May 24, 2002 - Lowndes Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Thu, 05/23/2002 - 11:00pmBPS members spent the weekend of May 24-26 on a camping trip to
a Lowndes County, Alabama, hunting club, to collect in creeks and gullies.
We found crabs in nodules, ammonites, turritella, and had a great time!
John brought his telescope, and we spent a long time just gazing at the
stars at night, and joined the "next door neighbors" at their campfire.
April 14, 2002 - Walker Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sun, 04/14/2002 - 11:00pmOnce again, BPS members visited a coal mine in Walker County, Alabama, where many varieties of plant fossils were found.
March 23, 2002 - Walker Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Fri, 03/22/2002 - 11:00pmBPS members visited a private museum owned by
one of our newest members - wonderful specimens, as he has worked around
mines most of his life. Then we went to Taft Coal mine in Walker County,
Alabama for collecting.
February 23, 2002 - Franklin Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 02/23/2002 - 11:00pmBPS members collected in the Bangor Limestone in Franklin County, Alabama, and made several stops at roadcuts
in the area. Specimens from this site date to the late Mississipian
Period of geological history (about 320 million years).
December 21, 2002 - Holiday Party
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sun, 01/20/2002 - 11:00pmNo field trip this month, instead we had a holiday party at Leisa's home.
January 12, 2002 - Cambrian Fossils, Cherokee Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 01/12/2002 - 11:00pmWe collected in Cherokee County, Alabama, in the pebbles and shaley outcrops around a lake, which was low for the winter, exposing a wide shoreline. An outcrop of the Middle Cambrian Conasauga Shale of the Coosa Valley is at this site, and numerous trilobites were found. A number of members went scouting for new sites in the area.
December 1, 2001 - Holiday Party
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 12/01/2001 - 11:00pmWe attended a Christmas party this month at the home of one of our members. No field trip this month.
November 17, 2001 - Walker Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 11/17/2001 - 11:00pmBPS members collected in coal mines in Walker County, Alabama again this month. Fossils are prolific in the spoil piles of these mines.
October 6, 2001 - Walker Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 10/06/2001 - 11:00pmThis month BPS members collected in several Walker County, Alabama coal strip mines.
September 29, 2001 - Covington Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 09/29/2001 - 11:00pmBPS members collected in and around a river in Covington County, Alabama this month. Numerous shark teeth, ray teeth, bones and various shell material was found.
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