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Specific projects need contributions to make them happen. Please may we have your support. Thank you.

WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY UPDATE

Amount requested is $1000 (=800EUR) to acquire scientifically important fossils from a private collector in Germany. These specimens of Devonian ophiuroids are directly relevant to research in progress at the Institute.

Amount requested is $530 to purchase an informative Helicoplacus specimen for classroom teaching and science projects.

Your donations can make these significant acquisitions possible

Books and publications are needed in support of specific education, research and public participation projects of the Institute. Your donation will help us have the resources to carry out our mission.

Amount requested for 2009 is $1,500

The Institute seeks a donation or series of donations to support acquiring these scientific books, monographs and reprints. The wish list also includes books to engage young people.

The American Horseshoe Crab (Harvard Univ. Press, $107.50)

Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas (National Geographic, $65)

Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway: An epoch tale of a scientist and an artist on the ultimate 5,000 mile paleo road trip. By paleontologist Kirk Johnson of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, and Alaskan artist Ray Troll. 2007. ISBN: 978-1-55591-451-6 Fulcrum Press. Also the accompanying Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway map. ISBN: 978-1-55591-659-6. Book $29.95 and map $12.95 to be published 15 October 2007.

Faune dévonienne de Bolivie, by R. Kozlowski, 1923. Annales de Paleontologie 12:1-112, with 10 plates. Out of print; estimated $125.00, but price and availability varies greatly.

The study of trace fossils. R. W. Frey (ed.) 1975. Speinger-Verlag, New York. Out of print; estimated $160, but price and availability varies greatly.

Indiana Department of Geology and Natural History, Sixteenth Annual Report, 1888, 472 pp., 10 plates. Out of print; estimated $40.00, but price and availability varies greatly.

UPDATE: The History of Life (fourth edition), by Richard Cowen, 2005, has been generously donated by Diane Granville and Ira Perelle -- Thank you for this generous support

UPDATE: The Devonian rocks of southeastern Michigan and northwestern Ohio, by G.M. Ehlers, E.C. Stumm & R.V. Kesling. 1951, has been generously donated by Diane Granville and Ira Perelle -- Thank you for this generous support

Help MPRI be an ambassador for international cooperation and understanding

Amount requested for 2009 is $4,000

Studies in marine and paleobiological science are truly international efforts. MPRI affirms the shared interests of engaged citizens, scientists and educators of all nations who are involved in studying, understanding, conserving and preserving the world heritage of living and fossil organisms. The Institute uses its presence, contacts and foreign travel to be an ambassador for international cooperation and understanding by encouraging communication and research among scientists of different countries. Many of the research projects of the Directors are international cooperative projects.

The Institute seeks a donation or series of donations to support sending scientific books, monographs and reprints to foreign scientists who do not have access to these materials in their institutional libraries or where library facilities are completely lacking, and to support travel to meet with foreign scientists, educators and interested citizens for the purpose of encouraging communication and research among scientists of different countries.

Help to preserve our world fossil heritage

Amount requested for 2009 is $6,000

The Institute seeks a donation or series of donations to support acquisition of fossils for teaching, exhibition and research and to preserve our fossil heritage.

The specific fossils to be purchased are usually based on windows of opportunity as collectors put specimens up for sale. We have many examples of lost opportunities due to insufficient funds at the time of offer. However, in a few situations, a collector or dealer will cooperate with MPRI and hold specimens while we seek donors to enable the purchase.

A pressing need is to have friends and supporters who will act to acquire scientifically important specimens at the moment that the specimens are available for acquisition. Lost opportunities cannot be recaptured. In many instances the specimens are so rare or special that they are simply one-of-a-kind. In other instances the supply is so limited that the window of opportunity may last only a few weeks or months. These quick-action circumstances preclude going through a grant-seeking cycle to make the acquisition. We know of at least one museum where there are friends of the collection who will respond to the moment by bidding on eBay or taking similar instant action to try to acquire specimens that are significant to the public and scientific mission of the institution. Please let us know if you would like to support the MPRI Fossil Heritage Collection in this participatory, exciting, and satisfying way.

PLEASE SEE WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY UPDATE AT PAGE HEAD

Your donations can make these significant acquisitions possible The Institute provides a learning and cultural opportunity for the community of Martha's Vineyatd Island by exhibiting and lecturing on ancient sea life at the public schools, libraries, environmental and conservation groups, and any other schools or groups that express interest. MPRI collaborates with the venue/host individuals to promote the exhibition to their communities. It is hoped that the exhibit will be on display in a public venue more-or-less continuously throughout the year. After exhibition and research the fossil specimens are deposited into the permanent collection of a museum such as the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University.

