North-Central - 52nd Annual Meeting

Paper No. 43-5
Presentation Time: 2:50 PM

HILL ANNEX PALEONTOLOGY PROJECT: A YEAR IN TRANSITION


WESTGAARD, John1, KORF, Jason J.2 and WILLGING, Steve2, (1)Natural History, Minnesota Discovery Center - Museum of the Iron Range, 1005 Discovery Dr,, Chisholm, MN 55719, (2)Paleontology, Science Museum of Minnesota, 120 West Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55102

The Hill Annex Paleontology Project is a citizen science effort researching the Cretaceous soils of Minnesota. During the past year, this project has transferred between institutional hosts, moving from the Science Museum of Minnesota to the Minnesota Discovery Center. Join us in reviewing the changes and challenges to our program as a result of this transition. New boundaries and possibilities await as the project realigns to its new home. All facets of the project will undergo change from volunteer staffing, to budget funding, to collection management.