The Division of Vertebrate Paleontology has one fossil collecting session per year that uses volunteer assistance. This will generally be during the drier and cooler times of the year, either spring or fall. Age limits and physical requirements will vary depending on the conditions at the particular fossil site we are working.
Our next volunteer-assisted fossil session will run from October 24 through November 24, 2009, with digging occuring on Saturdays through Tuesdays of each week. More information can be found here.
Our last field volunteer effort was the Tapir Challenge, which ran from 2005 to 2008. A summary of this work can be found here.
Our volunteers working at a fossil site in north-central Florida.