Calendar of Events
December HCPS Monthly Meeting Guest Speaker - TBD
Meeting to be held virtually via Zoom.
November HCPS Monthly Meeting Guest Speaker: Robert DePalma
Meeting to be held virtually via Zoom.
October HCPS Monthly Meeting Guest Speaker: Cameron Muskelly
Possibly a hybrid meeting (in person and via Zoom).
September HCPS Monthly Meeting Guest Speaker: TBD
Possibly a hybrid meeting (in person and via Zoom).
Dig Field Trip with PaleoAdventures
One day fossil dig in the Hell Creek Formation with PaleoAdventures
Meet at the field station at 8:00 am
Must RSVP ahead of field trip by following link in June HCPS Newsletter
Cost: $85.00 per person (space is limited)
Must be 12 years old or older to attend
August HCPS Monthly Meeting Guest Speaker: Amanda Cantrell and Thomas Suazo
Zoom Meeting (link in August newsletter).
WDGMS Gem Show
HCPS will have an outreach booth at our fellow RMFMS club: Western Dakota Gem and Mineral Society.
Virtual Tour of the Black Hills Institute
Virtual guided tour of the Black Hills Institute.
Open to all HCPS members.
Link has been emailed to HCPS membership.
SPEARFISH FESTIVAL in the PARK
Please join us at one of the largest summer festivals in the northern high plains, Spearfish, South Dakota’s “Festival in the Park”. Over 200 vendors will be in attendance. Including the HCPS, with our giant Megalodon photo op, Kids Dig Pit, and “ask a scientist. Hope to see you there.
Field Trip to The Mammoth Site
Meet at 11:00 AM in front of the Museum
Includes an orientation video and guided bonebed tour.
Cost: $9.50 per person.
RSVP link can be found in June HCPS Newsletter.
BELLE FOURCHE RIVERFEST
Come join the HCPS for a days worth of fossil fun at the always awesome Belle Fourche, SD “Riverfest”. We’ll have a fossil ID booth and new information on our museum project as well as a dig pit where kids can sift for real fossils!
April HCPS Monthly Meeting Guest Speaker: Dr. Nick Longrich
Meeting to be held virtually via Zoom.
March HCPS Monthly Meeting Guest Speaker: Jacob Jett
Meeting to be held virtually on Zoom. See Newsletter for additional details.
Topic: Daspletosaurus