July 22, 2017 - Cretaceous, Dallas County, Alabama
Hot, hot, hot today. Creek was a welcome relief.
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2017 Hands on Fossil Workshop
This hands-on Fossils of the Black Belt teacher workshop is a fun way to get CEU credits. It will be held Tuesday, October 17, 2017 near Selma, Alabama. Details regarding location will be sent to each participant. The workshop will run from 8:30 until 4:30 pm.
Date:
Tuesday, October 17, 2017 - 8:30am to 4:30pm
August 7, 2017 BPS Program "Pteranodon – the original Pterror-saur"
Our speaker for August is James Lamb, Director of the Black Belt Museum at the University of West Alabama, who will speak on "Pteranodon – the original Pterror-saur" Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room. Free and open to the public.
Date:
Monday, August 7, 2017 - 7:00pm
July 10, 2017 BPS Program “Discovering Alabama – Past, Present, and Future”
Our speaker for July is Dr. Doug Phillips, Executive Producer of Discovering Alabama, The University of Alabama. His talk is titled “Discovering Alabama – Past, Present, and Future”.
Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room, downstairs. Business meeting starts at 7:00, program at 7:30pm. Free and open to the public
Date:
Monday, July 10, 2017 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
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.
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