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A very large group of 31 people showed up for the July BPS trip to Greene county. Thanks to James Lamb, our trip leader this time, we visited some Cretaceous sites that we have not visited for at least 10 years, so we were all pretty excited. The first site was a chalk gully which has produced nice mosasaur

May 19, 2007 - Cretaceous Fossils, Montgomery Co, AL

Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Sun, 05/20/2007 - 11:00pm

Alabama›Montgomery

Another hot day found the troops begging for a "water field trip" so we could cool off. We had mixed feelings about what we saw when we got there and found that drought conditions had virtually dried up the creek-bed. On the other hand, a good deal more fossils were exposed. This is our favorite spot for collecting

April 21, 2007 - Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils, Butler Co, AL

Submitted by Bob Stewart on Tue, 04/24/2007 - 11:00pm

The April field trip took us to Butler County where a creek has cut through early Tertiary and late Cretaceous sediments. Once again as with last months field trip to Green County we had some of the best spring weather Alabama can offer, with the temperature reaching a pleasant 76 degrees.

Everyone 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

August 19-20, 2006 - Cretaceous Fossils, Lowndes Co, AL

Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Thu, 08/24/2006 - 11:00pm

Once again BPS was out in the boonies with the ATV’s! Greg even brought his own ride this trip. Go, Greg! Gorgeous weather, good turn-out. Sandy Ebersole, a new BPS member from the Geological Survey of Alabama, was interested in examining the formation to determine if it is part of the same Ripley Formation she is studying at Coon Creek in Tennessee. Sandy and

June 24, 2006 - Cretaceous Fossils, Montgomery and Elmore Co, AL

Submitted by Vicki Lais on Mon, 06/26/2006 - 11:00pm

A relatively small group of BPS members went to a creek in Montgomery County for today's trip - could it be some people were scared off by the thoughts of 95 degree weather in the sweltering sun? To get an idea of our weather, go to your bathroom, turn the shower on the hottest it will go, close the door so steam can build up, turn off the A/C, then take your laptop in there and

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

Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Tue, 05/09/2006 - 11:00pm

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

August 20, 2005 - Eocene Fossils, Covington and Cretaceous Fossils, Montgomery Co, AL

Submitted by Vicki Lais on Mon, 08/22/2005 - 11:00pm

What a hot, humid day this was! According to weather reports, the temperature hit 97 where we were collecting, and there was virtually no shade. The first site we visited in Covington county was a real dud, for multiple reasons. We knew there would be a "constant steady discharge" due to some future plans at the

May 21, 2005 - Cretaceous Fossils, Montgomery Co, AL

Submitted by Vicki Lais on Fri, 05/20/2005 - 11:00pm

This month, BPS members headed to Montgomery county to collect in the late Cretaceous. Another beautiful day for being in the woods, and playing in a creek. This year, the creek was down, way down, so moving from shore to shore was much easier than our last trip. A number of nice echinoids and ammonites were found, a variety of

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