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Show Environmental Stu dy Area Opened By NPS at Turnbow Cabin in Arches The inauguration of the Turnbow Environmental Study Stu-dy Area of Arches National Monument took place this past Friday in Star Hall. Participating in the presentation pres-entation were members of the National Park Service and visiting educators. At- 9 tending the inauguration meeting were LaMar Allred ar.d Richard Peterson, Science Sci-ence Education Specialists for the Utah State Board of Education. In attendance also al-so at the meeting were about 80 interested persons and teachers tea-chers of the local school systems. sys-tems. The following day Saturday, a tour was con- ducted by park personnel to orient the teachers with the values of the newly-assigned study area. The Turnbow Environmental Environmen-tal Study Area is an outgrowth out-growth of the National Park Service's National Environmental Environ-mental Education Development Develop-ment Program. Arches National Na-tional Monumont Naturalist Charles Parkinson is the person per-son upon whom the respon-ibility respon-ibility fell to formulate the plan and to outline the area's potential as a study site. The purpose of the newly-declared newly-declared study area is that of helping local schools to get greater amounts of thinking think-ing from the pupils. Science Specialist Allred, in speaking for the State Board of Education, advised teachers of Grand County to get sold on the idea of the new Environmental Study area by getting out to see it in person for the purpose discovering its curriculum relationships. "We are very anxious for the youth of this state to get into the out of doors," stated Mr. Allred Friday. "The National Na-tional Park Service has provided pro-vided the raw materials; I hope the teachers will take advantage of it," he continued. con-tinued. Both Science Education Specialists, Allred and Peterson, Pet-erson, had a personally-conducted toilr of the Turnbow area and expressed their enthusiasm en-thusiasm about the project. Park Naturalist Charles Parkinson is perhaps the best authority on the new study area for he has spent several months preparing a detailed, illustrated 41 page guide to the varying aspects available for study there. Parkinson's booklet was printed up in a form suitable to be used as a guide for teachers and each of the attending at-tending teachers was given a copy for his or her use Friday. The guide gives a detailed analysis of the interrelationships interrelation-ships that could be studied by teachers and students at the Turnbow site. It includes a description and history of the area, its plant and animal life, the geology and the archaeology . |