Exploring the American West
The Native Trees of Colorado A guide to all native trees of Colorado, with details for easy identification.
Reports about the Mountain Pine Beetle and the pine beetle epidemic, a compilation.
Books about Colorado trees and Colorado natural history
Geology and Geophysics
The Geology of Zion National Park -- a brief overview . . . and a reading list about Zion geology.Good Recent Geology Books Recent years have seen many non-fiction books which make for as good reading as a novel. Here are a few about the Earth and its history.
Investigations in science and in the history of technology
A change in seismicity near the Mid-America Trench following the Oaxaca earthquake
(Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 1981, vol 24, issue 1, pp. 30-32).
Early work on earthquake triggering by stress change from adjacent earthquakes in the same subduction rupture zone.
The Design of Jules Verne's Submarine Nautilus (1982)
Using Numerical Model Output to Provide Initial Forecasts of Surface Weather (1996)
Generating Initial Surface Forecast Values from NCEP Models (1997)
My work on using numerical forecast model output to generate values for surface forecasts was the initial concept for what became the NWS computer-generated online 'point' weather forecasts,
such as this
Yellowstone National Park weather forecast.
Construction of Egyptian Old Kingdom Pyramids
(Cambridge Archaeological Journal 1996, 6: pp 150-163)
In the 1990s archaeologists and engineers finally figured out how the pyramids were built. This is one key report.
History of the Early West: investigations
Firearms of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: short summary complete report
Meriwether Lewis's Lead Powder Canisters
Biscuits, Crackers, and Hard Tack in Early America published in The Journal of the Early Americas, January 2011.
History of the Early West: readers' guides
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Reader's Guide to the Mountain Men of the American West
Lewis and Clark: A Guide to Sources of Information
History of the Early West: activities
Historic Fort Lupton a recreated fur trade post by the Rocky Mountains
Photographer Wier a 19th Century Photographer in the 21st Century
Projects and boats
Designing a Sundial for Clock Time
How you can design a sundial for any location, which gives clock time correct to a minute or two.
A Simple Brick Bake Oven for wood-fired baking.
The Boats of Swallows and Amazons, traditional sailing dinghies.
Weather and forecasts
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