Bighorn Basin GeoScience Center 1802 US Highway 14 E ~ Shell, Wyoming 82441 ~ Email: cliff@bbgeoscience.org
	The Bighorn Basin GeoScience Center is a non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c) (3) corporation dedicated to geological, paleontological, and archeological research and education and to the conservation of the natural resources of the northern Bighorn Basin of Wyoming.
	During the summer of 2006, Kirby Siber, Director of the Saurier Museum in Aathal, Zurich, Switzerland, displayed several of his Howe-Stephens Quarry dinosaur mounts at DINORAMA 2006 in Shell, Wyoming, including “Big Al Two”, the most complete Allosaurus specimen in existence. These dinosaurs were collected from the world-famous Howe Quarry site near Shell, Wyoming. This is the first time that this collection was displayed in North America, after being seen by over two million viewers in exhibits in Europe and Japan. The purpose of this exhibit was to emphasize the need for the proposed Bighorn Basin GeoScience Center in the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming so that we can conserve and display our natural resources in an appropriate setting.
	Peter Larson and Kirby Siber with Big Al Two Stegosaurus
	Diplodocus Apatosaurus “Baby Toni”
CONTACT Bighorn Basin GeoScience Center, Inc. Cliff Manuel, Chairman 1802 US Highway 14 E Shell, WY 82441 Phone: (307) 765-2259 or (866) 765-2259 toll free Email: cliff@bbgeoscience.org www.bbgeoscience.org	BIGHORN BASIN GEOSCIENCE CENTER MISSION STATEMENT The study, conservation & appropriate display of the Bighorn Basin’s natural resources, and promotion of geoscience and local historical and educational activities, through exhibits and educational materials for teachers, students, visiting scientists, tourists and the people of Wyoming. PRIMARY GOALS 1. Establish a permanent facility in the Shell Valley of Wyoming that will serve as a museum and interpretive center for Bighorn Basin natural resources, and featuring the major fossil discoveries from this part of Wyoming. 2. Provide a repository for type specimens, especially unique scientifically valuable fossils from the northern part of the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming. 3. Educate and inspire the public with an understanding and appreciation for the significant scientific and historical values of the natural resources of the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Cliff Manuel, Chairman President, GeoScience Adventures, Inc., Shell, Wyoming John Coyne, Vice Chairman Chairman, President, and CEO Big Horn Federal Savings and Loan, Greybull, Wyoming Scott McCollough, Secretary & Treasurer Attorney at Law Greybull, Wyoming BACKGROUND The northern Bighorn Basin of Wyoming contains extensively documented fossil deposits dating 540 million years ago (Cambrian Period) to the present. These include world famous localities with extensive fossil deposits that contain dinosaur bones, eggshells and trackways, as well as primitive mammal fossils. These deposits are located on privately held land as well as on state and federal land. Major fossil discoveries have been and are currently being removed from this part of the Bighorn Basin because suitable storage and display facilities do not exist in the area. Professional scientists, including world famous geologists, paleontologists and anthropologists, have conducted research activities in this area for over 100 years. These research activities are only loosely coordinated among entities, and thus the rich natural resources of the area remain relatively unknown to the people of Wyoming. More importantly, the relationship of these resources and the Bighorn Basin remains disconnected in the minds of the world. The proposed Bighorn Basin GeoScience Center will include comprehensive displays which describe and explain the paleogeolographic history of the basin and will feature major fossil discoveries from the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming, displayed in the context of the environment that was prevalent in the timeframe the animals existed. This website will be updated periodically to reflect progress and describe how you and other interested visitors to this site can be active participants and support this endeavor. Last Update: January 14, 2008