The 2025 Annual Meeting is going to be hosted by the Great Basin Chapter based in Salt Lake City. Watch for website updates as they become available.
The Utah Friends of Paleontology Annual Meeting
August 31 – September 2, Price, Utah
Hosted by Castle Country Chapter and The Prehistoric Museum
General Schedule:
Friday August 30
Icebreaker social upstairs at Juniper Cafe / Crosscut Brewery from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at 150 Hospital Drive Price, UT 84501
Saturday August 31
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. with a lunch break from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. Activities include UFOP meetings and presentations on campus at USU Eastern. Banquet at 7:00 p.m. with an address by Josh Lively, Ph.D., Curator of Paleontology at the Prehistoric Museum. Please note that you need to register by August 16 to be guaranteed a banquet ticket.
Sunday and Monday, September 1-2
Fieldtrips: Castle Country is rich with field trip options. See the current listing of planned field trips.
Venue Information
The annual business meeting, presentations, and banquet will all be in the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center Multipurpose Room on campus at USU Eastern. See the map below:
The Multipurpose Room is reserved for talks/business meeting from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Coffee and muffins will be available for attendees in the morning.
Banquet
The banquet will start at 7:00 p.m. Dinner will be buffet-style and will include herb roasted chicken, salad, herbed rice, candied carrots, and dessert. Banquet tickets cannot be guaranteed for registrations made after August 16.
Lunch
The BBQ food truck, Gettin’ Our Smoke On, will be at the university for easy access lunch purchases and folks are of course welcome to venture out on their own.
Sunday September 1 – Field Trips
There are no costs for fieldtrips. Participants will be expected to provide their own transportation, food, and water. Per BLM rules, field trips will be capped at 12 registrants for each outing. We will be providing more information, but here is a basic listing of the current planned field trips:
Monday September 2 – Field Trips
Self-guided tours all weekend
