Preserving the Past for the FutureClub Interests: All types of fossils. Meetings: Held the second Saturday of each month at Edison Community College, located at Airport Road in Punta Gorda. Meetings feature a guest speaker & programs on archaeology and paleontology, fossil identifications, raffles, and fossil items for sale. Directions to Edison Community College Club Activities: Two field trips a month in addition to scheduled “Kids Digs”, fossil workshops, raffles with an Annual Scholarship Auction. Club volunteers speak at local schools, participating with fossil show & exhibits. We have served Southwest Florida for 25 years. Families and Children are always welcome! Newsletter: Published monthly. Contains interesting news stories about paleontological and archaeological discoveries & fossil identifications. Membership Dues: $15 single, $20 family $4.00 children - Membership Application Membership Information: blondie1638@comcast.net
President : Ollie Tipton - 941-625-2010 or 941-979-2791 For more information email one of the board members of the Southwest Florida Fossil Club Executive Board UPCOMING EVENTS - May 17th and May 31st - Quality Pit - meet at Publix parking lot at 771 and 776 at 8:00 a.m. For more information on field trips, call Chuck at 941-764-9337. | |
Recent Activities May 3rd & 4th - We went on a diving trip off of Venice Beach. Congratulations to Jeff Byard for his nice mammoth tooth he found on his first diving trip. Great job to all the other members who went on the trip. Diving Trip April 14th - About 20 club members went on a trip to CF Industries. Representaties from CF gave us an introduction to the mine. We had many different finds - from meg teeth to whale vertebrates. CF Industries and April Meeting Photos March 29th Dive Trip - We had a blast on our dive trip off Venice Beach. One of our members found a 5 3/8 inch meg tooth. More pictures and a story will be in our next newsletter. Dive Photos 2008 Annual Auction - was held on February 9th. Auctioneers Steve Wilson and Chuck Ferrara kept the excitement going all evening. There was a separate auction for the kids. We raised money for at least two $500.00 scholarships to Gainesville University - one to Vertebrate Paleontology and one to Invertebrate Paleontology. Auction Photos Home Show and January Meeting - We had lots of volunteers and lots of people who stopped by our booth at the Home Show. At the meeting, Dr. Gordon Hubbell was presented a certificate for being a lifetime club member. Home Show and January Meeting Photos 25 Year Celebration - was held on December 8, 2007. It was a wonderful way to commemorate this special occasion 25 Year Anniversary Celebration Photos |
Fossiling Permit It is Florida's public policy to protect and preserve all vertebrate fossils including bones, teeth, natural casts, molds, impressions and remains of prehistoric animals. Fossil sharks teeth are specifically excluded from these regulations, as are fossil plants, and invertebrates, including shells, so no permit is required to collect these specimens. To obtain a copy of the permit, click picture below
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About the Southwest Florida Fossil Club
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