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SUMMARY:Petrified Wood Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Dates:  Two-day class.  Saturday\, May 2\, is classroom instruction from 9 am to 3 pm.  Sunday\, May 3\, is a field session to collect and study petrified wood\, starting at 1 pm. \nInstructors:  Sam Alllen and Mike Viney \nLocation:  Mines Museum of Earth Science on Saturday\, private ranch outside Elizabeth on Sunday \nNumber of Participants: 20 \nAge:  Adults and high school students \nCost:  $10 for adults\, $5 for high school students \nSam Allen and Mike Viney will be conducting a two-day Petrified Wood Workshop for WIPS members.  The workshop will be hands-on and will include fossil wood taphonomy\, general taxonomy identification\, best practices for collecting and lab methods. \nBoth Sam and Mike are long-time petrified wood collectors and researchers.  They currently are involved in the research and writing of several technical journal articles on petrified wood species found in the Eden Valley of Wyoming.  They are also founding Board Members of the nonprofit Friends of Fossil Forests. \nIf you have questions about the class\, please contact Sam Allen at samuelgallen@gmail.com. \nNote:  You must attend the classroom session on Saturday to attend the field trip on Sunday.
URL:https://westernpaleo.org/event/petrified-wood-workshop/
LOCATION:Mines Museum of Earth Science\, 1310 Maple St\, Golden\, CO\, 80401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dennis Gertenbach - Leader":MAILTO:gertenbach1@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:May 2026 - Patrick O’Connor\, PhD  |  Director\, Earth & Space Sciences\, Senior Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology\, Denver Museum of Nature & Science  |  Avian Dinosaurs from the Latest Cretaceous of Madagascar and Antarctica: A Tale of Two Birds and Two Sub-Continents
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Patrick (Pat) O’Connor is a vertebrate paleontologist who integrates data from the fossil record with our understanding of form-function relationships in modern animals to explore eco-functional implications of morphological novelty in different groups of backboned animals (e.g.\, non-avian dinosaurs\, birds\, crocodiles). He completed a degree in biological anthropology at Michigan State University\, followed by a PhD in anatomical sciences at the Stony Brook University School of Medicine. Following his PhD\, Pat took a tenure-track position (Neuroscience and Anatomy) at the Ohio University College of Medicine\, where he advanced to the rank of full professor and presidential research scholar while simultaneously serving several administrative roles in both research and curriculum. He took on the role of Director of Earth and Space Sciences at DMNS in January 2024. \nPat’s field research projects span from Colorado and Utah to Madagascar\, eastern and northern Africa\, and Antarctica\, united by the common theme of characterizing the impact of large-scale environmental change on biotas during the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene. Along with students and colleagues from around the globe\, Pat and his collaborators regularly describe species new to science\, including several exciting and oftentimes bizarre non-avian dinosaurs\, birds\, crocodiles\, and mammals.
URL:https://westernpaleo.org/event/march-2-2026-patrick-oconnor-director-earth-space-sciences-senior-curator-of-vertebrate-paleontology-denver-museum-of-nature-and-science/
LOCATION:Front Range Community College\, 3645 West 112th Avenue\, Westminster\, CO\, 80031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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SUMMARY:WIPS Contingent to the Tate Museum Conference
DESCRIPTION:Dates: May 29th – 31st – One day of speakers and two days of field trips. Saturday evening includes a dinner and Keynote Speaker Kirk Johnson. \nTheme: Twilight of the Dinosaurs: Terrestrial Life in the Cretaceous \nLeader:  Dennis Gertenbach \nLocation: Tate Museum\, 125 College Drive\, Casper\, WY 82601. \nLodging: The Ramkota Hotel in Casper is the host hotel. The Keynote Dinner will be held there. They also have a shuttle available to bring folks to the Casper College campus\, as long as there is no airport shuttle at that time. The number is 307-266-6000. \nField Trip(s): Still being finalized. One will include the Lance Formation area in eastern Wyoming. We will visit sites that have been worked on by Tate Museum crews for years. This is less of a collecting trip\, but rather a show and tell. There will be time for prospecting. On our field trips we usually allow personal collecting and/or collecting for your institution\, but the Tate Museum and the landowner would have first rights of refusal for any fairly complete or unusual specimens found. \nCost:  Participants are responsible for the conference cost\, lodging\, food\, and transportation to Casper and back. The cost for the conference has not been announced\, but those who sign up for the WIPS contingent will be notified about the cost and how to register for the conference. Note: There is no WIPS field trip fee for signing up to join the ‘WIPS contingent’ to the Conference. \nEvery year the Tate Museum in Casper\, Wyoming\, holds a three-day conference\, with one day of talks and two days of field trips. The topic for this year’s 30th Annual Conference will be Twilight of the Dinosaurs: Terrestrial Life in the Cretaceous. Kirk Johnson is the keynote speaker and Saturday’s talks will feature speakers from around the country. \nOnce again the WIPS Education Subcommittee is organizing a WIPS contingent to the Conference. We will meet up for breakfasts and dinners\, and enjoy each other’s company over the weekend. Participants can arrange for carpooling to Casper among themselves. \nParticipants are responsible for the conference cost\, lodging\, food\, and transportation to Casper and back. The cost for the conference has not been announced\, but those who sign up for the WIPS contingent will be notified about the cost and how to register for the conference. The Ramkota Hotel in Casper is the host hotel for the Conference\, and there are blocks of rooms reserved at the hotel for the pre-tax price of $89 per night. \nQuestions? Contact Dennis Gertenbach at gertenbach1@gmail.com. Come for an enjoyable weekend of Cretaceous terrestrial life.
URL:https://westernpaleo.org/event/wips-contingent-to-the-tate-museum-conference/
LOCATION:Tate Museum\, Casper College\, 125 College Drive\, Casper\, 82601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Field Trips
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dennis Gertenbach - Leader":MAILTO:gertenbach1@gmail.com
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