CALENDAR ANNOUNCEMENT

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FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HOSTS
OPEN HOUSE FOR EARTH SCIENCE WEEK

~Open house will feature the new Florida Geological Survey Museum~

What:      Florida Geological Survey Open House

When:     Oct. 16, 2015, noon-6 p.m.

Where:    Florida Geological Survey
               3000 Commonwealth Blvd., Suite 1
               Tallahassee, FL 32303

Join the Florida Geological Survey (FGS) for an Open House in celebration of Earth Science Week, whose 2015 theme is Visualizing Earth Systems. Guests can explore the new FGS museum, featuring a dugong skeleton, an extinct mako shark jaw, and several rock and fossil displays. An FGS drill rig, as well as offshore geophysical data and spring research in the Woodville Karst Plain and Suwannee Basin will also be on display. For hands-on learning, microscopes will be available to examine samples with geologists. Activities for younger guests will include coloring sheets that highlight prehistoric life in Florida and Play-Doh™ for making fossil molds. Staff will demonstrate and offer several examples of geoscience work in Florida and provide tours of the new FGS facility.

About the Florida Department of Environmental Protection

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is the state’s principal environmental agency, created to protect, conserve and manage Florida’s environment and natural resources. The department enforces federal and state environmental laws, protects Florida’s air and water quality, cleans up pollution, regulates solid waste management, promotes pollution prevention and acquires environmentally sensitive lands for preservation. The agency also maintains a statewide system of parks, trails and aquatic preserves. Visit the department’s website at www.dep.state.fl.us.

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