Please help us acquire the following materials for classroom use:

portable display cases for classroom and lecture venue:
model 075 (Allstate Mfg. Co., Perth Amboy $111 each)

Fossils from the oldest fossil-bearing rocks, to show students the earliest parts of the fossil record. These fossils are from the Pre-Cambrian and Cambrian Eras. Wish list includes stromatolites, archaeocyathids, Hyolithes, Helicoplacus, brachiopods, trilobites, monoplacophoran mollusks, trace fossils, ediacaran fossils, soft-body fossils, etc. Looking for quality specimens that students will be interested to see and handle. Price ranges in the Geological Enterprises, Inc., Ardmore, OK, catalog are $60 to $1500.

Ordovician sea stars from the Czech Republic
Amount needed to preserve these fossils: $650.00

UPDATE: Funds to purchase these Ordovician sea stars from the Czech Republic were generously donated by Dan and Anne Pruzan. -- Thank you for making this acquisition possible

The Institute seeks a donation or series of donations to have $650.00 for acquisition of four specimens of the large and rare Ordovician sea star Bohemura from the Czech Republic. The specimens are briefly "on hold" for MPRI while we try to find a benefactor for their purchase. Ordovician sea stars from the Czech Republic are seldom available for acquisition, making it important to take advantage of this opportunity. Material of this type is rare and is underrepresented in institutional collections. In May 2005 MPRI acquired five specimens (including one by gift). We need the help of our supporters to acquire these additional specimens. This acquisition will preserve an important part of our world fossil heritage and make the specimens available for education, research and museum display. Magnet institutions for the study of Ordovician echinoderms of the Czech Republic are the Narodni Museum in Prague, The Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard University and the Smithsonian Institution. MPRI will deposit these specimens into one of these three institutions for greatest access and impact for science and society.
bohemura

Photos by Hensken Fossils.

MPRI PRESENTS...

6/17 at MV Museum
CONNECTING WITH FOSSILS

7/20 at Edgartown Library
STARFISH and the NUMBER FIVE

8/10 at West Tisbury Library
The Noble Horseshoe Crab 5pm

2010 LECTURES AND CONCERT

7/20 Edgartown
6/17 MV Museum
3/23 Vineyard Haven
1/23 Oak Bluffs

2009 LECTURES AND CONCERT

12/2 Chilmark
10/3 Row Twelve Concert
8/12 West Tisbury
8/11 Oak Bluffs
7/15 West Tisbury
4/28 West Tisbury
3/19 Oak Bluffs
3/14 Cape Cod Nat Hist Conference
3/14 WIPS Symposium, Boulder
1/8 Hobart, Tasmania
1/6 Vineyard Haven

