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Antelope Island Field Trip Home Page

The annual Botany Department field trip to Antelope Island State Park was held on April 15, 2011.

Itinerary

Topics:

General Information About the Great Salt Lake (Dr. Bozniak)

History and Geology of Antelope Island  (Dr. Clark)

History of Land Use, Vegetation, and Wildlife  (Dr. Clark)

Life in the Great Salt Lake  (Dr. Bozniak)

Wetlands  (Dr. Bozniak)

Fire Ecology  (Dr. Wachocki)

Noxious and Invasive Weeds  (Dr. Gatherum)

Plant-Fungi Relationships (Dr. Deckert)

Halophytes (Dr. Harley)

The field trip leaves the WSU Ogden campus at 10:30 am and returns around 5 pm.

All of the field trip guides are available in a single PDF file.  A separate PDF file of  the review questions, formatted for answering on the trip, is also available.  You will need an Acrobat Reader in order to access these two files. 

Field Trip Guide (PDF)                              Review Questions (PDF)

For further information about Antelope Island and the Great Salt Lake, check the links page.

Pictures:  2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

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7 May 2012