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This weekend my wife and I are heading up to volunteer at the Thomas Farm fossil dig in Gilchrist County that is being run by the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville. I discovered this opportunity when visiting their website to renew my Florida fossil permit. True, you don't get to keep what you might find but you do get to see fossils in situ in the sandy clay matrix rather than all tumbled and jumbled (and blackened) in a sifting screen while standing waist deep in the Peace River. I checked the website and it seems (from their last update) that there may still be some volunteer slots open for some of the dates. I have no idea how current their website is being maintained but I'm assuming there are still opportunities here for this year. If you are interested an application form and contact email for Richard Hulbert (who is organizing and leading this dig) can be found here: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/vertpaleo/Spring_2014.htm As the first of this year's sessions is already underway (started yesterday) I'm assuming Dr. Hulbert will only be having a chance to catch-up on emails in the evenings. If you think it would be fun to work with scientists (and other volunteers) to dig at one of the most fossil rich sites in Florida, there may still be opportunities for this year. Visit the link above and contact Dr. Hulbert to see if you can still be part of this year's efforts. Videos and photos from a previous dig are also available on the FLMNH website via this link: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/thomasfarm/videos/ http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/thomasfarm/images/ I'll post some photos from our trip after I get back next week. Cheers. -Ken