PRESERVING THE PAST FOR THE PRESENT

Meetings - Held at 7:00 p.m. the second Saturday of each month at Edison State College, located at 26300 Airport Road in Punta Gorda. Meetings feature a guest speaker & programs on archaeology and paleontology, fossil identifications, raffles, and fossil items for sale. Directions to Edison State College

Club Activities - Two field trips a month in addition to scheduled “Kids Digs”, fossil workshops, raffles with an Annual Scholarship Auction. Club volunteers speak at local schools, participating with fossil show & exhibits. We have served Southwest Florida for 26 years. Families and children are always welcome!

Newsletter - Published monthly. Contains interesting news, stories about paleontological and archaeological discoveries, and fossil identifications.

Membership Dues - $15 single, $20 family $4 children

Membership Application

Membership Information blondie1638@comcast.net

Kathy Caldwell1540 Schenley Street

Port Charlotte FL 33952

President - Chuck Ferrara - ferrara_307@hotmail.com. For more information email one of the board members of the Southwest Florida Fossil Club Executive Board

Fossiling Permit - It is Florida's public policy to protect and preserve all vertebrate fossils including bones, teeth, natural casts, molds, impressions and remains of prehistoric animals. Fossil sharks teeth are specifically excluded from these regulations, as are fossil plants, and invertebrates, including shells, so no permit is required to collect these specimens. To obtain a copy of the permit, click picture below

Check the Peace River Water Depth

Arcadia Water Depth

Canoe Outpost in Arcadia

Zolfo Springs

Upcoming Events

Saturday, September 11th - Carly Manz, our scholarship recipient, will be our speaker. Her topic is about an extinct group of primitive mammals from the North American, Asian, and European Poleogene.

Saturday, October 9th - will be a matrix sorting meeting.

Saturday, November 13th - Bruce MacFadden from Gainesville will be our speaker.

Recent Events

Sunday, August 8th - we had our annual picnic. The weather was great. Everyone, especially the kids, had a great time. 2010 Annual Picnic Photos

Saturday, February 13th - we held our Annual Scholarship Auction. The auction was a huge success. We raised money for our Scholarship program while enjoying the many items that we could bid on. The SWFFC wishes to thank our many volunteers and members who contributed items to the auction. A special thank you to Frank Garcia and Steve Wilson who served as our auctioneers. Photos from the 2010 Auction

Saturday & Sunday, January 16th & 17th - The first annual Arcadia Days was quite a success. We had our booth manned by SWFFC volunteers who handed out information, applications and supervised a fossil dig for younger children. Then we also had a fossil dig in the Peace River for the older kids. In spite of cool, windy weather and cold water, they ventured in and dug for fossils. Photos from Arcadia Days

Saturday, January 9th, 2010 - monthly meeting. Our speaker was George Hecht from Gainesville University. His program was on ostracodes of Moorea, French Polynesia. Ostracoes look like shrimp in a clam shell but are less than 1 mm long.

More Recent Events complete with photos

Photo Gallery

Don't forget to check out our photo gallery with updated pictures of our club activities Gallery