69,338.79 Insurance $31,736.18 Payroll Expense $424,496.44 Publications $541.90 Vehicle Expense $16,903.36 Repairs and Maintenance $13,414.25 Training/Appreciation/Meetings $4,133.50 Visitor Center Expenses $18,376.24 Discovery Center Expense $11,630.69

Total Expense $677,610.77

Net Ordinary Income $45,770.28

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The mission of Friends of Dinosaur Ridge is to preserve the paleontologic, geologic, and historic resources on Dinosaur Kermit Shields President; Geologist (retired) Ridge, Triceratops Trail and the outlier sites in the Morrison- Charles Meyers Secretary Golden Fossil Areas National Natural Landmark and to educate the public about these resources. Pete Martin Treasurer; Finance Chair; U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Norb Cygan, Ph.D. Governance; Geologist (retired) MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS Kathleen McCoy, J.D. Past President; Attorney AAPS — Association of Applied Paleontological Sciences

Sam Bartlett Former President; Preservation Chair; Geologist (retired) Harvey Family Foundation Chevron Scientific & Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jeffco Conservation Trust Fund Marsha Barber Education Chair; Teacher (retired) 1772 Foundation Judy Peterson Paleoartist Subaru of America

Robert Raynolds Geologist, Research Associate Exxon Mobil Volunteer Program Denver Museum of Nature & Science Greater Denver Area Gem & Mineral Council Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists (RMAG) Mikkelson Education Fund Xcel Energy Foundation Association for Women Geoscientists FirstBank Baker Family Charitable Fund Shields Family Fund

STAFF Executive Director Jeff Lamontagne Education Programs Coordinator Erin LaCount Membership/Volunteer Coordinator Blake Sullivan Education Assistant Stephen Curro Gift Shop Manager Sue Kaberline Discovery Center Manager Sue Kaberline Gift Shop Assistant Manager Barbara Davidson Scheduler - Drivers, Store Clerks Bobbi Kilgore Maintenance Jack Evans Maintenance Dennis Tesar Store Clerk Emily Palmer Store Clerk Linda Rotz Store Clerk Sharon Spicher Tour Guide/Gift Shop Andrew Oligmueller FoDR Staff (left to right): Erin LaCount, Sue Kaberline, Bobbi Kilgore, Dennis Tour Guide Thornton Geise Tesar, Lou Taylor, Judy Peterson (volunteer). Not pictured: Blake Sullivan, Tour Guide Dan Wheat Stephen Curro, gift shop staff, drivers. Tour Guide Rick Buck

Friends of Dinosaur Ridge — The Ridge Report - Volume 28 #3 — 2016 Annual 15 Friends of Dinosaur Ridge 16831 W Alameda Parkway Morrison, CO 80465 Return Service Requested

Friends of Dinosaur Ridge membership Levels and Sponsorship Opportunities

• Junior Paleontologist Activity Book • 10% Gift Shop discount (excludes consignment) Junior Member $15 • Discounts of programs (12 & under) • Guided shuttle tour for you and an adult • Exhibit hall admission for you and an adult

• Ridge Report (newsletter and annual report) • E-tracks electronic communication • 10% Gift Shop discount Individual Member $40 • Discounts of programs • Guided shuttle tour 2 people • Exhibit hall admission for 2 people

Family/Group Member $60 • Individual Member benefits for 4 people

Apatosaurus Sponsor $250 • Individual Member benefits for 6 people

• Individual Member benefits for 6 people Stegosaurus Sponsor $500 • 1 ticket to Rock Out for the Ridge, annual fundraising dinner

• Individual Member benefits for 6 people Tyrannosaurus Sponsor $1,000 • 2 tickets to Rock Out for the Ridge, annual fundraising dinner