BPS Fossil Exhibit September 2007
BPS presents "Fossils of Alabama" in the Ellenburg Art Gallery at the Homewood Public Library. Exhibit will be on display through September 30. On September 30 from 2:30 - 4:00 there will be an Open House, with hands on fossil displays and a "screening for fossils" sand pile to find your own fossils.
BPS August 6, 2007 Meeting
BPS regular monthly meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month at the McWane Science Center. Program: Late Cretaceous Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction by Sandy Ebersole, Geological Survey of Alabama.
Park in the deck on "Level C", go through doors marked Special Event Center, and follow signs to meeting. The business meeting begins at 7:00, followed by the program around 7:45 or 8pm.
July 21, 2007 - Cretaceous Fossils, Greene Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Sat, 07/21/2007 - 11:00pmBPS July 2, 2007 Meeting
BPS regular monthly meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month at the McWane Science Center.
Program: Dinosaurs of Alabama by James Lamb, Curator of Paleontology, McWane Science Center.
Park in the deck on "Level C", go through doors marked Special Event Center, and follow signs to meeting. The business meeting begins at 7:00, followed by the program around 7:45 or 8pm.
June 23, 2007 - Eocene Fossils, Covington Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Sun, 06/24/2007 - 11:00pmBPS June 4, 2007 Meeting
BPS regular monthly meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month at the McWane Science Center.
Program: Hadrosaurs of Alabama by James Lamb, Curator of Paleontology, McWane Science Center & Greg Mestler, BPS VP
Park in the deck on "Level C", go through doors marked Special Event Center, and follow signs to meeting. The business meeting begins at 7:00, followed by the program around 7:45 or 8pm.
May 19, 2007 - Cretaceous Fossils, Montgomery Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Sun, 05/20/2007 - 11:00pmBPS May 7, 2007 Meeting
BPS regular monthly meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month at the McWane Science Center.
Program: Earthquakes by Sandy Ebersole, Geological Survey of Alabama
(see also Geohazards)
April 19, 2007 - Dr. Gingerich Lecture in Tuscaloosa, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Tue, 04/24/2007 - 11:00pmA few BPS members drove over to Tuscaloosa, AL to hear a lecture on fossil whales. We arrived early, and decided to "fossil hunt" at the Geological Survey of Alabama building. The steps and bannisters are of limestone, and are nicely weathered out to show beautiful fossils.
April 21, 2007 - Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils, Butler Co, AL
Submitted by Bob Stewart on Tue, 04/24/2007 - 11:00pmEveryone met at a central location, and a brief introduction to the geology of the area was given before driving about 12 more miles to the entrance to the site. While past trips to