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Rancocas Nature Center Invites Famlies to Dig for Fossils: Get the family together
for a fossil-finding expedition. Presenter Frank Lenik will guide participants
in their search for clams, oyster, squid and shark fossils.
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Ready for a summer adventure? Get the family together for a fossil-finding
expedition. The New Jersey Audubon Society presents a Fossil-Finding
Field Trip on Saturday, July 24, from 10 a.m. to mid-afternoon
at Poricy Park in Monmouth County, NJ. Presenter Frank Lenik will
guide participants in their search for clams, oyster, squid and
shark fossils. The cost for the workshop is $12 per person or $25
per family (NJAS members $8 per person or $16 per family).
“Expect to get wet and muddy and have lots of fun,” says
Associate Naturalist Frank Lenik, who is in charge of the trip.
Participants will walk in the bed of a flowing stream to find
fossils. While a variety of fossils, including those of dinosaurs,
have been found in the Poricy Brook Fossil Beds, most are those
of shellfish. Poricy Brook is a natural flowing stream that is
part of the 250-acre Poricy Park in Monmouth County, which serves
as an environmental and cultural education center. For the field
trip, remember to wear old sneakers or aqua shoes and have old
gloves and a change of clothes and towels on hand. “Once
we get into the streams we probably will stay there for a while.
When we move from stream to stream we won’t look real neat,” advises
Lenik. Other useful items to bring would be sunscreen, bug repellent,
a spackle bucket and some newspapers and plastic bags to hold
the fossils. People should also bring 1/4-inch mesh screens if
they have them.
The program is open to all and not limited to just fossil enthusiasts.
According to Lenik, “Fossil study gives us an idea of the
change in the Earth’s environment over time, and time in
a geologic sense is something we as humans have difficulty grasping.” The
Poricy Brook Fossil Beds are well known to fossil collectors
in the Northeast, with fossils dating as far back as 145 to 65
million years.
To register, or to find out more about upcoming events or joining
the New Jersey Audubon Society, stop by the Rancocas Nature Center
at 794 Rancocas Rd., Mt Holly, e-mail rancocas@njaudubon.org,
or call (609) 261-2495. The center is open Tuesday through Saturday,
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
The Rancocas Nature Center is part of New Jersey Audubon Society,
a privately supported, not-for-profit, statewide membership organization.
NJAS fosters environmental awareness and a conservation ethic;
protects New Jersey’s birds, animals, and plants, especially
endangered and threatened species; and promotes the preservation
of New Jersey’s valuable natural habitats. Founded in 1897,
NJAS is one of the oldest independent Audubon societies.
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