ABOUT OUR SCIENCE & NATURE EVENTS CALENDAR
The Western Interior Paleontological Society provides this free science events listing as a service to the public and the scientific community. To submit events for this online listing and our print newsletter (May through September), please send text to the Suggested limit of 200 words (not including date, times and contact information). Listings may be edited. Graphics may be included in the print newsletter as space permits.
Ongoing Events February 2012 March 2012 June 2012
ONGOING
Western Interior Paleontological Society (WIPS) Meeting
Every First Monday
WIPS meets the first Monday of every month from September to May
(except for the December holiday auction which is held on a Saturday). Join
us for great lectures and connect with fellow paleo enthusiasts. Check our
home page
for the current program and announcements.
WIPS Fossil Club for Kids
A youth program for family members of the Western Interior Paleontological Society. Suitable for children elementary school age and older. If your child or grandchild is interested in joining the Fossil Club, please contact Dennis Gertenbach or 303-709-8218. Meets monthly, every third Sunday.
USGS - Geocaching
USGS Educational ResourcesContact Joseph Kerski, Geographer, Box 25046-MS507, Denver, CO 80225-0046
jjkerski@usgs.gov 303-202-4315
FEBRUARY 2012
February 20-24
Arthur Lakes Library Book Sale
The annual Colorado School of Mines library book sale is one of the best places to find used geology books, maps and government publications in Denver. Hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. each day. Prices start at $10
for hardcovers, $5 for softcovers and $2 for maps the first day, and are reduced each day. An onsite sealedbid
silent auction for rare, collectible and expensive items will be held on Monday, February 20, 10 a.m.-noon. Proceeds benefit the Arthur Lakes Library. Read more.
There will be a second sale the same week at the Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum, 1310 Maple Street, Golden, with books and other geology and mineral-related items. Read more.
February 24-26
Denver Gem & Mineral Guild Show
Gems, minerals, fossils, geodes, jewelry, gem cutting demonstrations, mineral displays and more. Jefferson County Fairgrounds, Golden, Colorado. Read more.
February 28
The Little Creatures of Snowmass
Learn about the little creatures that lived along with the mammoths and mastodons at the Ice Age site near Snowmass Village. Richard Stucky, curator of paleoecology and evolution at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science will introduce you to the chipmunks, voles, salamanders, shrews and other small creatures discovered to date.
7 p.m., Ricketson Auditorium, Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Read more.
MARCH 2012
March 15
Paleography of the Denver, Cheyenne and Colorado Headwaters Basins, from the Latest Cretaceous through the Eocene
A presentation by Marieke Dechesne, Bob Raynolds and Jim Cole of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science at the monthly meeting of the Colorado Scientific Society, Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian Church, 20th Ave. at Simms Street, Golden, Colorado.
March 23-25
Fort Collins Rockhounds Gem & Mineral Show
Featuring fossils and quartz. Exhibits, door prizes, silent auction, gem and mineral dealers, and much more. Thomas M. McKee 4-H building, 5280 Arena Circle, Loveland, Colorado. Read more.
JUNE 2012