Cretaceous Confrence Program now avialable

The program for the Advances in Western Interior Late Cretaceous Paleontology and Geology Conference is now available! Check it out here. I know I am looking forward to seeing talks at 10:40 and 3 on May 23 (among many others)!

Looking forward to seeing many of you there! 

© ReBecca K. Hunt-Foster

8th Conference on Fossil Resources Program now available

The advanced program for the 8th Conference on Fossil Resources is now available for download online here (PDF). Check out the great line up of talks. I think this is really going to be a great meeting to attend. Looking forward to seeing many of you there! 

© ReBecca K. Hunt-Foster

Rocky Mountains and the Colorado Plateau: Canyons, Resources, and Hazards

The American Institute of Professional Geologists is hosting "Rocky Mountains and the Colorado Plateau: Canyons, Resources, and Hazards" October 3-7 this year in Grand Junction, Colorado. The meeting is co-hosted by the Grand Junction Geological Society and Mesa State College and includes a variety of field trips. The meeting invites posters and talks on all aspects of geology and paleontology of the region and registration is open to all (it is not strictly an AIPG member meeting). Please consider submitting an abstract and feel free to forward this to others who may be interested. Abstracts are due May 1.

Advances in Western Interior Late Cretaceous Paleontology and Geology

“Advances in Western Interior Late Cretaceous Paleontology and Geology”
May 22 - 23, 2009
Dixie Center, St. George, Utah
With Pre-and-Post-Meeting Field Trips


This meeting is being convened by Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and partners to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Kaiparowits Basin Project, a collaborative effort focused on researching all aspects of the Late Cretaceous geology and paleontology of south-central Utah. The conference’s vision is to provide an opportunity for the Late Cretaceous research community and the public to exchange ideas and present findings of recent work in the Western Interior of North America. Utah themed papers presented will be considered for inclusion in a compendium volume on southern Utah’s Late Cretaceous Geology and Paleontology expected to be published in late 2010 by Indiana University Press. Abstracts are due by 5:00 pm MST February 2nd.

For schedules, registration, hotel information and to submit an abstract, please see the website.

The meeting follows the 8th Conference on Fossil Resources, May, 19-21, also to be held at the Dixie Center. For information on this meeting, please see their website.

8th Conference on Fossil Resources

The other day in my post on the Cambrian Explosion conference Jerry reminded me that in 2009 we have another alternative for those of us who can't swing the trip to Bristol for SVP - the 8th Conference on Fossil Resources (or 8th Federal Fossil Conference). The last meeting was in May of 2006 in Albuquerque. The next meeting will take place May 18-21, 2009, in Saint George, Utah! They will be having workshops and field trips (I am sure those will be great, given that the area is great for paleo), with a proceedings volume being published for the meeting. There is a call for papers currently, and any that are pre-peer reviewed and submitted by November 30, 2008, will be included in the volume. "Presentations on management issues, and success stories between various organizations, individuals, and land management agencies are of particular interest."

A symposium on 'Advances in Late Cretaceous paleontology in the Escalante/Grand Staircase National Monument' and the 2009 Utah Friends of Paleontology annual meeting will be held in conjunction immediately follow the conference in the same venue (May 22-23, the Dixie Center). The meeting will be open to anyone who would like to present research findings related to the theme. This should be very interesting. So many new and awesome things have been coming out of GSENM over the past 10 years or so.

As Jerry said best: "it will be a veritable paleo lovefest for those who find the dollar-to-pounds exchange rate to be too intractable, as well as for those planning to hit Bristol anyway but just can't get enough of paleo conferences!" So check out those links and start making your plans!

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