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A large crew of BPS members and guests headed to northwest Alabama this month, in hopes of finding crinoid heads and trilobites. Well, we found both! We left Birmingham expecting a high of 50, however, that must have been in the wee hours of the morning, as the temperature hovered in the mid-30's all day. Brrr!! But that didn't keep the fossils inside, nor did it deter detemined fossil seekers.

Our first stop was a roadcut where numerous specimens of coral were found, many too large to carry home.

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Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 10:18pm

Trilobite in center, two kinds of coral on left, bryozoan, blastoid

February 17, 2007 - Mississippian Fossils, Franklin Co, AL

Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Mon, 02/19/2007 - 11:00pm

Once again, the word, "intrepid" comes to mind when BPS makes a midwinter trip! With the temps in the upper 30's and low 40's and 15-20 mph winds, it was a toss up as to which trip to this site was the coldest! In spite of the weather, around 23 fossil seekers came for the fun. Our first stop was under sunny skys and slight winds which

December 3, 2005 - Lawrence, Franklin and Colbert Co, AL

Submitted by Vicki Lais on Tue, 12/06/2005 - 11:00pm

This month, BPS members and guests headed to NW Alabama. When we left Birmingham, the weather was mild, though a little overcast. By the time we met, the wind had picked up and an icy chill was in the air, and there was a heavy cloud cover, so several of us donned warmer clothing. As we left, the drizzle began. Oh, no, it never rains on BPS trips, this

October 2, 2004 - Lawrence and Colbert Co, AL

Submitted by Vicki Lais on Mon, 10/04/2004 - 11:00pm

This field trip to roadcuts in Lawrence and Colbert County, AL included five stops during the day. There were a number of students on the trip, who had been teased that "you're not going to find any fossils!". They were pleasantly surprised! After a long day of collecting, our youngest participant, Bailey, decided she wanted to come on all our

March 13, 2004 - Mississippian Fossils, Morgan Co, AL

Submitted by Vicki Lais on Fri, 03/12/2004 - 11:00pm

We began our field trip for this month at a quarry in Jefferson County, to view specimens in the quarry classroom. Then we caravaned to the collecting site in Morgan Co, AL (except Vicki, who was talking so much to Bill and Adelle that she failed to see everyone else passing her on the interstate ...)

We had a wonderful day of collecting, beautiful weather and great turnout. We went to a new spot in the quarry, in addition to the site from last year. Collecting is in the Mississippian Period (340-310 mya), in

October 25, 2003 - Franklin Co, AL

Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 10/25/2003 - 11:00pm

Alabama›Franklin

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BPS 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.

March 29, 2003 - Morgan and Lawrence Co, AL

Submitted by Vicki Lais on Fri, 03/28/2003 - 11:00pm

This month, BPS visited the "education center" of a local Jefferson County quarry, where school children are taught about quarry operations in a nice building with a great view of the quarry, and a small working model of the conveyor activity. Inside, there were numerous fossil displays exhibiting fossils from many of their quarry locations

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