PROCEEDINGS OF THE TENTH CONFERENCE ON FOSSIL RESOURCES May 13-15, 2014 Rapid City, South Dakota Edited by Vincent L. Santucci, Gregory A. Liggett, Barbara A. Beasley, H. Gregory McDonald and Justin Tweet Dakoterra Vol. 6 Eocene-Oligocene rocks in Badlands National Park, South Dakoata. Table of Contents Dedication ....................................................................................8 Introduction ..................................................................................9 Presentation Abstracts *Preserving THE PYGMY MAMMOTH: TWENTY YEARS OF collaboration BETWEEN CHANNEL ISLANDS National PARK AND THE MAMMOTH SITE OF HOT SPRINGS, S. D., INC. LARRY D. AGENBROAD, MONICA M. BUGBEE, DON P. MORRIS and W. JUSTIN WILKINS .......................10 PERMITS AND PALEONTOLOGY ON BLM COLORADO: RESULTS FROM 2009 TO 2013 HARLEY J. ARMSTRONG .....................................................................................................................................10 DEVIL’S COULEE DINOSAUR EGG SITE AND THE WILLOW CREEK HOODOOS: HOW SITE VARIABLES INFLUENCE DECISIONS MADE REGARDING PUBLIC ACCESS AND USE AT TWO DESIGNATED PROVINCIAL HISTORIC SITES IN ALBERTA, CANADA JENNIFER M. BANCESCU ...................................................................................................................................12 USDA FOREST SERVICE PALEONTOLOGY PASSPORT IN TIME PROGRAM: COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO GET FEDERAL PALEONTOLOGY PROJECTS COMPLETED BARBARA A. BEASLEY and SALLY SHELTON ...................................................................................................17 PALEONTOLOGICAL INVENTORY AT GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK, NEVADA GORDEN L. BELL JR. ..........................................................................................................................................18 *DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST ORELLAN FAUNA DEFINED IN BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, INTERIOR, SOUTH DAKOTA AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION OF THE BLOOM BASIN LIMESTONE BED CLINT A. BOYD and ED WELSH .........................................................................................................................19 A NEW METHOD FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF FOSSIL FROGS (ANURA) WITH APPLICATION TO LATE CENOZOIC SITES FROM THE WESTERN UNITED STATES KEILA E. BREDEHOEFT and JOSHUA X. SAMUELS ........................................................................................20 FOSSIL TRACKS AND FUTURE SCIENCE: MANAGING ICHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES ON BLM’S PUBLIC LAND BRENT H. BREITHAUPT and NEFFRA A. MATTHEWS .....................................................................................20 PODCASTS AND THE PUBLIC: PALEONTOLOGICAL EDUCATION AT THE RED GULCH DINOSAUR TRACKSITE, WYOMING BRENT H. BREITHAUPT and NEFFRA A. MATTHEWS .....................................................................................23 +EFFICIENT PALEONTOLOGICAL RECORD-KEEPING: WHAT’S THE BEST APPROACH? CRAIG BROMLEY and KARINA BRYAN ..............................................................................................................25 *+VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS HOLMDEL PARK SITE, MONMOUTH COUNTY, NEW JERSEY WAYNE R. CALLAHAN, CARL M. MEHLING, ROBERT K. DENTON, JR. and DAVID C. PARRIS ..................26 * also a manuscript; + poster presentation UTILIZING NATIONAL PARKS AND BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LANDS FOR A TWO WEEK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FIELD GEOLOGY COURSE-IT’S LIKE HERDING CATS! CARL E. CAMPBELL ............................................................................................................................................26 +GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF FOSSIL BONE FROM BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK: A TEST OF THE RARE EARTH ELEMENT FINGERPRINTING METHOD TO COMBAT FOSSIL POACHING ANTHONY D. CERRUTI, DENNIS O. TERRY JR. and DAVID E. GRANDSTAFF .............................................28 +PROYECTO DINOSAURIOS – ENGAGING UNDER-REPRESENTED STUDENTS IN PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH LUIS M. CHIAPPE, ALYSSA BELL, and JAMES KISIEL.....................................................................................31 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF PALEONTOLOGY LOCALITY DATABASE—A NEW PORTAL FOR ACCESSING NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INFORMATION ERICA C. CLITES; CHARLES R. MARSHALL, and VINCENT L. SANTUCCI ...................................................31 FOSSIL CYCAD NATIONAL MONUMENT: A GEOLOGIC STORY TIM CONNORS, VINCENT L. SANTUCCI; and STEPHANIE O’MEARA ..........................................................32 LOCATING HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPH SITES AS AN AID TO NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT EMMETT EVANOFF, KATHLEEN A. BRILL, and PAUL C. MURPHEY .............................................................33 *ARROYO DEL VIZCAÍNO, URUGUAY RICHARD A. FARIÑA and MARIANA DI GIACOMO ..........................................................................................34 MULTI-YEAR PALEONTOLOGICAL MITIGATION AT THE KETTLEMAN HILLS LANDFILL—CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS LANNY H. FISK, DAVID F. MALONEY, HUGH M. WAGNER, and DAVID M. HAASL .....................................34 *THE FEDERAL MANDATE FOR MITIGATION PALEONTOLOGY SCOTT FOSS .........................................................................................................................................................35 FOSSIL CYCAD NATIONAL MONUMENT: PRESERVING THE HISTORYOF A FORGOTTEN TREASURE JOHN M. GHIST, VINCENT L. SANTUCCI2, BRENT H. BREITHAUPT, and GREGORY A. LIGGETT ............36 ADVENTURES IN PALEONTOLOGY: USING BLM LANDS AND FOSSILS TO CREATE UNIQUE LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR THE PUBLIC RON GIESLER .......................................................................................................................................................36 *PRESERVING THE FALLS OF THE OHIO’S FOSSIL BEDS—A SUCCESSFUL INTER-GOVERNMENTAL EFFORT ALAN GOLDSTEIN and LISA FREEMAN ............................................................................................................37 THE ROLE OF AN INTERACTIVE FOSSIL PREPARATION LAB IN CROWD SOURCING PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCE PRESERVATION MINDY HOUSEHOLDER, E. N. STARCK, and RACHEL BENTON ...................................................................37 +TAPHOFACIES OF SELECTED FOSSIL SITES WITHIN THE EARLY CRETACEOUS CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION IN EAST-CENTRAL UTAH MATTHEW L. HOWARD, DAVID A. LEE, and DARRIN C. PAGNAC .................................................................38 FOSSILS ON THE FRONTLINES: A FOCUSED APPROACH TO PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES MAPPING, MITIGATION AND PROTECTION: BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT CODY AND WORLAND FIELD OFFICES, WYOMING, USA GRETCHEN L. HURLEY, LISA M. MARKS, MARIT BOVEE, and BRENT H. BREITHAUPT ...........................39 THE BURGESS SHALE IN YOHO AND KOOTENAY NATIONAL PARKS, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA: AN INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT APPROACH FOR A GROWING PORTFOLIO OF FOSSIL RESOURCES TODD KEITH and JIM MAMALIS .......................................................................................................................42 *THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF MITIGATION PALEONTOLOGY: RESULTS OF AN ONLINE SURVERY GEORGIA E. KNAUSS, LANNY H. FISK, AND PAUL C. MURPHEY .................................................................42 A PRIMER ON CASUAL COLLECTING ON FEDERAL LANDS LUCIA KUIZON ....................................................................................................................................................43 THE USE OF NONDESTRUCTIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENSE AS A FORENSIC TOOL FOR GEOCHEMICALLY FINGERPRINTING FOSSIL RESOURCES EVE F. LALOR, DENNIS O. TERRY Jr., DAVID E. GRANDSTAFF, and ANTHONY D. CERRUTI ....................44 *THE CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE CANAL: TWO CENTURIES OF PALEONTOLOGY ON A PUBLIC TRACT EDWARD M. LAUGINIGER, DAVID C. PARRIS, and RODRIGO A. PELLEGRINI ...........................................47 *WAS CHARLES H. STERNBERG THE PROFESSIONAL ANCESTOR OF THE MODERN COMMERCIAL FOSSIL COLLECTOR? GREGORY A. LIGGETT ........................................................................................................................................48 FOSSIL CYCAD NATIONAL MONUMENT: A HISTORY WITH A FUTURE GREGORY A. LIGGETT, BRENT H. BREITHAUPT, and VINCENT L. SANTUCCI ...........................................48 THE FUTURE OF BLM PERMIT PROCESSING AND REPORTING—YOU’RE GONNA LOVE IT GREGORY A. LIGGETT and NEFFRA MATTHEWS ...........................................................................................49 *USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) TO UPDATE MONTANA GEOLOGY MAPS AND FACILITATE FOSSIL POTENTIAL DATA ANALYSES GREGORY A. LIGGETT and LAURA B. SILSBEE ...............................................................................................50 TAPHONOMY OF A MULTI-TAXA BONE-BED IN THE HELL CREEK FORMATION (LATE CRETACEOUS) OF SOUTH DAKOTA (USA) PHILLIP L. MANNING and VICTORIA M. EGERTON .......................................................................................51 UP, UP, AND AWAY: THE USE OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS FOR PALEONTOLOGICAL DOCUMENTATION NEFFRA A. MATTHEWS, TOMMY A. NOBLE, LANCE R. BRADY, and BRENT H. BREITHAUPT ..................53 FOCUSING AROUND WITH PHOTOGRAMMETRY: CAPTURING 3D DATA ON DIMENSIONALLY COMPLEX SUBJECTS NEFFRA MATTHEWS, TOMMY NOBLE, and BRENT H. BREITHAUPT ..........................................................53 LAND MANAGERS AND REPOSITORIES: A CRITICAL PARTNERSHIP FOR THE LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT OF FOSSIL RESOURCES FROM PUBLIC LANDS H. GREGORY MCDONALD .................................................................................................................................56