May 25, 2019 - Cretaceous Fossils, Butler Co, AL
Weekend trip to a creek in Butler county, Alabama, with several members camping out for the long holiday.
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June 3, 2019 BPS Program – “Underground Birmingham”
Our speakers for June are Jeff Newman and Josh Box, founding members of Underground Birmingham, who will share the forgotten history of the Red Mountain ore mines.
Business meeting starts at 7pm, program at 7:30pm.
Hoover Public Library, Downstairs, Fitzgerald Room. Free and open to the public.
Date:
Monday, June 3, 2019 - 7:30pm
May 6, 2019 BPS Program – “Listening to Sea Shells: What Fossils Can Tell Us about the Past.”
Our speaker for May is Kaydee West, third year PhD student in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Alabama, who will speak on “Listening to Sea Shells: What Fossils Can Tell Us about the Past.”
NOTE - WE ARE MEETING AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION IN MAY
Homewood Public Library - Round Auditorium. Free and open to the public.
Date:
Monday, May 6, 2019 - 7:30pm
March 30, 2019 - Cretaceous, Chilton County, Alabama
On a very pretty March 30, 2019, a great group of BPS members and guests met at a predetermined spot in Chilton County before a much-needed field trip. On a scouting outing several weeks before, the scouting party ran in to a
April 1, 2019 BPS Program – “New Evidence for Complex Mosasaur Paleobiology”
Our speaker for April is Leah Travis Taylor, graduate student in Geology at The University of Alabama, who will speak on “New Evidence for Complex Mosasaur Paleobiology: Oxygen Isotopes in Enamel Reveal Habitat Variation of Clidastes from the Mooreville Chalk of Alabama.”
Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room. Free and open to the public.
Date:
Monday, April 1, 2019 - 7:30pm
March 2, 2019 - Mississippian, Morgan County
On Saturday, March 2, 2019, numerous BPS members and guests traveled through the pouring rain to a fairly close limestone quarry to look for fossils. The rain stopped by the time we reached the rendezvous location but the temp
March 11, 2019 BPS Program – “Fossil Reefs of Alabama”
Our speaker for March is David Kopaska-Merkel of the Geological Survey of Alabama, who will speak on “Fossil Reefs of Alabama”
Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room. Free and open to the public.
Date:
Monday, March 11, 2019 - 7:30pm
Fossil Road Show, Jackson, MS, March 9, 2019
The Mississippi Museum of Natural Science will be hosting their annual Fossil Road Show on Saturday March 9, 2019 from 10am until 3pm. There will be fossil exhibitors, hands-on fossil activities, "fossil digs", and professionals to help identify your fossil discoveries.
BPS will have an exhibit table at this event.
February 11, 2019 BPS Program – “LaBrea – an Urban Treasure”
Our speaker for February is Jesse Daniel, Onsite Interpretation Manager at the Birmingham Zoo, who will speak on “LaBrea – an Urban Treasure”.
Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room. Free and open to the public.
Note: BPS will be meeting on the 2nd Monday in February and March due to scheduling conflicts.
Date:
Monday, February 11, 2019 - 7:30pm