Wayne Ranney See the You Tube video of my lecture at the Cline Auditorium in Flagstaff on November 19, 2008.

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"Images" by Jack Dykinga, Charles Bowden and Wayne Ranney won two Glyph Awards at the Arizona Book Publishers Association annual meeting on May 9. It received first place as "Best Coffee Table/Large Format" book, and first place in the "Nature/Environment" category. Here is the link.

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My latest blog is from a backpacking trip in Coyote Gulch, Utah. Click here to read it and those from previous adventures.
I am a geologist, author, and guide and I love to share my appreciation of earth history with anyone who is curious about landscapes and how they may have formed. I have a passion for landscapes and how cultures either thrived or withered because of those landscapes. I also love foreign travel, ancient peoples and hiking in the great outdoors.

"Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau" wins a prestigous Glyph Award on May 9.

Ancient Lanscapes My book, "Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau," won a Glyph award from the Arizona Book Publishers Association on May 9, 2009. The award was given in the category"Best Book Science and Environment" book in 2009. Here is the link announcing the award. ALCP is co-written with Dr. Ron Blakey, a former professor of mine at Northern Arizona University. The book contains dozens of dazzling paleogeographic maps that portray the numerous former landscapes that once graced the Colorado Plateau. The book has created a lot of "buzz" within the geologic community of the American Southwest as Dr. Blakey's maps have been enjoyed on his web site for the last 10 years. Now his maps and my text are available in one beautiful volume!

Carving Grand Canyon: Evidence, Theories, and Mystery, by Wayne RanneyAwards received for "Carving Grand Canyon:"

2007 Arizona Book Awards Science Winner

2006 - National Association of Interpretation, 2nd Place

2006 - National Outdoor Book Award - Nature and the Environment, Honorable Mention

2006 - Association of Partners for Public Lands Honorable Mention

2005 - Southwest Books of the Year - Pima County Public Library

Check out my bio posted on a site published by a class at Coconino Community College, "Perspectives on the Colorado Plateau".