Ginny Switt – myFOSSIL

Ginny Switt joined the group Montbrook Fossil Dig 3 years ago

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Ginny Switt joined the group iDigFossils 3 years ago

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Ginny Switt joined the group K12 Teachers 3 years ago

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Ginny Switt posted an update in the group 2017 FOSSILs for Teachers Professional Development 3 years, 4 months ago

3 years, 4 months ago

Pam, Jeanette, anyone else..any interest in going fossil hunting on Monday (MLK day?) We would love to go hunting…doesn’t have to be the Peace River, could be anywhere. Just let me know!

Ginny Switt posted an update in the group 2017 FOSSILs for Teachers Professional Development 3 years, 7 months ago

3 years, 7 months ago

Hello!

I know several of you are regular Peace River visitors, and a few of you were offering to take people out. Well I am ready! I know the river is high right now, but as soon as it lowers enough, my son and I really want to go. We don’t scuba dive, so would like to be in an area shallow enough to dig and sift. I would like to go bef…[Read more]

Pam Plummer replied 3 years, 7 months ago

Hi Ginny!

I’d love to take you and your son to the peace. This is the USGS website we use. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/fl/nwis/uv?site_no=02295637 (Zolfo Springs). How we gauge when we go in the river is when Zolfo Springs is at 5′ or less you can find a place to dig. However you also have to watch the discharge. It’s measured in cubic feet per…[Read more]
- Ginny Switt replied 3 years, 6 months ago
  
  I will keep an eye out! I have an inflatable kayak.
Jeanette Pirlo replied 3 years, 6 months ago

Let me know when you decide to go! I know a few of use would enjoy going out! The last time I went was in December and it was beautiful!
- Ginny Switt replied 3 years, 6 months ago
  
  I will definitely let you know!

Ginny Switt posted an update in the group 2017 FOSSILs for Teachers Professional Development 3 years, 9 months ago

3 years, 9 months ago

Hi!

I wanted to thank everyone for a wonderful, informative PD. I am sorry I did not get to go “creeking” with you all (I am going to a wedding) but I really enjoyed meeting each and every one of you. When you have a chance, can you post your name, where you are from, and your specialty on here? I remember everyone now, but in 6 months when I…[Read more]

Stephanie Killingsworth replied 3 years, 9 months ago

Hi Ginny!

Stephanie Killingsworth: [email protected]
7/8 gifted science Conniston Middle School
West Palm Beach, Florida
member of myFOSSIL, GABI-RET, follower of Dry Dredgers, Tampa Bay Fossil Club, Active digger at many sites!
TriciaLynn Glotfelty replied 3 years, 9 months ago

Excellent idea.
Tricia Lynn (Glotfelty-Grosser)
Avocational paleontologist
Florida fossils.
Especially mammals.
Especially horses and proboscidians.
Member of several fossil clubs, fossil educator in schools, digging weekly to discover more fossils!!
Located in Hudson FL.
Jeanette Pirlo replied 3 years, 9 months ago

Jeanette Pirlo
Grad Student of Paleontology
Interested in studying sharks
Gainesville, FL
David Lindberg replied 3 years, 9 months ago

David Lindberg
Member, Paleontological Society of Austin (among others)
Interested in marine Cretaceous reptiles
Austin, TX
Jennifer Bauer replied 3 years, 9 months ago

Jen Bauer
Member of the Dry Dredgers, Knoxville Gem and Mineral Society
Grad student in Invertebrate Paleontology (super interested in Paleozoic inverts)
Knoxville, TN
Eleanor Gardner replied 3 years, 8 months ago

Eleanor Gardner
previous FOSSIL Coordinator at FLMNH and new Outreach & Engagement Coordinator at the Univ of Kansas Nat. History Museum
Master’s degree in geology with specialization in avian taphonomy/paleontology
Lawrence, KS

Ginny Switt joined the group 2017 FOSSILs for Teachers Professional Development 3 years, 10 months ago

3 years, 10 months ago