Last trip to the gullies before hunting season starts.

The 2017 Fossil Teacher Workshop held jointly by the University of West Alabama and the Geologic Survey of Alabama In Dallas County, Alabama.  Students attended a lecture in the morning, then went into the field to learn about how to find and identify fossils.  BPS volunteers provided assistance setting up meals and materials, and support in the field.

The Alabama Museum of Natural History hosts an annual National Fossil Day event in the Grand Gallery.  BPS set up an exhibit table, as did numerous groups from around the area.

Best day ever for collecting in the gullies - weather was cool, only low 90's, unlike the usual 110 or higher in the shade.

Hot, hot, hot today.  Creek was a welcome relief.

BPS members were invited to participate in a salvage operation at Ft. Tombecbe, where debris and artifacts were falling into the river and being lost to science.  A number of BPS members showed up to assist Dr. Dumas.  As buckets of debris were funneled down, various members took turns screening to remove the worst of the silt/dirt.  The material left in the screens was taken to the lab for a more detailed examination.

On a rainy Saturday, a number of BPS members braved the weather to collect in a quarry in Bibb County.  Numerous brachiopods, a few trilobites, a whole sponge, and bryozoans were found.