Petrified Wood Collecting in Odessa, DE (Fossil Club Only)

Sat, May 4, 10am - 4pm

Please note: This event listing is for informational purposes only. The registration link will only unlock Bob Ertman’s contact info so that you can get in touch with him. Bob says: “Signup needs to be by email directly with me because I need to be sure that everyone knows the ground rules and the limits […]

Cost: $0

Herp Club Spring Hike: Oregon Ridge

Thu, May 9, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Clubs, herps, hikes

Clubs Field Trips Members Only

Join NHSM Herp Club member Howdy Knipp for a hike through Oregon Ridge Nature Center. Bring a packed lunch and enjoy a picnic afterwards! We’ll meet in the nature center parking lot near the reservoir and take a short walk to a small pond where we’ll look for signs of her activity. Note that the […]

Cost: $0

Fossil Club Trip to Centralia, PA

Sat, May 11, 9am - 3:30pm

Photo by www.floridagardener.com

Clubs Field Trips fossils Members Only

Centralia, PA was a small coal mining community in central PA that had to be abandoned after the coal beds under it caught fire in the 1960s. Today nothing is left but the streets and sidewalks and some cemeteries. The surrounding area has several strip mines with numerous plant fossils. These are typical Llewelyn formation […]

Cost: $0

Stratford Cliffs Fossil Hunt (Fossil Club Members Only)

Sat, June 8, 9am - 3:30pm

Photo by Virginia State Parks

Clubs Field Trips fossils Members Only

Located in Montross, VA (on the south side of the Potomac River, adjacent to Westmoreland State Park), Stratford Cliffs are part of the Calvert Formation, a rare geological phenomenon along the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River. Among the most important fossil research sites in the Mid-Atlantic region, they were formed when land replaced an ancient […]

Cost: $30