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GSA TODAY | JANUARY 2016 The Tooth of Time, an icon of Philmont Scout Ranch.

Philmont Scout Ranch Volunteer Geologist
Program Marks 25th Year

Cimarron, New Mexico, USA
Sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

Map of Cimarron’s location (in red), New Mexico, USA. Image by Arkyan; Creative Commons license BY-SA.

Philmont Scout Ranch is one of three national high-adventure bases owned and operated by the Boy Scouts
of America. Located in the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico, Philmont is a 137,000-
acre ranch dedicated to outdoor activities. The twelve-day backpacking experience serves more than 27,000 high-
school-age boys and girls from all over the USA as well as several foreign countries. Learn more about the geology
of the area at http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/pp_505/html/pdf.html.

Fifty-four volunteer positions are open this year, to be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Volunteers
will receive a sign-up packet with scout applications (you have to be a scout, at least for the summer!), medical
forms, and brochures in May 2016. Students who would like to volunteer must show proof of enrollment in
a graduate-level program. The 2016 season begins on Saturday, 11 June; the last week of the program begins on
Saturday, 6 August.

For more information and to sign up, contact Ed Warner, 62 South Ash Street, Denver, CO 80246, USA,
+1-303-331-7737, cell +1-720-490-5152, ewarn@ix.netcom.com. Alternate contact: Bob Horning, P.O. Box 460,
Tesuque, NM 87574, USA, +1-505-820-9290, rrhorning@gmail.com.

Volunteer to Teach and Demonstrate Area Geology
in Back-Country New Mexico this Summer!

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