Looking east from the Visitor Center - causeway and Wasatch Range	Buffalo Bay from the Visitor Center	Dr. Bozniak welcomes the field trip participants and introduces the faculty at the Visitor Center amphitheater . . .
. . . the moves on to his talk about the organisms in the Great Salt Lake.	Dr. Clark is up next wit the geological history of the island.	Dr. Gatherum tries to stay warm in the wind at the amphitheater
looking north over the tufa at the Visitor Center.	more tufa	scenery for those whose minds drifted during the talks
On to the Fielding Garr ranch where, after lunch, Dr. Wachocki describes aspects of fire ecology.	Drs. Clark and Deckert at the Fielding Garr Ranch.	Dr. Deckert goes over our growing appreciation for the importance of plant-fungal relationships.
Leslie, our resident halomycota expert, at the Fielding Garr Ranch.	Drs. Gatherum and Bozniak, sparring (again)	Dr. Gatherum describes the problems of invasive species.
A short walk from the Ranch brings the crew to a wetlands area . . .	. . . where we are joined by some of the larger island residents.

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