Mission Statement

The Hamburg Natural History Society, Inc. was founded in 1993.

Its pupose is

• to promote the study of the sciences with an emphasis on the field activities associated with the geological and biological sciences;
  
  
• to develop, administrate and maintain the Penn Dixie Site: Paleontological and Outdoor Education Center in Hamburg, New York;
  
  
• promote a regional fossil site to foster and encourage a medium for the public to study and collect fossils;
  
  
• encourage and promote upper level training of in-service teachers; and
  
  
• aid in obtaining and administering funds to promote the study of natural history in the Western New York Region.

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Personnel

Executive Director...	Jerold C. Bastedo
Educator
President...	Paul Zimmer
Vice President	Michael Welch
Secretary...	Jane D'Agostino
Treasurer...	Kevin Hogan
Directors...	Peter Avery
	Scott Clark
	Michelle Fustino
	Margaret Hermann
	Thomas Johnston
	Felice Krycia
	Daniel Sheldon

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Penn Dixie Paleontological and Outdoor Education Center is owned and operated by the Hamburg Natural History Society, Inc.,
P.O. Box 772, Hamburg, New York 14075
(716) 627-4560. Fax: (716) 627-4571