McAbee Fossil Beds site, British Columbia, to reopen to the public on June 21, 2019.

[Oxytropidoceras]

McAbee Fossil Beds site ready to reopen to the public

Site was taken over by the Province and closed to the 

public in July 2012, Barbara, Roden, The Ashcroft-Cache

creek Journal. June 11, 2019

https://www.ashcroftcachecreekjournal.com/news/mcabee-fossil-beds-site-ready-to-reopen-to-the-public/

https://www.ashcroftcachecreekjournal.com/our-town/group-is-working-to-reopen-mcabee-fossil-beds-site/

 

"Fossil Feather" - actually about McAbee Fossil Site to re-open to the 

public at the end of June 2019, ARCHEA, Musing in Natural history

https://fossilhuntress.blogspot.com/2018/08/eocene-fossil-feather.html

 

According to the above web site:

 

" McAbee will re-open to the public at 10AM on June 21, 2019..."

 

McAbee Fossil Beds - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McAbee_Fossil_Beds

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

[Fossildude19]

Great news! 

Thanks for posting, Paul!  

[FossilDAWG]

The articles do not mention any ability for the public to collect anything.  They only talk about tours.  Sounds to me like a "look but don't touch" situation.

 

Don

[Wrangellian]

The fossil feather article says:

" In any case, collection of fossils will continue, likely through the use of day-permits with oversight to ensure significant fossil finds make there way to museums."

I hope it's not a look-but-don't-touch situation.

[Wrangellian]

Hmm, I guess if they're expecting anything like the 100 000 annual visitors that John Day Fossil Beds get, then they're going to have to severely restrict public collecting, at some point.

Having been there to collect twice, I wouldn't bother going back if it's only a look-and-learn.

[Sjfriend]

And with those Canadian rules, those of us from out of country can't collect anyway so I'll skip