The Big Bend Conservancy and Big Bend National Park would like to thank the following major donors to this project. Each donor contributed $5,000 or more to making this exhibit come alive for the public. We are grateful for their support and their assistance in making this project successful. If you would like to make a gift to ongoing education programs for the exhibit, click here.
Fossil Discovery Exhibit Funders
Abell-Hanger Foundation
Amon G. Carter Foundation
BNSF Foundation
Bob Boerner/Culligan Southwest
Greg and Marcy Brazaitis
The Brown Foundation
Gene and Jan Fisseler
Pam Hall and James Duerr
Marilyn Cooper and Glenn Hebert
Greg and Valynda Henington
Robert and Joan Hicks
Steve and Martha Hixon
James Davidson Charitable Foundation
Dennis and Jane Kearns
The Carl B. and Florence E. King Foundation
Don and Virginia Lewis
M.S. Doss Foundation
Bill and Celeste McEntire
William and Nancy McGovern
Meta Alice Keith Bratten Foundation
Jim and Mary Lynn Murrell
National Park Foundation
Lori Palmer and Russ Jewert
Permian Basin Area Foundation
The Powell Foundation
Dennis and Ruth Prescott
David and Jan Redford
Alec Rhodes
Richard and Mary Ann Sawey
Sheild-Ayres Foundation
Ron and Charles Mary Sommers
Sondra and Toby Eoff Charitable Fund
Mark and Brenda Steuer
Union Pacific Foundation
John Walker
Dixie and Elaine Watkins
Willard Hendershott Estate
George and Barbara Williams
In addition to the support of the above donors, we had in-kind donations from the following individuals and institutions that enabled us to create a world class exhibit for the public.
Kenneth R. Barnes
Gaston Design
Lake Flato Architects
Dr. Tom Lehman
Vertebrate Paleontology Lab at the University of Texas
Dixie Watkins
Steve Wick
Additional thanks go to the holders of the Big Bend license plate, whose gifts paid for the initial site work, architectural drawings and geology wayside signage that compliments the exhibit.
Special appreciation goes to the Big Bend Conservancy Board of Directors 2010-2017 for their support, guidance and faith in taking this project from a drawing on paper to reality.
The Big Bend Conservancy and Big Bend National Park would like to thank the following major donors to this project. Each donor contributed $5,000 or more to making this exhibit come alive for the public. We are grateful for their support and their assistance in making this project successful. If you would like to make a gift to ongoing education programs for the exhibit, click here.
Fossil Discovery Exhibit Funders
In addition to the support of the above donors, we had in-kind donations from the following individuals and institutions that enabled us to create a world class exhibit for the public.
Additional thanks go to the holders of the Big Bend license plate, whose gifts paid for the initial site work, architectural drawings and geology wayside signage that compliments the exhibit.
Special appreciation goes to the Big Bend Conservancy Board of Directors 2010-2017 for their support, guidance and faith in taking this project from a drawing on paper to reality.