EXPEDITIONS
Field Research
Dedicated Fieldwork Initiatives
Bosco’s RockPile documents earth science fieldwork across the American West — from Jurassic bone beds in Wyoming to active fault zones in California. Every project on this site represents years of direct participation: digging, mapping, jacketing, and recording. This is a working archive of what field science actually looks like.
Explore Our Field Studies
Discover Our Earth Science Projects
Browse field projects organized by discipline — paleontology excavations, seismic monitoring, and natural history documentation. Each section links to detailed records, photographs, and data collected in the field.
Jurassic Fossil Excavation
Excavation work at Como Bluff, Wyoming — one of the richest Jurassic fossil localities in North America. Seasons of work alongside Dr. Robert Bakker and the Casper College team produced significant Apatosaurus and Allosaurus material, including the specimen now known as Sophie the Stegosaurus.
- Fossil excavation techniques
- Jurassic-era fossils
- Fieldwork analysis
Seismic Activity Monitoring
Continuous seismic monitoring from a personal EQ-1 station in Soquel, California, running since 1994. The station logs regional earthquake activity along the Central California coast, contributing to a long-running personal record of seismic events in the area.
Natural History Media Collection
Field photography, specimen documentation, and video from decades of hands-on work. The media archive covers excavation sites, fossil preparation, and natural history specimens from California and Wyoming.