BPS March 1, 2004 Meeting
BPS regular monthly meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month at the Homewood Public Library. Meeting is downstairs, in room 101.
Program: Hands-on Workshop - Identify & Label Your Collection
Program: Hands-on Workshop - Identify & Label Your Collection
Date:
Monday, March 1, 2004 - 7:00pm
February 22, 2004 - Jefferson Co, AL
Submitted by Greg Mestler on Sat, 02/21/2004 - 11:00pmThis month's
field trip was a work party
to prepare the display stone in the Gate City Quarry for the continuing
Ruffner Mountain Nature Center project. After a delightful
lunch
at the Golden Rule BBQ the BPS had fun hiking in to the quarry via a
back way told to us by the RMNC staff and we even met a potential new
BPS February 2, 2004 Meeting
BPS regular monthly meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month at the Homewood Public Library. Meeting is downstairs, in room 101.
Program: Fossils as Artifacts, Artifacts as Fossils
Program: Fossils as Artifacts, Artifacts as Fossils
Date:
Monday, February 2, 2004 - 7:00pm
January 24, 2004 - Cambrian Fossils, Cherokee Co, AL
Submitted by Greg Mestler on Fri, 01/23/2004 - 11:00pmFor the
first time in many
years it was
warm and the sun was shining at Weiss Lake in NE Alabama instead of
snowing or sleeting, resulting in a turn-out of 17+ members.
Our first stop was at a new site exposing nodules from the shale of the Conasauga Fm, Dresbachian stage, late Cambrian approx. 515 million years old. Here we found over 20 "Brooksella" which are believed to be the internal mold of a "primitive jellyfish". The most that anyone can remember finding on any trip were 3, so everyone got at least one specimen.
Our first stop was at a new site exposing nodules from the shale of the Conasauga Fm, Dresbachian stage, late Cambrian approx. 515 million years old. Here we found over 20 "Brooksella" which are believed to be the internal mold of a "primitive jellyfish". The most that anyone can remember finding on any trip were 3, so everyone got at least one specimen.
BPS January 5, 2004 Meeting
BPS regular monthly meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month at the Homewood Public Library. Meeting is downstairs, in room 101.
Elections
Program: Micro-fossils of Franklin County; Conodonts
Elections
Program: Micro-fossils of Franklin County; Conodonts
Date:
Monday, January 5, 2004 - 7:00pm
BPS Meetings 2003
BPS regular monthly meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month at the Homewood Public Library. Meeting is downstairs, in room 101.
Programs for 2003:
December 1, 2003
A selection from the Sir David Attenburough series on Paleontology
Date:
Thursday, January 1, 2004 - 7:00pm
December 20, 2003 - Franklin Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 12/20/2003 - 11:00pmOur activity for December was the annual BPS Holiday Party, this time held at the home of Judy and Bill Lewis. They are fabulous hosts, and have a house built for entertaining. Their numerous trips to exciting locations around the world, and the treasures they have collected made for interesting conversations. Also, a number of
November 22, 2003 - Dallas Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 11/22/2003 - 11:00pmThis month BPS did several stops in Dallas
County. None of the
sites were prolific, but each site was easily accessible. At
our
first stop, a mosausaur bone had been discovered on the scouting trip,
so Steve and Greg spent most of their time excavating the bones on top
that were weathering. Three bones were collected, though it
appears
October 25, 2003 - Franklin Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 10/25/2003 - 11:00pmBPS took an earlier than normal trip to
Russellville this month.
Generally, the water is lowered during the winter, and a good low water
level in January makes it easy to collect in the Bangor Limestone that
surrounds the lake. But we found they were releasing the
water
much earlier, and much lower, than normal for a special
project.
September 27, 2003 - Sumter Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 09/27/2003 - 11:00pmThis month BPS took to the
water.
There are chalk bluffs along the Tombigbee that can only be reached by
boat. Dr. Charlie Smith has done many years of research on
this
site, and provided a wonderful lecture and handouts to a group of eager
amateurs. A number of straight cephalopods, gastropods, and
even
ammonites were found. A fish jaw, with teeth, was found on
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