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Donation FormDonations to the MCBONES Research Center Foundation, a Washington State non-profit corporation, are tax deductible. 501(c)(3) IRS EIN 26-3474017
Please indicate your level of support:Student Level $25Teacher Level $100Scientist Level $500Mammoth Level $1000Other $_____
Name: ________________________________Address: _____________________________________________________________________
Phone: ________________________________Email: _________________________________
Send your tax deductible donation to:MCBONES Research Center FoundationAttn: Treasurer1938 Harris Ave.Richland, WA 99354
For more information contact:[email protected] visit:www.mcbones.orgwww.coyotecanyonmammothsite.org
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Dry screening, May 2008
CollaboratorsThe MCBONES Research Center Foundation was created from collaboration among local businesses, regional academic institutions and organizations, private individuals, and regional K-12 schools. Some of the participating organi-zations include:
- Columbia Basin College, Pasco- Burke Museum and Quaternary Research Center,
University of Washington, Seattle- Central Washington University, Ellensburg- Ice Age Floods Institute, Lake Lewis Chapter, Richland- Kamiakin High School, Kennewick- Team Battelle, Richland
The MCBONES Research Center Foundation is supported by the following local commercial sponsors: - Apollo Heating and Air Conditioning, Kennewick- A & V Enterprises, Kennewick - Basin Feed & Supply, Kennewick - Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland- Bleyhl Farm Service, Inc., Pasco - Built Green Home Supply LLC, Kennewick- CenturyLink, Williams Foundation, Connell- Community First Bank, Kennewick- Farmer’s Exchange, Kennewick- Horse Heaven Hills, LLC, Kennewick- Intermountain West Insulation, Kennewick- Kamiakin High School Mammoth Club, Kennewick - Kelly’s Excavation, West Richland - Lake Lewis Chapter, Ice Age Floods Institute, Richland- Ranch and Home, Inc, Kennewick- Mid-Columbia Regional Science and Engineering Fair- Monte R. Nail, Certified Public Accountant, Richland- Revelation Concepts Web Design, Kennewick - Rotary Club of Columbia Center, Kennewick- Albert Coke Roth, Attorney, Kennewick- St. George Drilling Co., West Richland - Sun River Electric Services, Kennewick - The Digital Image, Richland- Total Quality Construction, Tri-Cities - Tri-Cities Drywall and Supply Co., Richland
Students prepare for pedestrian survey, May 2008
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McBONESThe Mid-Columbia Basin Old Natural Education Sciences (MCBONES) Research Center Foundation is a Washington State non-profit corporation estab-lished in September 2008. The foundation provides local K-12 teachers and their students an opportu-nity to actively participate in laboratory and field-based research in paleontology, geology, paleoecol-logy, and other natural sciences.
Mammoth DiscoveryThe Coyote Canyon Mammoth Site is the keystone site of the MCBONES Research Center Foundation. Large bones were discovered here during quarrying operations in 2000. When it was recognized that the bones were from a mammoth, excavation was halted. In 2008 the site was purchased by a local farming family who wished to see the site preserved and developed into a research center for K-12 teachers, students, and community volunteers from the Tri-Cities (Kennewick, Pasco, Richland) Washing-ton region.
Initial discovery, 2000
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Ice AgeThe last major Ice Age was a time of massive conti-nental glaciers, giant mammals, early humans, and the world’s largest fresh water floods (the cataclys-mic Missoula Floods extending from eastern Mon-tana through Idaho, Washington, and Oregon). It ended with the extinction of nearly all giant mam-mals in North America.
Finds of fossil bones are common in the Ice Age flood deposits of Eastern Washington. Among the most prolific are those of the Columbian Mam-moth, the official fossil of Washington State. How-ever, few of these finds have been excavated and studied to the exacting scientific standards that modern paleontology and archaeology require.
Art by Rick Feser
Rib found during exploratory excavation, May 2008
RibUnique OpportunityThe goal of the MCBONES Research Center Founda-tion is to see the Coyote Canyon Mammoth Site developed into a local/regional paleoenvironmental research center serving as an outdoor classroom and laboratory for K-12 teachers, students and community volunteers. The site and its fossils will be excavated and studied under the guidance of regional Ice Age research specialists. The Coyote Canyon Mammoth Site will be used to teach and train current and future students to become paleontologists, geologists, and paleoecologists, as well as spark interest in scientific methods and inquiry in the general school population. Please help us provide this unique opportunity for the students and teachers of the Tri-Cities area with your generous donation today.
For school information, visit: www.ksd.org/Kamiakin/mcbones/index.htmlor contact: Gary Kleinknecht (509) [email protected] or [email protected]
Outdoor ClassroomThe Coyote Canyon Mammoth Site offers us a unique outdoor classroom and laboratory and an important window into the region’s Ice Age past. The site contains an extended paleoenvironmental record of the geology, plants, and animals in the eastern Washington region. Carefully controlled excavation by students and teachers will help docu-ment the area’s Ice Age history for the first time.
Exploratory excavation, May 2008