Our August speaker will be Archaeologist Dr. Ashley Dumas, who will be talking about her research at Fort Tombecbe, an early 18th century fort in Sumter Co that was occupied by the French, Spanish, and British before it became part of the US.  Dr. Dumas specializes in the late prehistoric Southeast, European colonization, and salt and civilization.  She is Assistant Director of the Black Belt Museum and teaches all of the Anthropology courses at the University of West Alabama.

The BPS business meeting starts at 7:00, and the program is from 7:30pm - 8:30pm.

Our speaker for July is James Lamb, Curator of Paleontology at the Black Belt Museum at the University of West Alabama, who will speak on “ Earthquakes: Not All They’re Cracked Up To Be,” a discussion about the recent central Alabama earthquakes. Hoover Public Library, Meeting Room A/B. The business meeting will begin at 7pm, followed by the speaker from 7:30 - 8:30.Free and open to the public.

The new "Jurassic World" movie will be shown at the UWA theatre in Livingston, Alabama on Saturday.  The 1pm showing is sold out, but there are still openings for the 9am show.  Details on the Black Belt Museum Facebook page.

Reservations required.

See this Youtube video James Lamb made about the Jurassic World movie.

Dr. Richard Carroll, Coal Geologist at the Geological Survey of Alabama for 24 years, will do a presentation on "Fossil Ferns" at this month's meeting.  He earned his doctorate in geology, with a focus on paleobotany and palynology.

The business meeting will begin at 7pm, followed by the speaker from 7:30 - 8:30.

Hoover Public Library, Meeting Room A & B, downstairs. Free and open to the public.

Our speaker on May 4 will be Roger Sauterer, Assistant Professor of Biology at Jacksonville State University, who will speak on “A time to die:  The Permian world and the great mass extinction." Hoover Public Library, Children’s Programming Room at 7:30pm. Free and open to the public.

Please note - this is a different meeting room from normal.  Upstairs, not downstairs.  Go in the front door, bear left.  Quickly start looking for stars on the floor, then follow them down the hall to the meeting room.

Our speaker for April is Takehiro Ikejiri, Research Associate, Alabama Museum of Natural History, who will speak on "Late Cretaceous vertebrates from Alabama: Who was really affected by the Chicxulub impact?"  Hoover Public Library, Meeting Room A/B. Free and open to the public