Missouri Master Naturalists Nature Journal: Grand Gulf

 
 
Nature Journal

Grand Gulf to Mammoth Springs Field Trip
Missouri Master Naturalist class

   

March 27, 2004
10 AM - 2 PM
Sunny, few clouds and warm

Looking up to the overlook at the top of the Gulf, where visitors arrive and begin the long walk downhill.

Geologist Dr. Bill Hedden of Koshkonong provided interpretation on the field trip. He is standing in the losing stream that is at the bottom of the Gulf.

   
Grand Gulf is a spectacular collapsed cavern
featuring steep limestone/dolomite cliffs
Dolomite outcropping and waterfall
   
Find the Northern water snake!

MN class at Mammoth Springs listening to a presentation by an Arkansas state park ranger and volunteer interpreter.



Photos by James Ware, Missouri Master Naturalist class



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