Alabama Paleontological Society 2003 Programs

January 13, 2003 "The Mineralogy and Origin of Coal Balls" Dr. Henry Barwood Department of Mathematics and Physics Troy State University

February 10, 2003 The Footprints from Walker County, Alabama: A Key for the Carboniferous Tetrapod Ichnology? Prof. Dr. Hartmut Haubold Institute of Geological Sciences and Geiseltaltmuseum Martin-Luther-University Halle, Germany

March 10, 2003 "Hot, Spicy, Cold, Nasty: Life in Extreme Environments" Dr. Jeannette Doeller Dr. David Kraus Department of Biology University of Alabama at Birmingham

April 14, 2003 "Astronomy Near and Far: The Beauty and Science of Our Universe" (including a discussion of the Wetumpka, Alabama, Impact Crater/Astrobleme) Mr. James Lowery Birmingham Astronomical Society & APS

May 12, 2003 "Where Two Great Sciences Meet: Reflections on My Recent Journey to the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile" Dr. Ron Buta Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Alabama

June 9, 2003 "Alabama's Oil(!) and Natural Gas: Where It Is and How It Formed" Mr. Henry Moore, Jr. Geological Survey of Alabama/Oil and Gas Board

July 14, 2003 "Old St. Stephens Update, the Confederate Salt Works, and General Historical Sites in South Alabama" Dr. Jackie Matte Old St. Stephens Scholar Author of Highlights of Alabama's Historical Sites, or, Alabama Really Does Have It All Also Author of They Say the Wind is Red: The Alabama Choctaw--Lost in Their Own Land

August 11, 2003 "A Potpourri: Art, Maps, Nature, Science, Natural History, and Archaeology" Amanda Schedler, with the Amanda Schedler Fine Art Gallery (Homewood) and Art History professor

September 8, 2003 "What Happened to all of Birmingham's Lakes, Resorts, and Neighborhood Zoos" Regina Ammon, Archives Department, Birmingham Public Library

October 13, 2003 "Frogs of Alabama, Including Their Geological Basis and Paleontological Roots" Mark Bailey, Conservation Southeast, Inc.

November 17, 2003 "Vulcan Materials: Natural Resources Extraction and Processing" Chuck King, Vulcan Materials

December 8, 2003 "When Ice was rare: the Natural Ice Trade in Alabama Before 1880" David Robb, Huntsville Museum of Art, retired

2004 Programs

January 12, 2004 "Paleobiogeography and the Devonian Stromatoporoids" Prof. Carl Stock, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama

February 2, 2004 "River Processes and Morphology: A Geologists Perspective" Brett McLaurin, Senior Geologist, Vulcan Materials Company

March 1, 2004 "Alabama Dinosaurs" David King, Geology Department, Auburn University

April 5, 2004 "Geology and History of Little River Canyon" Dr. Bill Martin, Little River Canyon Field School and Jacksonville State University

May 3, 2004 "Sedimentary Geology: Concepts and Principles" Dr. Brett McLaurin, Senior Geologist, Vulcan Materials Company

June 7, 2004 "A Journey Through Geological Time: The Unusual Terrain of the Birmingham Area" Dr. Brett McLaurin, Senior Geologist, Vulcan Materials Company

July 5, 2004 1. "Some Missing Pieces Recently Added to Alabama's Geologic Puzzle" by Dr. Jim Lacefield 2. "Preservation Work at the Alabama Museum of Natural History" by David Lueth and Bing Bluett (videotape and discussion)

August 2, 2004 "Alabama's Hidden Treasure: Moundville Archaeological Park" Bill Bomar, director, Moundville Archaeological Park

September 8, 2004 "Molluscan Biodiversity of Alabama: Current Threats and Hope for the Future" Jeffrey Sides, Tennessee Aquarium Research Institute

January 3, 2005 Summer Odyssey to New Mexico: Museums, the Abo Formation, and Fossil Trackways"

Two speakers: Dr. T. Prescott Atkinson, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Alabama Paleontological Society and
Dr. Ron Buta, University of Alabama and Alabama Paleontological Society

January 29, 2005

Presentation about the company and tour of the American Cast Iron Pipe Company (ACIPCO) in Birmingham. Included in the tour were the melting furnace and the pipe pouring facility. We met at the plant at 9:00 a.m. <\html>