Oxytropidoceras Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 The Lone Star Quarry in Oglesby, Illinois is now part of the adjacent Starved Rock and Matthiessen Park. A Fossil Park for Illinois by Roy Plotnick https://medium.com/@plotnick/a-fossil-park-for-illinois-4c2cb44af2e9 Matthiessen — and Starved Rock — just got a lot bigger (VIDEO) DNR increases parks by 55 percent after $11 million deal with cement company By Tom Collins http://www.newstrib.com/free/matthiessen-and-starved-rock-just-got-a-lot-bigger-video/article_203e37f8-d89a-11e8-9a7e-e72ef52ec0d6.html A web page about other fossil parks: Fossil Parks, myFossil https://www.myfossil.org/fossil-parks/ Yours, Paul H. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 5 hours ago, Oxytropidoceras said: The Lone Star Quarry in Oglesby, Illinois is now part of the adjacent Starved Rock and Matthiessen Park. Unfortunately, I have a feeling that this will take years before we are able to access the Lonestar Quarry again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 On 6/15/2019 at 10:27 PM, Nimravis said: Unfortunately, I have a feeling that this will take years before we are able to access the Lonestar Quarry again. Yup. No more hunting. I wish they would do something like Mazon did with daily permits. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearLake Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 @Nimravis I'm just curious, it has been over three years since this post. Has there been any movement on this fossil park? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 I heard COVID slammed the brakes on this project, unfortunately. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 1 hour ago, connorp said: I heard COVID slammed the brakes on this project, unfortunately. In Illinois, the wind blowing off of the lake can slam the brakes on many things. I hope this comes to fruition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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