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The Winter 2017 issue of Fossil News is a special focus on Kemmerer, WY — the Gateway to PaleoTourism, USA — the Fossil Basin area; the Fossil Butte Nat’l Monument; Dig-Your-Own quarries; and much more. There was so much great content that we added four additional pages to the issue! · In the Beginning: An Excerpt from Lance Grande’s The Lost World of Fossil Lake · A Photo Gallery of Specimens from the Extraordinary Collections at Fossil Butte · Kemmerer Area directories: Rock & Fossil Shops, Dig-Your-Own Quarries, and more · A Visit to the Westmoreland-Kemmerer Coal Mine · Discovering & Photographing Ostracods in Eocene Green River “Turritella Agate” · American Fossil: The “Education Quarry” · A Monitor Lizard from Green River The Find of a Lifetime · SVP to Sue to Block Reductions to Grand Staircase & Bears Ears National Monuments · and more! Get your copy or subscribe: tinyurl.com/fnsubscribe. From now until the end of the 2018 Tucson shows, mention that you saw this notice on Fossil Forum and get the trade rate of $44/year (instead of $50).

I need help to indentify a fossil found at Fossil Butte, Wy. I found it about 20 years ago while on vacation with family. The guide was telling us how to open the rocks and being a typical teenager, I just randomly grabbed a rock and broke it open. The guide couldn't indentify it and my grandmother does still have the other side of the fossil. My wife and kids think it's cool, but with led love to know more about it.

Hello all! I am very pleased to announce that I am sending my first piece of Green River plant material over to Fossil Butte National Monument for them to add to their collections! It has the structure of the leaf down to the third set of veins and should be able to be recognized by genus. This came out of a strange layer between the split fish and the 18 inch at the Lewis Ranch. The layer it comes from consists of mostly Phareodus and Gar. Plant material is fairly uncommon within it, but shows extremely nice preservation. While it is not a complete leaf, it can be identified and used for research!

Just got back from the 2012 Decker family vacation. Lots of miles between Kansas, and Montana. Lots to see and do, wish we could have stayed a little longer. We made it out to Fossil Butte, and spent an hour at Warfields splitting rocks. We came out with a few nice fish, and lots of pieces. A "Share-splitter" found a complete stingray while we were there. He said it was his second this year, and some years he doesn't find any. It was fun, but sitting in one spot splitting rocks takes a certain mindset, and I'm a little too restless to do that for more than an hour. We drove on up to Yellowstone through the Teatons, and saw lots of wildlife and beautiful scenery. Even tried a little flyfishing and rafted the Yellowstone river from Gardner down about 8 miles. Went through Thermopolis and Casper but were there at the wrong times to hit those museums. (That leaves us something to do next time) Thought you guys might like to see a few photos.