 Wild
About Learning
We learn
all our lives yet we consider education to be for the young.
At Fossil Rim you can discover both concepts. We love to share
our conservation efforts with young and old alike. For children
of all ages we offer open-air tours so they may learn more
about the animals and what we are doing for them. If you have
a group of 10 or more, we have “Wolf-Ridge
Camp” Whatever
your level of interest, chances are we will have something
to keep you informed.
Our focus is on good stewardship of wildlife for the well being
of our planet, our children and the generations to come. To
keep this supported through the participation of an informed
and concerned public is something we are dedicated to and work
toward each day.
If you want
to participate in our global efforts you can become
a member, donate, volunteer and tell your friends & family
about Fossil Rim. Just reading our newsletter each month is
a big help, and very appreciated
Jan
Bussey
Education
Specialist
About
Jan
 What's
Gnu?
On August
10th Fossil Rim provided 26 Attwater Prairie Chickens to Texas
Parks and Wildlife to be released at the Attwater Prairie Chicken
National Wildlife Refuge near Houston. They will be taken to
South Texas where they will spend some time undergoing an acclimatization
process before they are entered into what is called a “soft
release” program. That means the gate of their pen will
be left open and they will have a choice of wandering away and
staying or coming back to the place where they know food will
be waiting for them.
Until the recent
discovery of a remnant population of Ivory-Billed Woodpeckers
in Arkansas the Attwater Prairie Chicken had been the
most endangered bird in the U.S.
New Educational
Tours and Packages
• Discovery
after Dark: October 21
• The
Encounters Series: 2nd Sunday of each month
Morris
Bussey, Fossil Hunter of Glen Rose Morris
Bussey, or as his friends call him, Buzzy, lays claim to
being the Fossil Hunter of Glen Rose.
“Fifteen
years ago I tried to build a crawfish pond on my back pasture,
this started me into fossil hunting when I found fossils instead
of water. I
helped people find fossils and it became my hobby, and a nice way to earn some
spending money not only from selling fossils but also guiding folks on fossil
hunts.”
Continued>>
 Just
Why Are We Called Fossil Rim Anyway?
by Jan Bussey, Editor
It seems
that one of the most frequent questions I’m asked is “How
did Fossil Rim get its name?”. Fossil Rim is called
Fossil Rim because there are plenty of both on property,
fossils and rims. The one particular rim inspiring the name
has a shallow cave below it and is quite visible from the
drive through. I have seen cliff swallows and an arthropod
most of us call “Daddy longlegs” using this cave
for a home. See if you can figure out just which spot this
may be (from inside your car of course – as always – we
want to keep you safe).
Fossils,
as you know, are the remains of something that lived a long,
long time ago. We find many
types of Fossils here at
Fossil Rim, with the most prevalent one being a type of Oyster
called a “Devil’s toenail”. I’ve
seen at least two other types of oysters; Ammonites which
are the
fossilized equivalent of our modern-day Nautilus; gastropods – snail
shells; hemiasters – similar to the puffy sand dollars;
as well as clams and Pectin shells.
The “Rim” part
of our name comes from a geological term indicating a place
where the earth makes a semi-circle
then drops off into a ravine. There are a number of these
to be found around our hills. This gives you the nuts and
bolts
about how our name came to be, next month we will fill you
in on a little of our past.
 South
African Teacher comes to Cowtown!
by Haily Summerford
Public Educations Specialist
City of Fort Worth
In May,
Grantham Jansen, a school principal and teacher from Cape
Town, South Africa, arrived in Texas. Grantham is among four
other South Africans who have taken part in Cheetah Outreach’s
Teacher Fellowship Program over the past several years. This
program not only exposes the teachers to valuable educational
resources, but also enhances teacher professional development
in South Africa. Each year the fellows return to South Africa
and share their knowledge with other teachers.
Continued>>
 Education
Department at Fossil Rim gets new Director
Greetings,
It
is my pleasure to be the new Director of Education. Fossil
Rim is a remarkable place with a rich and valuable history
that I personally treasure. I have valued the many visits
to Fossil Rim where my students and children were introduced
to a variety of Fossil Rim’s excellent educational
programs, camps, and tours. I feel honored for the opportunity
to carry on the invaluable work of my predecessors. It is
my goal to lead the education department to even higher levels
of excellence. I am looking forward to the completion of
my PhD in Online Instructional Design, as we will be developing
web-based pre and post visit educational programs. In the
meantime, stay tuned as some of our new and exciting programs
premiere this fall.
Respectfully
yours,
Iris Broyles,
M.Ed.
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