On Friday, November 27, 2020, seven BPS members and guests went to a working strip mine in Jefferson County to collect fossils from the Pottsville formation of the Pennsylvanian period.
National Fossil Day will be celebrated with a virtual event this year! October 14, 2020, check out the Fossil Day events from the Alabama Museum of Natural History in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
For kids of all ages, from National Geographic Kids, a quiz.
President Claire has decided there will be no BPS meeting on May 4, 2020 due to coronavirus restrictions. Also, Jefferson county libraries are currently closed.
Hope to see everyone June 1, 2020 !
President Claire has decided there will be no BPS meeting on April 6, 2020 due to coronavirus restrictions. Also, Jefferson county libraries are currently closed.
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.
