On Saturday, March 21, 2020, a baker’s dozen members and guests of BPS went to a site that we’d never visited. A tip from a member’s neighbor and a scouting outing was awarded by permission to collect in a strip mine in Jeffer
Our speaker for March is Adiel Klompmaker, curator of paleontology at Alabama Museum of Natural History. He will be speaking on “The Fossil Record of Decapod Crustaceans: Worldwide and in Alabama.”
Business meeting at 7pm, program at 7:30pm. Hoover Public Library, downstairs, Fitzgerald Room. Free and open to the public.
Trip number 2, for the win!
Our speaker for February is James Lamb, Director of the Black Belt Museum at the University of West Alabama. He will be speaking on “What happened in the world of paleontology in 2019.” Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room. Business meeting 7pm, program 7:30pm. Free and open to the public.
On Saturday, January 25, 2020, several BPS members and guests decided, despite the dismal forecast, to travel to a lake in Franklin county to collect fossils. The selected field trip site is a favorite and did not fail to plea
Tonight's meeting will be our Annual Meeting, where members will vote for Officers, Directors, and Committee Chairs, followed by an installation ceremony. The business meeting will start at 7:00 pm. There will not be a formal program tonight.
All are welcome, members expected.
REMINDER - 2020 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS AND DUES NEED TURNED IN TO MEMBERSHIP CHAIR.
Our speaker for December is Tim Truelove of the Black Belt Museum at the University of West Alabama who will speak on “Post-Glacial Black Belt Ecosystems: Climate or Humans?
Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room. Free and open to the public.
How many attendees does it take to make a great field trip? Today, the answer was four! Maybe it was the cold weather or maybe it was schedule conflicts but, for the folks who came to Chilton County for the field trip, it was
Our speaker for November is Rachel Moore, a doctoral student at the University of Alabama, who will speak on "Exploring Extinction in Ancient Antarctica.”
Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room. Free and open to the public.
BPS participated in the National Fossil Day exhibit on the campus of the University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa.
