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Partners Protect (continued from page 6) Paleontology – there
Education – we provide educational opportunities are many exciting

for children of all ages about the plethora of discoveries that have
knowledge to be gleaned from GSENM. In 2013, over emerged from the
1,000 students participated in our educational pro- Monument and so
grams. many more to come!
We assist the GSENM
Site Steward-
ship – we moni- paleontologist both in Photo provided by BLM
tor and care for the field and in the lab. GSEP Paleo Outreach Coordinator
Taylor Birthisel (L) teaching
valuable archae- students about dinosaurs.
ological and
About the authors:
paleontology
sites located on Noel Poe and his wife, Mary, moved to Kanab,
Site Steward monitoring Glasseye Ruins Utah in 2007. In 2008, Noel joined the Partners
Photo provided by BLM GSENM. When Board of Directors and since then has served
visiting, you never know when you’ll meet one of our as Vice President, President, Treasurer, and is
now Executive Director of the organization.
40 current site stewards monitoring their site!
Daisy Johnson, from Fredonia, Arizona, joined

Partners in 2006 as an intern working with
Conservation/Restoration – the graphic design and page layouts. Today she is
biggest project we are working on the Social Media Coordinator for GSEP, as well
as a full –time mom to two boisterous boys.
now is restoring the Escalante
River Watershed. In 2014 we are
spending $800,000 cutting Russian
The gateway to GSENM is located in Kanab, Utah.
olive trees. For more information, visit Grand Staircase
Escalante Partners at www.gsenm.org, and make
Conservation Corps removing Russian sure to like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/
olive during Escalante River Restoration grandstaircaseescalantepartners for current updates!
Photo provided by Noel Poe

Tort Tattler (continued from page 5) The tortoises will start brumating in October or

There is one sure way to keep Hugo occupied… November and will stay in their burrows until February
food! He enjoyed organic kale, kibbles and prickly or March.
pear while ten people with shovels and picks tore his Come on out to the habitat and see them soon. See if
habitat apart. you like Hugo’s new burrow.

If you would
After a lei-
surely break- like more infor-
fast, he in- mation about the
tortoises or you
spected his
new burrow, would like to join
and decided the Tort Team,
that he liked it. you can reach
Hugo is oblivious to any distraction Sue and Roger “I’m Hugo and I approve this message.”
when he has kale and prickly pears. Kolar at Photo by Sue Kolar
Photo by Pat Williams
torts@friendsofredrockcanyon.org
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