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May 6-7, 2006 - Cretaceous Fossils, Lowndes Co, AL

This May found the troops encamped in Lowndes County for a whole weekend of fossils and good company. Tents, camping vans, pop-up trailers all turned out for the great weekend of food, hunting and sleeping out thanks to the generosity of the hunting camp. Our hosts supplied rides out to gullies and a creek on their property via ATV’s and trailers. Even Sylvie made the bumpy

BPS May 1, 2006 Meeting

BPS regular monthly meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month at the McWane Science Center.

Program: "I got Crabs in Lowndes County", the Ripley Formation, by Paleontologist James Lamb

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.
Date: 
Monday, May 1, 2006 - 7:00pm

April 1, 2006 - Cretaceous Fossils, Russell Co, AL

On a gray, overcast day that began with morning drizzle in Birmingham, and an unscheduled side trip to Georgia (don't ask), several BPS members participated in a paleontological salvage operation in Russell county, Alabama. When the sun came out full force later in the day, it made us appreciate the cloud cover!

BPS April 3, 2006 Meeting

BPS regular monthly meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month at the McWane Science Center.

Program: Video: The Burgess Shale

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.
Date: 
Monday, April 3, 2006 - 7:00pm

March 18, 2006 - Mississippian Fossils, St. Clair Co, AL

BPS members collected in St. Clair county, Alabama this month. The weather started out a little chilly, but turned into a perfect, pleasant day. The first stop was a Mississippian age road cut, where geologic uplift is obvious. There we found several varieties of coral, including quite a few large horned coral, brachiopods, and sponges in layers of the

BPS has a New Meeting Location

BPS members voted at last night's business meeting to begin meeting at McWane Science Center, instead of the Homewood Public Library.

BPS March 6, 2006 Meeting

BPS regular monthly meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month. This month we will be meeting at the McWane Science Center.

Program: Tour of the Alabama Collections Center at McWane Science Center, by Paleontologist James Lamb

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.
Date: 
Monday, March 6, 2006 - 7:00pm

Change of Meeting Location

On March 6, 2006, BPS members voted to begin meeting at the McWane Science Center, rather than Homewood Public Library, effective immediately.  This was a hard decision for us, since the HPL had been home to us for so long, but McWane offers us access to a professional paleontology staff and lab.   As we leave, we want to say a HUGE  "Thank you" to HPL for all the help and support over the years, to the helpful and concerned staff and the wonderful facilities they always made available to us.  HPL is one of the greatest community assets we have here in Birmingham. 

February 18, 2006 - Pennsylvanian Fossils, Bibb and Shelby Co, AL

Another trip not put off for "rain, nor sleet, nor snow etc." Near-freezing temperatures, 100% chance of rain, an overcast sky and icy drizzle to begin the day were all on the menu at the BPS field trip in February to strip-mine sites in Bibb and Shelby county. To give you an idea of what we decided to brave, our host at our first

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