Field Trips
Events
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Indian Springs Trace Fossil NNL Site
Indian Springs 3257 County Road 67, Penrose, CO, United StatesAttendance: 26 / 30This 450 million-year-old National Natural Landmark changed paleontology history when it was discovered on a private working ranch by Bennie Thorson just east of Cañon City in the 1960s. Carly […]
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Tour of Steve Jorgensen’s Ammonite Collection
Highlands Ranch Highlands Ranch, CO, United StatesAttendance: 8 / 10Steve Jorgensen has accumulated a world-class collection of ammonites from the Western Interior Seaway and has invited WIPS members to his home to tour his collection. During the tour, Steve […]
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Comanche National Grassland: Upper Carlile and Lower Niobrara
Timpas, CO Rt. 350, Timpas, CO, United StatesAttendance: 18 / 20Saturday, 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 […]
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Denver Museum of Nature & Science
DMNS 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, United StatesAttendance: 34 / 40The 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 […]