• Visitors and Families

  Visitors and families with children are always welcome to enjoy the fun at our Meetings and especially on our Field Trips!

• General Meetings

  General Meetings are the third Wednesday of the month at 7:30 P.M. in the College of Idaho - Boone Science Building in Room 103. Take Interstate I-84 towards Caldwell, take Exit 29, turn south towards Caldwell, follow Franklin Road which turns into N 21st Ave. At Blaine Street, take a right, go one block and turn left on S. 20th Avenue. Go straight for 4 blocks and then turn left at Fillmore St. The building at the end of the parking lot will be Boone Science Building, enter on the west side of the building and head straight down the hall, and about half way down the hall will be room 103 on the left side. And you are there. .Click this link for the map to the location.

• Field Trips

  Field trips are the Saturday following the general Meetings of March thru November.

  More information will be available at the general meetings or by contacting us via the form on the contact page.

• Board Meetings

  Board Meetings are held on the last Monday of the month. Contact us using the form on the contact page for more information.

• Benefits of Membership

  • 1. Enjoy the camaraderie of rock minded friends.
  • 2. Participate in Field Trips.
  • 3. Receive the "Owyhee Gem", our monthly newsletter.
  • 4. Receive the "Northwest Newsletter", the Northwest Federation newsletter giving information about the on goings of the Federation to things like multi-federation Field Trips and Shows coming up in the immediate future.

• Couples

  $18.00 per year

• Singles

  $12.00 per year

• Children

  $3.00 per year
  (18 and under)

• Family

  $20.00 per year Parents and Children

• Yearly dues are expected in October. If dues are not paid by October you may not receive the Federation news letter.

• Membership Application.
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Our Field Trips go from March through October of each year.

• March 24th

  Bruneau Wood Pile for Petrified Wood & Petrified Pinecones (Meet at Walter Ferry just across the Snake River on the right Side at 8:00 AM, Leave at 8:30 AM).

• April 21st

  Rockville, Oregon for Leaf Fossils, Agate, Jasper (Meet at the GEM Stop at HY55 & HY95, 8:00 AM, Leave at 8:30 AM).

• May 19th

  Beacon Hill Nodules in Idaho (Meet at the Rest Stop on I-84 just over the Snake River in Oregon at 9:00 AM, Leave at 9:30 AM).

• June 23rd

  Blue Egg Claim in Oregon for Blue Eggs (Meet at Homedale, ID Park where the Tank is just East of the Four Corners at 8:00 AM, Leave at 8:30 AM).

• July 21st

  Coal Mine Basin for Blood Stone, Black Opalized Wood (Meet at the GEM Stop at HY55 & HY95, 8:00 AM, Leave at 8:30 AM).

• August 18th

  Wagon Town for Petrified Wood, Cat Tail Fossils (Meet at the GEM Stop at HY55 & HY95, 7:00 AM, Leave at 7:30 AM).

• September 22nd

  Oreana, ID., for Obsidian, Apache Tears, Opalized Nodules (Meet at Walter Ferry just across the Snake River on the right Side at 8:00 AM, Leave at 8:30 AM}.

• October 20th

  Haystack Butte for Red Jasper (Meet at Homedale, ID, Park where the Tank is just East of the Four Corners at 8:00 AM, Leave at 8:30 AM).

• Note: Field trips are subject to change. Please attend the general meetings to confirm field trips and get directions. Field Trip Information, call David Schmidt (408) 489-3996 david_schmidt2114@aol.com | Dale Rawson (208) 283-7990 |

  *All field trips are subject to change depending on weather and road conditions.