Join the Friends of Gold Butte as we discover the Ice Age Fossils State Park in Las Vegas. We are pleased to have Dawn Reynoso, one of the Park Interpreters, present this segment of our speaker series.

Dawn has a background in geology and paleontology, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that she enjoys spending time exploring and looking at fossils and cool rocks. She put her geology and paleontology skills, and more, to good use during the building of the visitor center and trails.

With the park now open, Dawn has shifted her focus to educational programs, guided hikes, and field trips. She enjoys the opportunity to share her love for the park and its story with park visitors.

Officially announced in January of 2017 as part of the “Explore Your Nevada Initiative”, this 315 acre park features a portion of the upper Las Vegas wash that is rich in both paleontological and historical resources. During the Pleistocene, also known as the Ice Age, the wash provided verdant habitat for several species of now extinct mammals, including Columbian mammoths, American lions, camels, dire wolves, and ground sloths. The discovery of abundant fossils onsite triggered a long history of scientific research, which includes the famous “Big Dig” of 1962-3, the largest inter-disciplinary scientific expedition of its kind up to that point.

This will be a Zoom presentation, and the link will be available to those who register to attend.