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This initiative is a follow-on activity to the America's Geoheritage invitational workshop that the U.S. National Committee for Geological Sciences co-organized in 2013. America’s Geoheritage Initiative 2020-2021 will explore possible approaches to systematically identify, standardize, coordinate, and promote geoheritage sites across America, and help build a vibrant U.S. geoheritage community that can effectively reach out to the full range of stakeholders who may be interested in using, protecting, and enjoying America's common geological heritage now and in the future.
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America's Geoheritage II: Identifying, Developing, and Preserving America's Natural Legacy: Proceedings of a Workshop
Proceedings
·2021
America is endowed with places that embody a rich geoheritage, from sites where indigenous people subsisted for millennia, to mines that furnished the raw materials that built U.S. industry, to mountain ranges and river gorges with unparalleled recreational opportunities, to field sites where studen...
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