Saturday, December 27, 2025 WIPS member Steve Miller (Principal Investigator) has obtained a Paleontological Resources Research Permit through the US Forest Service (USFS) to conduct a survey of the Blue Hill Shale Member of the Carlile Formation in the Comanche National Grassland. The survey enabled by this permit provides WIPS members with an opportunity to […]
The Museum has offered WIPS members a behind the scenes tour. Group(s) of 10 to 15 members will be guided by an Earth Sciences curator. Tours will last about 60 to 90 minutes. After the tour members are encouraged to view the rest of the Museum on their own. Accompanied children, age 10-17 are allowed. […]
Dates: May 29th - 31st - One day of speakers and two days of field trips. Saturday evening includes a dinner and Keynote Speaker Kirk Johnson. Theme: Twilight of the Dinosaurs: Terrestrial Life in the Cretaceous Leader: Dennis Gertenbach Location: Tate Museum, 125 College Drive, Casper, WY 82601. Lodging: The Ramkota Hotel in Casper is […]
Dates: Saturday, June 20 - Monday, June 22. Leader: Dennis Gertenbach Location: Delta, UT - U-Dig Quarry, Fossil Mountain, Conger Spring Over three days, participants will be collecting fossils covering 150 million years of Earth’s history. On Saturday, we will head to the U-dig Quarry to collect trilobites and other Middle Cambrian fossils from the […]
Dates: Saturday, July 18th Leader: Dennis Gertenbach Location: Trout Creek, CO - Collecting on local, state, or federal public land between Deckers and Woodland Park On this trip, we will be collecting is in the Manitou Formation from two sites. During the Ordovician (439 to 500 million years ago), Colorado was covered with an ocean. […]
Dates: August 1st and 2nd Leader: Dave Fangrow Saturday and Sunday: Casual collecting at Douglas Pass in the Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation on BLM land about an hour North of Fruita, CO. Douglas Pass is a great place for casual collecting along road-cuts at 9,000 ft of elevation, making it one of the […]
