Branson Field Laboratory 2008
      General Information

Dates - June 1^st - July 12^th, 2008

Location and Surrounding Area

The Branson Field Laboratory is about 10 miles southwest of Lander, Wyoming in Sinks Canyon of the Wind River Mountains. The camp is in the Shoshone Nation Forest about a half mile from the trailhead into the Popo Agie Wilderness Area. Further information on the surrounding area and overviews of the camp are available from the following links:

Other maps showing the camp's location Wyoming highway map Wyoming Landsat map Links to nearby National Parks Yellowstone National Park Grand Teton National Park	Information about the Wind River Range Shoshone National Forest Popo Agie Wilderness Area Sinks Canyon Information Sinks Canyon State Park Wind River Range Climbing
Information about the Lander area Information About Lander National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)

        Sinks Canyon showing an inset of Camp Branson

Prerequisite Courses

We expect you to have completed courses in Historical Geology, Structural Geology, and at least one of the following courses: Stratigraphy, Sedimentation, or Petrology (including a sedimentary rock component).

Tuition & Fees

*Board costs are based on 20 meals per week

Optional Fees and Services

Round trip transportation and lodging from Columbia, Missouri to the Branson Lab $200. The vans leave Columbia on the morning of May 30^th and arrive in camp on the afternoon of June 1^st. They leave camp on the morning of July 13^th and arrive in Columbia on the afternoon of July 14^th.  The fee includes two night's lodging during the trip to camp and one night's lodging on the return trip. One-way travel on the vans is $110.

Textbooks

The books included in the textbook fees noted above are:

Freeman, T., 1999, Procedures in Field Geology. Blackwell Science, 95p
Stow, D.A.V., 2005, Sedimentary Rocks in the Field: A Color Guide, Academic Press, 320p.
Love, J.D., Reed, J.C., and Pierce, K.L, 2003, Creation of the Teton Landscape, Grand Teton Natural History Association, 132p.
We also provide a hardcover field notebook for each student.

Computing Fee

The computing fee covers all computer access, supplies, and computing in camp, including  access to the Internet, e-mail exchange, and storage and CD burning of your digital photos.

If you have questions that are not covered by the pages on this site, contact:

Bob Bauer via e-mail at bauerr@missouri.edu or
Kristin Bennett via e-mail at bennettka@missouri.edu or by phone at 573-882-6785