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Figure 3. GSA Connects 2022 provides an opportunity to experience Geo-
heritage in the Denver area, including Red Rocks—either before or after the
meeting—with Tim Connors, National Park Service. Photo credit: Big-
macthealmanac, CC-BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/
by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Figure 2. Use the QR code to express your interest GSA attendees have an option to experience the Geoheritage in
in contributing to videos or StoryMap for GSA the Denver area, either before or after the conference (Fig. 3). Tim
©
Connects 2022.
Connors of the National Park Service will lead two identical field
excursions (406, 411) for GSA attendees to experience world-class
EXTENDING GEOHERITAGE IN sites, including Morrison-Golden Fossil Areas National Natural
2022 AS NATURE’S NARRATIVE Landmarks (e.g., Dinosaur Ridge and Fossil Trace), Red Rocks
At GSA Connects 2022, our Geoheritage Park, the type section of the Jurassic Morrison Formation, Table
Pardee will further the discussion and seek Mountain lava flows, and the Uranium roll front. Join one of our
input for processes and procedures to acknowledge and conserve excursions to investigate the Precambrian through the Cenozoic
the geodiversity of our planet. Join us as we discuss criteria for in a globally recognized Geoheritage landscape.
identifying Geoheritage sites at different scales—international,
national, state, and local—and how these criteria fit within current SUMMARY
initiatives of the International Union of Geological Sciences, the The concept of Geoheritage encompasses a growing and enthu-
National Park Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the state siastic geoscience community of practice dedicated to identifying,
geological surveys. We will investigate national priorities for understanding, and communicating the critical geosites with con-
labeling a site as a U.S. Geoheritage site and if these methods dif- nections to our diverse cultures and heritages. Please join us,
fer from international methodologies. Our Geoheritage Pardee either in person, online, or through volunteered contributions to
will fundamentally address whose heritage we seek to showcase, our resource page, as we continue to make progress toward pre-
and how we should honor and preserve sacred spaces while serving and interpreting these incredible and critical places.
increasing inclusivity and accessibility through Geoheritage.
Join the conversation to discuss the academic considerations in REFERENCES CITED
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feedback on Geoheritage initiatives as we encourage audience par- States: Washington, D.C., The National Academies Press, 533 p.
ticipation to share best practices and brainstorm ideas for increas-
ing the visibility of Geoheritage sites and initiating Geoheritage
efforts in our professions and community.

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