SOLS Takes a Hike: See Papago Park with ASU Experts
Under a wide, azure sky, the red rock Papago Buttes rise prominently over Papago Park in Phoenix and provide a bird’s eye view of and window of discovery on the park’s 1,200 acres.
On Saturday, April 5 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., the red buttes will witness a surge in maroon and gold as ASU School of Life Sciences’ faculty and students put aside their microscopes and lecture notes to lead guided hikes for the community in the park, starting from Ramada number 16.
Hike organizers James Elser, an ecosystems biologist, Pierre Deviche, a birding expert, and Susanne Neuer, an oceanographer, will just be three of more than a dozen ecologists, geologists and field biologists who lead four short nature walks looping through the park.
Families will get a broad perspective about Papago Park, its wildlife, fauna, and underlying geology. Besides these guided tours, reptile experts Andy Holycross and Dale DeNardo will attend with rattlesnakes, to talk about snake safety, and share the beauty of Gila monsters. Holycross is the coauthor of “A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles in Arizona,” with co-author Thomas Brennan, recently released by Arizona Game and Fish.
SOLS Takes a Hike was launched in 2006 as an annual community outreach event and is one of the many in the quiver of community events and programs in which students, staff and faculty are actively engaged. This event is free and open to the public.
For more information on the hike call ASU’s School of Life Sciences in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at (480) 965–2705 or margaret.coulombe@asu.edu.
SOLS Take a Hike
Saturday, April 5
Time: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Location: Papago Park – 625 North Galvin Parkway, Phoenix, AZ, 85008.
Map of Papago Park (PDF)
PDF of flyer