May 20, 2017 - Sumter Co, AL
BPS members were invited to participate in a salvage operation at Ft. Tombecbe, where debris and artifacts were falling into the river and being lost to science. A number of BPS members showed up to assist Dr.
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June 5, 2017 BPS Program “History of Paleontology Programs at the Mississippi Museum of Natural History”
Our speaker for June is Dr. George Phillips, Curator of Paleontology at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room. Business meeting starts at 7:00, program at 7:30pm. Free and open to the public
Date:
Monday, June 5, 2017 - 7:00pm
May 1, 2017 BPS Program “3D Modeling of Archaeological Artifacts”
Our speaker for May is Jeremiah Stager, Cultural Resources Assistant at the UA Office of Archaeological Research. Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room. Business meeting starts at 7:00, program at 7:30pm. Free and open to the public
Date:
Monday, May 1, 2017 - 7:00pm
March 11, 2017 - Bibb Co, AL
On a rainy Saturday, a number of BPS members braved the weather to collect in a quarry in Bibb County. Numerous brachiopods, a few trilobites, a whole sponge, and bryozoans were found.
April 3, 2017 BPS Program “Big questions about little invertebrates: using phylogenomics to study the evolution of Mollusca.”
Our speaker for March is Dr. Kevin Kocot, assistant professor in Biological Sciences at The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and the curator of invertebrate zoology at the Alabama Museum of Natural History.
BPS meets at Hoover Public Library downstairs, Fitzgerald Room. Business meeting starts at 7:00, program at 7:30pm. Free and open to the public.
Date:
Monday, April 3, 2017 - 7:00pm
March 6, 2017 BPS Program "Excavation and Paleontology of Hominids in Israel"
Our speaker for March is Dr. Scott Brande, Associate Professor of Chemistry at UAB. Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room. Business meeting starts at 7:00, program at 7:30pm. Free and open to the public.
Date:
Monday, March 6, 2017 - 7:00pm
February 6, 2016 BPS Program “Fossils of the Dawn from Ediacaran sites in Newfoundland”
Our speaker for February is Andy Rindsberg. Associate Professor of Biology at the University of West Alabama. Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room. Business meeting starts at 7:00, program at 7:30pm. Free and open to the public
Date:
Monday, February 6, 2017 - 7:00pm
Webinar - Paleontological Resources Preservation Act (PRRA)
The PRRA is a set of rules regarding fossil collecting on federal lands.
A sister project of The FOSSIL Project, iDigBio is hosting a webinar focused on the Paleontological Resources Preservation Act, featuring Dr. Scott Foss who is the Senior Paleontologist at the Bureau of Land Management. The webinar is scheduled for Thursday, 19 January, 3:00 p.m. EST, 2:00 p.m. CST.
Date:
Thursday, January 19, 2017 - 2:00pm
BPS Annual Meeting Jan 9. 2017
The business meeting, including elections and installation of officers, will begin at 7pm.
Date:
Monday, January 9, 2017 - 7:00pm to 8:45pm