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Make It Happen Specific projects need contributions to make them happen. Please may we have your support. Thank you. WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY UPDATE Amount requested is $1000 (=800EUR) to acquire scientifically important fossils from a private collector in Germany. These specimens of Devonian ophiuroids are directly relevant to research in progress at the Institute. Amount requested is $530 to purchase an informative Helicoplacus specimen for classroom teaching and science projects. Your donations can make these significant acquisitions possible Books and publications are needed in support of specific education, research and public participation projects of the Institute. Your donation will help us have the resources to carry out our mission. Amount requested for 2009 is $1,500 The Institute seeks a donation or series of donations to support acquiring these scientific books, monographs and reprints. The wish list also includes books to engage young people. The American Horseshoe Crab (Harvard Univ. Press, $107.50) Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas (National Geographic, $65) Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway: An epoch tale of a scientist and an artist on the ultimate 5,000 mile paleo road trip. By paleontologist Kirk Johnson of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, and Alaskan artist Ray Troll. 2007. ISBN: 978-1-55591-451-6 Fulcrum Press. Also the accompanying Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway map. ISBN: 978-1-55591-659-6. Book $29.95 and map $12.95 to be published 15 October 2007. Faune dévonienne de Bolivie, by R. Kozlowski, 1923. Annales de Paleontologie 12:1-112, with 10 plates. Out of print; estimated $125.00, but price and availability varies greatly. The study of trace fossils. R. W. Frey (ed.) 1975. Speinger-Verlag, New York. Out of print; estimated $160, but price and availability varies greatly. Indiana Department of Geology and Natural History, Sixteenth Annual Report, 1888, 472 pp., 10 plates. Out of print; estimated $40.00, but price and availability varies greatly. UPDATE: The History of Life (fourth edition), by Richard Cowen, 2005, has been generously donated by Diane Granville and Ira Perelle -- Thank you for this generous support UPDATE: The Devonian rocks of southeastern Michigan and northwestern Ohio, by G.M. Ehlers, E.C. Stumm & R.V. Kesling. 1951, has been generously donated by Diane Granville and Ira Perelle -- Thank you for this generous support Help MPRI be an ambassador for international cooperation and understanding Amount requested for 2009 is $4,000 Studies in marine and paleobiological science are truly international efforts. MPRI affirms the shared interests of engaged citizens, scientists and educators of all nations who are involved in studying, understanding, conserving and preserving the world heritage of living and fossil organisms. The Institute uses its presence, contacts and foreign travel to be an ambassador for international cooperation and understanding by encouraging communication and research among scientists of different countries. Many of the research projects of the Directors are international cooperative projects. The Institute seeks a donation or series of donations to support sending scientific books, monographs and reprints to foreign scientists who do not have access to these materials in their institutional libraries or where library facilities are completely lacking, and to support travel to meet with foreign scientists, educators and interested citizens for the purpose of encouraging communication and research among scientists of different countries. Help to preserve our world fossil heritage Amount requested for 2009 is $6,000 The Institute seeks a donation or series of donations to support acquisition of fossils for teaching, exhibition and research and to preserve our fossil heritage. The specific fossils to be purchased are usually based on windows of opportunity as collectors put specimens up for sale. We have many examples of lost opportunities due to insufficient funds at the time of offer. However, in a few situations, a collector or dealer will cooperate with MPRI and hold specimens while we seek donors to enable the purchase. A pressing need is to have friends and supporters who will act to acquire scientifically important specimens at the moment that the specimens are available for acquisition. Lost opportunities cannot be recaptured. In many instances the specimens are so rare or special that they are simply one-of-a-kind. In other instances the supply is so limited that the window of opportunity may last only a few weeks or months. These quick-action circumstances preclude going through a grant-seeking cycle to make the acquisition. We know of at least one museum where there are friends of the collection who will respond to the moment by bidding on eBay or taking similar instant action to try to acquire specimens that are significant to the public and scientific mission of the institution. Please let us know if you would like to support the MPRI Fossil Heritage Collection in this participatory, exciting, and satisfying way. PLEASE SEE WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY UPDATE AT PAGE HEAD Your donations can make these significant acquisitions possible The Institute provides a learning and cultural opportunity for the community of Martha's Vineyatd Island by exhibiting and lecturing on ancient sea life at the public schools, libraries, environmental and conservation groups, and any other schools or groups that express interest. MPRI collaborates with the venue/host individuals to promote the exhibition to their communities. It is hoped that the exhibit will be on display in a public venue more-or-less continuously throughout the year. After exhibition and research the fossil specimens are deposited into the permanent collection of a museum such as the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. Please help us acquire the following materials for classroom use: portable display cases for classroom and lecture venue: model 075 (Allstate Mfg. Co., Perth Amboy $111 each) Fossils from the oldest fossil-bearing rocks, to show students the earliest parts of the fossil record. These fossils are from the Pre-Cambrian and Cambrian Eras. Wish list includes stromatolites, archaeocyathids, Hyolithes, Helicoplacus, brachiopods, trilobites, monoplacophoran mollusks, trace fossils, ediacaran fossils, soft-body fossils, etc. Looking for quality specimens that students will be interested to see and handle. Price ranges in the Geological Enterprises, Inc., Ardmore, OK, catalog are $60 to $1500. Ordovician sea stars from the Czech Republic Amount needed to preserve these fossils: $650.00 UPDATE: Funds to purchase these Ordovician sea stars from the Czech Republic were generously donated by Dan and Anne Pruzan. -- Thank you for making this acquisition possible The Institute seeks a donation or series of donations to have $650.00 for acquisition of four specimens of the large and rare Ordovician sea star Bohemura from the Czech Republic. The specimens are briefly "on hold" for MPRI while we try to find a benefactor for their purchase. Ordovician sea stars from the Czech Republic are seldom available for acquisition, making it important to take advantage of this opportunity. Material of this type is rare and is underrepresented in institutional collections. In May 2005 MPRI acquired five specimens (including one by gift). We need the help of our supporters to acquire these additional specimens. This acquisition will preserve an important part of our world fossil heritage and make the specimens available for education, research and museum display. Magnet institutions for the study of Ordovician echinoderms of the Czech Republic are the Narodni Museum in Prague, The Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard University and the Smithsonian Institution. MPRI will deposit these specimens into one of these three institutions for greatest access and impact for science and society. Photos by Hensken Fossils.				latest news MPRI PRESENTS... 6/17 at MV Museum CONNECTING WITH FOSSILS 7/20 at Edgartown Library STARFISH and the NUMBER FIVE 8/10 at West Tisbury Library The Noble Horseshoe Crab 5pm 2010 LECTURES AND CONCERT 7/20 Edgartown 6/17 MV Museum 3/23 Vineyard Haven 1/23 Oak Bluffs 2009 LECTURES AND CONCERT 12/2 Chilmark 10/3 Row Twelve Concert 8/12 West Tisbury 8/11 Oak Bluffs 7/15 West Tisbury 4/28 West Tisbury 3/19 Oak Bluffs 3/14 Cape Cod Nat Hist Conference 3/14 WIPS Symposium, Boulder 1/8 Hobart, Tasmania 1/6 Vineyard Haven Our latest newsletter describes how our supporters further our mission. Site Update! Fossil Heritage Collection Specimens purchased with the help of our generous donors.
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