September 27, 2003 - Sumter Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 09/27/2003 - 11:00pmAugust 23, 2003 - Butler and Covington Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 08/23/2003 - 11:00pmAugust 16, 2003 - Rummage Sale, Jefferson Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Tue, 08/19/2003 - 11:00pmThe rummage sale went very well, and generated a few hundred dollars for the BPS treasury. Several weeks of preparation was hard work, but the actual day of the sale was a lot of fun. Leisa was able to obtain a location on the main drag through Gardendale, Alabama, so even without any advertising, and
Rummage Sale August 2003
Submitted by admin on Thu, 08/14/2003 - 11:00pmJuly 26, 2003 - Cretaceous and Pleistocene Fossils, Greene Co, AL
Submitted by Ron Beerman on Thu, 07/24/2003 - 11:00pmWe had so much fun at this site back in May, we wanted to do it again, and search for more mosasaur bones. And we were in luck! 2 more large vertebra were found, and 2 pieces of jawbone, one with pieces of the tooth still there, however, we did not find where they were washing out, but we all had a great time scouting. This site in Greene County,
June 21, 2003 - Carboniferous Fossils, Jefferson Co, AL
Submitted by Ron Beerman on Mon, 06/23/2003 - 11:00pmBPS members visited 2 areas of new road development and a small quarry in Jefferson County this month, making 3 stops total. We had not visited these locations before, so were not sure how prolific the sites would be.
(Photos courtesy Greg Mestler, Ron Beerman, and Vicki Lais.)
At stop #1, several brachiopods and a couple of slabs with small amphibian track prints were found.
May 31, 2003 - Cretaceous Fossils, Greene Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 05/31/2003 - 11:00pmApril 19, 2003 - Butler Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Fri, 04/18/2003 - 11:00pmBPS visited a new location in Butler County this month for our field trip. The creek was shallow, making screening and hiking in the creek particularly easy. A number of shark teeth were found, including Odontipus robusta, scapanorhynchus and odontaspis elegans, and bones and teeth that we really wanted to pass off as fossils. Unfortunately,
March 29, 2003 - Morgan and Lawrence Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Fri, 03/28/2003 - 11:00pmThis month, BPS visited the "education center" of a local Jefferson County quarry, where school children are taught about quarry operations in a nice building with a great view of the quarry, and a small working model of the conveyor activity. Inside, there were numerous fossil displays exhibiting fossils from many of their quarry locations