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John- We would be happy to either just give you directions to sites, or even to meet you and join in a collecting expedition. I need to know whether you are omniverous or just want fossils. There are several mineral sites that are reasonable from Seattle. I expect to get information on a number of new areas soon, as I am on several committees of the Northwest Paleontological Association now. As a reminder, I am about 90 miles north of Seattle, in Anacortes. There is a nice fossil leaf area very near us. The Dino Forum is definitely more Paleo oriented than this Section, and has several professionals active in the message base regularly. I have been advocating a broader scope of general paleontology, beyond Dinosaurs specifically, in order to attract a broader audience. I correspond regularly with a fellow who's studying dino tracks in Texas, chat regularly with a preparator working at the Denver Museum of Natural History, for example. However, there are a number of youths who frequent the Forum and they have varying degrees of interest and sophistication. I value both Dino Forum and the Geology Section of the Science.Math Forum in equal but different ways. The Dino Forum does take a number of direct hits from the Creationist camp regularly, but that can be either interesting of amusing depending on your perspective. From what I know of your interests, I'd suggest the sections, Forum Information, News & Reports, Paleobiology, Geoscience, Paleotechniques, Other Prehist. Life. Most of the Jurassic Park cr*p is past, and the forum has settled into some interesting contemplations on dinosaur physiology and metabolism among many others. Give it a look see. Michael