• 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.
• Email the Webmaster with questions...

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

• March 18th

  Big Egg Claim

• April 22nd

  Graveyard Point Plume Agate and Petrified Wood (Meet at ION 8:00-8:30am) Heading home time by 2:30.

• May 20th

  Jamison, OR for Blue Jasper (Meet @ rest stop just inside ID/OR line In Ontario, 8-8:30am)

• June 24th

  Rome Oregon-Snake Skin Agate (Meet at ION 7:00-7:30am) (80 mile trip 1 way)

• July 22nd

  Wagontown for Petrified Wood/Cat Tail Fossils (Meet at ION 7:00-7:30am)

• August 19th

  Pink Plume Agate Claim (Meet @ Homedale Park 7:30-8:00am)

• September 23rd

  Grandview (Petrified Pinecones) (Meet @ Walters Ferry 7:30-8:00am)

• October 21st

  Haystack Butte for Red Jasper (Meet @ Homedale Park 7:30-8:00am)

• Note: Field trips are subject to change. Please attend the general meetings to confirm field trips and get directions. Field Trip Information, call Ithel Kildow (208) 455-7960 ithelk@gmail.com | David Schmidt (408) 489-3996 |

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