OUR FIELDWORK PROGRAM
Since 2016, Badlands Dinosaur Museum has established one of the largest summer field research programs in the northern Great Plains. Led by Dr. Denver Fowler and Dr. Elizabeth Freedman Fowler, each year we spend ~2-3 months collecting primarily vertebrate fossils from Mesozoic rocks of the region.
In November or December each year we host our Annual Field Report. From 2020 to 2022 these have been livestreamed and archived on YouTube. Please follow the links below to see reports from the past few years.
2022 Field Report Video
Every year we give a public report presenting the results of the summer field season (so far!).
In 2022 we livestreamed the field report online.
This video was originally streamed live on the Dickinson Museum Center Facebook page on Thursday December 1st 2022. The embedded video has been edited to remove a couple of technical glitches and is hosted on YouTube.
Video production by Aaron Meyer.
2021 Field Report Video
Every year we give a public report presenting the results of the summer field season (so far!).
Because of Covid19 restrictions, in 2020 & 2021 we cancelled our in-person presentation and livestreamed the field report online.
This video was originally streamed live on the Dickinson Museum Center Facebook page on Thursday December 2nd 2021. The embedded video has been edited to remove a couple of technical glitches and is hosted on YouTube.
Video production by Aaron Meyer.
2020 Field Report Video
Every year in Fall we give a public report presenting the results of the summer field season (so far!).
Because of Covid19 restrictions, in 2020 we cancelled our in-person presentation and livestreamed the field report online.
This video was originally streamed live on the Dickinson Museum Center Facebook page on Thursday November 19th 2020. If you stream the HD video via our Facebook page, then you can see comments made by viewers at the time. If you prefer not to use Facebook, then the embedded 360p video is hosted on YouTube.
Video production by Aaron Meyer.
Please Consider Donating!
Many institutions are downgrading their fieldwork programs, favoring the purchase of commercial specimens, or even limiting or closing their collections.
Badlands Dinosaur Museum is committed to fieldwork; to make the discoveries that are needed to keep science moving forward; to fill our museum with new dinosaurs and other fossils to inspire new generations.
Our experienced field crew has identified many new dinosaur sites. However, the amount of time we can spend collecting new dinosaurs is directly related to how much money we can raise for the field program. Don't believe what you read in the news: dinosaurs do not cost millions of dollars to dig up! Our fieldwork is streamlined, and cost effective. In 2017 we spent less than $3000 on fieldwork, yet made many important discoveries.
Even if you can't offer financial support, we are ever in need of supplies and equipment.
Please see our Membership & Donate page for details on how you can help our paleontology program!
