November 17, 2001 - Walker Co, AL
BPS members collected in coal mines in Walker County, Alabama again this month. Fossils are prolific in the spoil piles of these mines.
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October 6, 2001 - Walker Co, AL
This month BPS members collected in several Walker County, Alabama coal strip mines.
September 29, 2001 - Covington Co, AL
BPS 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.
August 25, 2001 - Colbert Co, AL
BPS members took a long road trip to roadcuts in Colbert County on August 25, where everyone found a good selection of blastoids, brachiopods, trilobites, and other Mississippian age fossils at two separate collecting sites.
Afterwards, we relaxed and cooled off in a creek on some propery owned by one of our members.
July 21, 2001 - Clarke and Washington Co, AL
BPS members went to a Clarke County site where whale fossils have been found in the past, but none were found on this day. We also collected at a privately owned quarry in Washington County, Alabama, where numerous echinoids, sand dollars, and foraminifera were found.
Forams with a sand dollar showing in the matrix.
Numerous sand dollars were found in this quarry.
Summer, 2001 - Jefferson Co, AL
Several times during the summer, members collected in north Jefferson county, in an area being cleared for a shopping center.
June 09, 2001 - Lowndes Co, AL
On June 9-10, BPS members spent the weekend in Loundes County, Alabama, where they found Cretaceous fossils. Numerous fossilized crabs and shark teeth were collected on this field trip. The crab nodules and exogyra below are from a resident near the site, who helped us gain permission to collect on the property. 
A number of members had already left for home by the time we reached the final stop of the weekend. Most of the remaining members decided to hike down the creek, and took off at a rapid pace. Many miles away the rumble of thunder could be heard, though it didn't rain at the collecting site. Vicki and Martha searched near the entrance to the creek, until they noticed the water was rising too high to clearly see the bottom. They decided to wait nearby for the return of he others. They waited. And waited. As they sat and talked, they speculated on the treasure trove of crabs that the long gone group must have found. Then finally they decided to walk back to the creek to see if anyone had returned. Wow! What a difference a couple of hours had made! The distant storms had created a muddy, rapidly moving flash flood.
These members were just happy to be back to their cars. Instead of a nice leasurely walk back up the creek, they had to bushwhack through the bushes and brambles due to the quickly moving floodwaters. Once back, Kathy asked if we had seen her bucket. No, what bucket? The one she left on the edge of the creek, containing her car keys. Oops - no, they're probably in the Gulf of Mexico by now. But all turned out well, as she rode back to Birmingham to get her husband's help retrieving her car.
Kathy, Claire, Sarah, Jeff, & ______.
Spring, 2001 - Walker Co, AL
BPS took several trips to an abandoned strip mine, where numerous nodules containing fern spore pods were found. This was on a trip with a visiting paleontologist.
May 26, 2001 - Greene Co, AL
BPS members collected in a Greene County, Alabama creek. At this Cretaceous site, we found numerous shark and ray teeth and some fish vertebrae.
May 12, 2001 - Track Meet 3 and PlantFest, Anniston, Alabama
Track Meet III and the concurrent PlantFest was held on May 12, at the Anniston Museum of Natural History. We spent the day documenting especially fine, well-preserved, interesting plant fossil specimens and previously unphotographed tracks collected at the Union Chapel Mine. We were fortunate enough to have 2 visiting paleobotanists at this Meet. Thanks to all of the organizers and participants!!