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 2004-2009
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
Fieldtrip season will soon be
here. Bob Asreen is now our VP of
Fieldtrips, as a result of our June 2009 election. Thanks
for all your hard work and dedication to providing our club with
numerous, varied, and high quality fieldtrips, Bob! And,
welcome back.
We are discussing another bus trip to Washington, D.C.,
and a special trip to the University of Delaware Mineralogical
Museum. Any ideas for cool bus trips and other fieldtrips are welcome.
- 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.
Lee Creek Update
NOTE: In case you had not
heard the news, there may be no new fieldtrips here until Spring
2011.
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 2004-2009 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
2009 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.)
- Friday & Saturday, September 11-12:
Stratford Hall/Westmoreland Boat Trip (Limit 16) VMNH Members,
$75, Non-Members, $85. Stratford Hall $5/ea grounds fee which
can be applied to dining at the Stratford Hall Dining Room or
Gift Shop 8:00-4:00 pm. on September 12.
- Sunday, September 13: Stratford
Hall/Westmoreland. VMNH Members, $31.50; Non-Members, $35.
Children under 12, $22.50; Non-Members, $25. Stratford Hall
$5/ea grounds fee which can be applied to dining at the
Stratford Hall Dining Room or Gift Shop 9 am-3 pm.
- Saturday, October 10: Lower James
Boat Trip (Limit 16). VMNH Members, $90; Non-Members, $100.
- Sunday, October 11: Lieutenant Run.
VMNH Members, $22.50; Non-Members, $25. Children under 12, $18;
Non-Members, $20.
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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