Fossil Collecting With the Natural History Society of Maryland: DAY ONE

  • 29 Sep 2018
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Meet at Staples 1230 National Hwy, La Vale, MD 21502. Meet Nick Spero at the edge of the parking lot near the tall sign for Staples and other stores in that center.
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Join us for day one of a two day fossil collecting adventure! Saturday’s collecting site will be in Keyser, West Virginia (approximately 40 minutes away from our meeting point at Staples). At this location we have the possibility of collecting coral-stromatoporoid, favosites, and cyathophyllum. Then group leaders will survey participants about remaining at this location or to continue hunting at additional sites. We have the possibility of collecting the following depending upon location: Brachiopods, Crinoids, Tentaculites, Trilobites, and several species of corals.

At the end of the day some folks will be camping or staying at a local hotel in LaVale, MD in order to continue the fossil collecting adventure on Sunday, September 30th at Lake Koon/Lake Gordon, PA (meeting at the Staples in LaVale and caravaning to the fossil site). Accommodations will be left up to each individual. Please register separately for day two at https://marylandnature.org/events.

Meet: Meet Nick Spero at the edge of the parking lot near the tall sign for Staples and other stores in that center:https://goo.gl/maps/yFxZsQeNZct. Participants will caravan or drive independently in case they choose to end their fossil hunting early. Nick’s cell phone # is 410.371.7223.

What to bring:  Bottled water, brown bag lunch, snacks, sunscreen, tick spray, something to put fossils in (plastic pill bottles, plastic bags, etc…), toilet paper for wrapping fragile fossils and well, whatever.

What to wear: Boots, normal hiking gear, hat/sunscreen, and tick spray.

A volunteer is needed to assist with participant sign-in, collecting waivers, accepting payment, and caravan logistics. If you would like to volunteer the event cost is waived. Please contact Emily at eglaeser@marylandnature.org for more information.

The Natural History Society of Maryland is a volunteer-led non-profit organization, so the fee you pay will go directly to support the programs, the nature collections, and the building that make this kind of nature education possible. We hope you consider becoming a member of NHSM, please follow this link to join: https://marylandnature.org/support-maryland-nature/.

Thank you for your support!

Photo credit: George Spicka; fossil hash containing tentaculities, brachiopods, two different types of bryoza, and a few disarticulated crinoid columnals.