While Penn Dixie may be covered in ice and snow, we can always think ahead to the coming spring and summer months when the site will be visited by fossil collectors of all ages and experience levels. This spring, we’ve got Earth Day on April 22 and Dig with the Experts scheduled for Memorial Day weekend, plus many school field trips. In the summer we’ll host a full array of science and nature programs, but fall will be a really special time when we host our 20th Annual WNY Earth Science Day on Saturday October 7. To get in the sprit, take a look back at Earth Science Day 2016 — Saturday October 8 — with some photos courtesy of superstar volunteer Jake Burkett and his family.






For the full gallery visit the Google Drive gallery — thanks Burketts! We are grateful for the following organizations that made Earth Science Day possible:
- 3rd Rock LLC
- Aquarium of Niagara
- Animal Advocates of WNY
- Buffalo Association of Professional Geologists
- Buffalo Geological Society
- Buffalo Museum of Science
- Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper
- Canisius College Seismographic Station
- Cradle Beach
- Earth Dimensions, Inc.
- Ecology & Environment, Inc.
- Erie County Department of Environment and Planning
- Evangola State Park
- Lloyd Taco Trucks
- Past & Present Rock Shop
- Penn Dixie Site
- Reinstein Woods/NYS DEC
- SJB/Empire Geo Services, Inc.
- StratResources Geologic Consulting, LLC
- SUNY Brockport Earth Science and Meteorology Club
- SUNY Buffalo Undergraduate & Graduate Geology Clubs
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — Buffalo