On Saturday, June 15, 2019, a group of BPS members and guests met at a pre-determined meeting spot for a visit/pit stop/supply gather before heading to the field trip destination. The weather was warm but with slightly lower h
Weekend trip to a creek in Butler county, Alabama, with several members camping out for the long holiday.
Our speakers for June are Jeff Newman and Josh Box, founding members of Underground Birmingham, who will share the forgotten history of the Red Mountain ore mines.
Business meeting starts at 7pm, program at 7:30pm.
Hoover Public Library, Downstairs, Fitzgerald Room. Free and open to the public.
Our speaker for May is Kaydee West, third year PhD student in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Alabama, who will speak on “Listening to Sea Shells: What Fossils Can Tell Us about the Past.”
NOTE - WE ARE MEETING AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION IN MAY
Homewood Public Library - Round Auditorium. Free and open to the public.
On a very pretty March 30, 2019, a great group of BPS members and guests met at a predetermined spot in Chilton County before a much-needed field trip. On a scouting outing several weeks before, the scouting party ran in to a
Our speaker for April is Leah Travis Taylor, graduate student in Geology at The University of Alabama, who will speak on “New Evidence for Complex Mosasaur Paleobiology: Oxygen Isotopes in Enamel Reveal Habitat Variation of Clidastes from the Mooreville Chalk of Alabama.”
Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room. Free and open to the public.
On Saturday, March 2, 2019, numerous BPS members and guests traveled through the pouring rain to a fairly close limestone quarry to look for fossils. The rain stopped by the time we reached the rendezvous location but the temp
Our speaker for March is David Kopaska-Merkel of the Geological Survey of Alabama, who will speak on “Fossil Reefs of Alabama”
Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room. Free and open to the public.
The Mississippi Museum of Natural Science will be hosting their annual Fossil Road Show on Saturday March 9, 2019 from 10am until 3pm. There will be fossil exhibitors, hands-on fossil activities, "fossil digs", and professionals to help identify your fossil discoveries.
BPS will have an exhibit table at this event.
Our speaker for February is Jesse Daniel, Onsite Interpretation Manager at the Birmingham Zoo, who will speak on “LaBrea – an Urban Treasure”.
Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room. Free and open to the public.
Note: BPS will be meeting on the 2nd Monday in February and March due to scheduling conflicts.
