Need help identifying rocks you’ve found or purchased? Coyote Short, Professional Geologist, can identify rocks, minerals, fossils and Native American artifacts. Bring in your specimens and she will help you identify them. Plus, you’ll learn steps to identifying rocks and minerals. 1pm, Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology, 2455 Old Penitentiary Rd, $5-General, Free for IMMG members and kids.
Pre-registration is required. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mineral-identification-class-tickets-1984832287803?aff=oddtdtcreator
Please contact operations@idahomuseum.org if you have questions.
Investigate the geology of Fossil Reef and Horse Hill with guide Barb Beatty. This area is 80 miles from Boise and has a lot of fossils, petrified wood, and Moqui Balls. We will meet in the Albertson’s Shopping Center parking lot at 9:45am, for a 10am departure, near McDonald’s Restaurant, 6574 S Federal Way. From here Barb will facilitate carpools. We will need some people with higher clearance vehicles to be carpool drivers. Limited people and cars. Sponsored by Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology, 2455 Old Penitentiary Rd. Nonmembers of the Museum $20 plus Eventbrite fee, Museum members and Children are free. Full refunds if the IMMG cancels the trip due to the weather.
Read link for details and to PRE-REGISTER. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bruneau-fossil-reef-geologic-field-trip-tickets-1984821299938?aff=oddtdtcreator
Please contact operations@idahomuseum.org if you have questions.
Join Steve Schaps for a geologic field trip to the Shoofly Sand Pit located about 70 miles from Boise. The sand pit contains abundant small fossils from Lake Idaho deposits. The IMMG also has archeological shaker tables that people can use to sift sand for fossils (Kids love this trip). We will meet at the Albertsons Parking Lot on Hwy 21 and Federal Way at 9:45 AM and will arrange carpools at this location. The roads are paved except for the last 1.7 miles, which is a good quality dirt road.
We will return to the carpool location at ~3 PM. No dogs, please. Sponsored by the Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology, 2455 Old Penitentiary Rd. Boise. Museum members and kids-free; Non-members of the museum-$20/each plus Eventbrite fee. Please read all details on the link.
Pre-registration is required. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shoofly-sand-pit-fossils-geologic-field-trip-tickets-1984721124310?aff=oddtdtcreator
Contact operations@idahomuseum.org with questions.
Join Steve Schaps for a brand new geologic field trip to the Shoofly Sand Pit located about 70 miles from Boise. The sand pit contains abundant small fossils from Lake Idaho deposits. The IMMG also has an archeologist shaker table that people can use to sift sand for fossils. We will meet at the Albertsons Parking Lot on Hwy 21 and Federal Way at 9:45 AM. We will arrange carpools at this location. The roads are paved except for the last 1.7 miles, which is a good quality dirt road.
We will return to the carpool location at ~3 PM. No dogs, please. Sponsored by the Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology, 2455 Old Penitentiary Rd. Boise. Museum members-free; Non-members of the museum-$20/each plus Eventbrite fee. Please read all details on the link.
Pre-registration is required.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shoofly-sand-pit-fossils-tickets-1981793618060?aff=oddtdtcreator
Contact operations@idahomuseum.org with questions.
Investigate the geology of Fossil Reef and Horse Hill with guide Barb Beatty. This area is 80 miles from Boise and has a lot of fossils, petrified wood, and Moqui Balls. We will meet in the Albertson’s Shopping Center parking lot at 9:45am, for a 10am departure, near McDonald’s Restaurant, 6574 S Federal Way. From here Barb will facilitate carpools. We will need some people with higher clearance vehicles to be carpool drivers. Limited people and cars. Sponsored by Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology, 2455 Old Penitentiary Rd. Nonmembers of the Museum $20 plus Eventbrite fee, Museum members and Children are free. Full refunds if the IMMG cancels the trip due to the weather.
Read link for details and to PRE-REGISTER. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bruneau-fossil-reef-geologic-field-trip-tickets-1981251040195?aff=oddtdtcreator
Please contact operations@idahomuseum.org if you have questions.
Join Steve Schaps for a brand new geologic field trip to the Shoofly Sand Pit located about 70 miles from Boise. The sand pit contains abundant small fossils from Lake Idaho deposits and odd sandstone sculptures that you collect off the surface. The IMMG also has an archeologist shaker table that people can use to sift sand for fossils (kids love doing this). We will meet at the Albertsons Parking Lot on Hwy 21 and Federal Way at 9:45 AM (near McDonalds but not at McDonalds). We will arrange carpools at this location. The roads are paved except for the last 1.7 miles, which is a good quality dirt road suitable for most vehicles.
We will return to the carpool location at ~3 PM. No dogs, please. Sponsored by the Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology, 2455 Old Penitentiary Rd. Boise. Museum members-free; Non-members of the museum-$20/each plus Eventbrite fee. Please read all details on the link. Pre-registration is required.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shoofly-sand-pit-fossils-tickets-1980134355160?aff=oddtdtcreator
Contact operations@idahomuseum.org with questions.
This geologic field trip will be to a new area of Bruneau Petrified Wood. You can collect petrified wood and other fossils without any digging! We’ll be meeting to carpool from the Albertsons Parking Lot (near McDonalds but not at McDonalds) at 6574 S Federal Way and Hwy 21 at 9:45 AM, departing at 10 AM. We will spend ~2 hours exploring a new area and picking up petrified wood, having lunch and then return to One-Stop and finally to the meetup location by 3-4 PM. Sponsored by Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology (IMMG), 2455 Old Penitentiary Rd. Nonmembers of the IMMG $20 plus Eventbrite fee, IMMG Members and Children are free. Pre-registration is required Full refunds if the IMMG cancels the trip due to the weather.
Pre-registration is required. Read link for important details. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bruneau-petrified-wood-geologic-field-trip-tickets-1825868575059?aff=oddtdtcreator
Contact operations@idahomuseum.org if you have questions.
Need help identifying rocks you’ve found or purchased? Coyote Short, Professional Geologist, can identify rocks, minerals, fossils and Native American artifacts. Bring in your specimens and she will help you identify them. Plus, you’ll learn steps to identifying rocks and minerals. 1pm, Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology, 2455 Old Penitentiary Rd, $5-General, Free for IMMG members and kids. Pre-registration is required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mineral-identification-class-tickets-1450642222939?aff=oddtdtcreator
Please contact operations@idahomuseum.org if you have questions.
