Club 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
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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.
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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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Membership Dues - $15 single, $20 family $4.00 children - Membership Application
Membership Information blondie1638@comcast.net
- Kathy Caldwell
1540 Schenley St .
- Port Charlotte , FL 33952
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
Don't forget our Annual Potluck Picnic in Zolfo Springs (with shark bingo and prizes) that wil be held on August 9th. If you feel like volunteering some of your time or wish to contribute, please call Ollie (941-979-2791) or Anna (941-875-0145). |
Check the Peace River water depth
Arcadia
Canoe Outpost in Arcadia
Zolfo Springs |
Recent Activities
July 12, 2008 - Our guest speaker at the July meeting was Frank Garcia. His program was on the White River Badlands formation of Nebraska. Photos
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
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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
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