About DMS Field Trips
The DMS sponsors and/or participates in
several field trips per month. In the past, members of the club have
visited mineral and/or fossil collecting sites in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
and North Carolina.
For photos of the localities that we visited, the participants and the
specimens that were collected, please see the field trip pages on the
DMS web site.
If you are interested in
participating in a field trip, there are several ways to sign up.
They are as follows: 1) sign up at a DMS club
meeting, 2) call me at 302-838-0339 or 3) send an email
to
dmsfieldtrips@gmail.com
. Please do so at least 72-hours before each
trip. Directions to each fieldtrip will be emailed and/or
discussed over the phone with those who sign up to attend.
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All field trips are weather
dependent.
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Several of the trips are physically
demanding! All trips require at least an average level
of physical fitness!
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Most quarry trips require members
to be at least 18 years old, and to have a
hardhat, safety glasses/goggles, and steel-toed boots.
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Collecting equipment should
include: rock hammers, chisels, pry-bars,
boxes, packing material for specimens such as newspaper, etc.,
screens for sifting, etc.
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Bring water, drinks and snacks for the
day.
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Wear appropriate clothing and footwear.
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Carry sunscreen and insect
repellent.
Please check back here periodically or
send me an email expressing your interest in collecting either fossils
and/or minerals and I will add you to my email list.
Over the past year, the DMS has sponsored
field trips to collect fossils and minerals at localities in
North Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Delaware. For photos of the localities
that we have visited, the participants and the specimens that were
collected, please see the field trip pages on the DMS web site.
[Bob Asreen, 2009-2010 Vice-President of Fieldtrips]
Past Field Trips 2004-2010
Karissa and Arthur, JT Dyer Quarry, 10-13-2007
March Show 2010 Field Trip Display Case
Hi! As in the past, we
are putting together a DMS Field Trip display case to show the
visitors at the show where the DMS field trips have taken us and what has been found at
those localities.
We could use your help in filling our case(s)
with specimens that you collected from some of our fieldtrips--both
minerals and fossils. Thanks.
--Bob
March
Show 2009 Field Trip Display Cases
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Thanks to everyone who made these cases possible.
--Bob Asreen
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2010 DMS UPCOMING FIELD TRIPS
Well another DMS field trip season is behind us! The weather
at this time of year being such as it is in t h e M i d - A t l
a n t i c region really prohibits the scheduling of any
club-sponsored field trips until after the DMS Show in March. So
I urge each of you to spend some time this winter thinking about
possible field trips for the
upcoming year.
I have tentatively scheduled a trip to Red Hill
in April and a trip to Deer Lake in May and am working to
schedule trips to the C&D Canal (and possibly the Odessa wood
site), and the Penn-Maryland, Silver Hill and Birdsboro
Quarries. I am also looking for volunteers to lead some of these
field trips. So if you are interested in leading a trip or know
of any new localities that that might make a good club field
trip, talk to me at a meeting, call me at 302-838-0339 or send
me an email at
dmsfieldtrips@gmail.com with your suggestions and Iwill look
into them.
Upcoming Scheduled Fieldtrips
- Saturday, March 27, 2010 Bus
Trip to the American Museum of Natural History, New York
City
March 27, 2010 (Saturday): The American Museum of
Natural History, New York City, NY. We will have signups for
seats on our bus for this day trip. See either Wendy Sbriglia or
Bob Asreen for details.
DMS is once again hosting a bus trip for club members and their
families! I’ve reserved a bus for Saturday, March 27 to go to
New York City and visit the American Museum of Natural History.
Reserve your seat now!
There are 45 seats available
on the bus and seats will be filled on a first come first serve
basis. To ensure we fill the seats, we are making some seats on
our bus trip available to other clubs, interested clubs should
contact me (again). Let me know how many are in your
party and what category of admission for each. I’ll take payment
at meetings, in the mail, or at the bus if necessary. Make
checks payable to DMS.
Wendy Sbriglia,
610-593-0525, 1191 Bartville Rd., Christiana, PA 17509.
We’ll meet at 7:30 am at a location to be
determined as soon as possible, probably in Stanton (NOT at the
Park and Ride as previously published). We can no longer use the
Park and Ride locations.
We’ll leave NYC at 6:00 pm and arrive back in
Delaware by 8:30 pm.
The cost of this trip is $44 for adults, $41 for
students and seniors (60), and $38.50 for children
2-12 years old. The cost includes the transportation and group
admission fees to the museum.
This means I need a head count as far in
advance as possible to get the tickets purchased by
March 13 (the required 2 weeks
prior to our visit). You may be able to get a lower
price on the day of our visit, but if the museum has too many
people expected, you may not get in.
For this price you get admission to the American
Museum of Natural History and the Rose Center for Earth and
Space. For an additional fee you
may
be able to get add-on tickets to an IMAX
show, the Planetarium Space Show, or the Butterfly Conservatory.
If everyone can agree on the same add-on, I can arrange tickets
for that also. I’d like to see the Planetarium Space Show the
most. This makes the trip cost $51 for adults regardless of
which add-on is chosen.
To plan your visit to the museum, go to
www.amnh.org . The museum should not take all day, which leaves
everyone time to grab an early dinner in the city. There is a
food court in the museum if you prefer. The club will bring
along drinks and small snack bags for the bus ride.
Lee Creek Update
NOTE: In case you had not
heard the news, there may be no new fieldtrips here until Spring
2011.
Closed for 2010
A message from Curtis Ormond of PCS announcing
the cancellation of the 2010 collecting season at the PCS Mine
in Aurora, North Carolina was posted on January 17 on the
Elasmo website.
If you have any suggestions for
possible fossil fieldtrips, talk to Bob Asreen at a meeting, call him at the number listed in the Geogram,
or send him an email
with your suggestion and he will look into it.
Check out our Past Field Trips 2004-2010 for pictures, detail, and such. |
E.F.T.A. (formerly N.E.F.T.A.)
FIELDTRIPS
Remember, members of DMS will also be eligible to
participate in field trips hosted by the members of the Eastern Field Trip Alliance (EFTA). I will post those trips in the Geogram when the schedule
becomes available in the spring. I would also suggest that you check the web site to find
out about upcoming field trips.
For more information, go to: www.nefta.us
Society of Natural History of Delaware All events are free and
open to the public. Fieldtrips normally take 2-4 hours.
For questions and/or reservations for any trip call
Al Matlack at (302) 239-5383.
New Jersey State Museum Fieldtrips
Virginia Museum of Natural History Field Trips
VMNH FIELD TRIPS
Join the Virginia Museum of Natural
History staff and learn about the fascinating geological history of
the Middle Atlantic States.
These trips cover a wide variety of ages and environments
representative of the last 450 million years.
Field trip fees are used to support VMNH
research. To learn about upcoming field trips or to make a
reservation, please e-mail
fieldtrips@vmnh.virginia.gov or call the museum at (276)
634-4171. This information is also available on the VMNH website at
http://www.vmnh.net under the Research and Collections and
VMNH Expeditions links. Please note that space is limited.
(Scientifically significant specimens may be retained by curators
for the VMNH collection.)
Details of these trips can be found at: http://www.vmnh.net/index.cfm?pg=285
Janet Roetken
Administrative Assistant
Research and Collections
Virginia
Museum of Natural History
21 Starling Avenue
Martinsville, VA
24112
276.634.4171
276.634.4199 (Fax)
janet.roetken@vmnh.virginia.gov
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