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To celebrate Earth Month, we wanted to feature a new element on our Earth@Home website! The Salmon Creek Field Guide shows you how to collect local fossils locally. Please hold off on walking through the creeks now, as there is too much rushing water! https://ow.ly/MM1A50YJ0jw

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A Field Guide to the Geology and Paleontology of Salmon Creek and Ludlowville Falls, Lansing, New York, USA While Ithaca, New York is famous for its spectacular geology, well-preserved Paleozoic Era fossils are generally rare due to poor exposure of the Hamilton Group at the south end of Cayuga Lake where Cornell University is situated. Just 16 kilometers north of campus, a series of discontinuous exposures at Salmon Creek in Lansing provide excellent examples of classic Middle Devonian stratigraphy and paleontology. These are accessible by foot at low stream stage, especially during the summer and fall. This field guide reflects a cooperative effort to document these features for education and... https://ow.ly/MM1A50YJ0jw