All:
I am planning to follow-up on the status of Mazon Creek. I am
taking multiple approaches. As part of this, I would like to know
about fossil collecting localities on public lands; in particular sites
that allow/encourage children and groups to come in and collect. I
want to be able argue both educational and economic benefits of
maintaining Mazon Creek as an active site. In the near future I
will probably be soliciting letters of support. - Roy
Roy E. Plotnick
Professor
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Illinois at Chicago
845 W. Taylor St.
Chicago, IL 60607
plotnick@uic.edu
office phone: 312-996-2111 fax:
312-413-2279
lab phone: 312-355-1342
web page:
http://www.uic.edu/~plotnick/plotnick.htm
"The scientific celebrities, forgetting their molluscs and
glacial periods, gossiped about art, while devoting themselves to
oysters and ices with characteristic energy.." -Little Women,
Louisa May Alcott