Dear Florida Fossil Collecting Community,

The Florida Fossil Permit Program is self-funded at $5 per permit with no additional support from the State, the University of Florida, or the Florida Museum of Natural History.

The $5 permit fee is written into a 40-year-old Florida Statute and no longer covers the program’s operational costs, so we now depend on support from our community.

To remain affordable, permits will continue to cost $5 per year, but should be around $20 based on inflation.

If you’re interested in and able to contribute beyond the $5 fee, we would greatly benefit from monetary donations to help with salary for the permit processor and supplies for processing and housing donated fossils.

• The funds mostly go towards salaries for employees who process the applications, renewals, fossil IDs, and reports. It also covers supply costs, including printing, stamps, and materials for housing donated fossils.
• If there are any remaining funds, we use them to help support vertebrate paleontology digs in Florida and to share fossils with Florida citizens through outreach events or digitization.
  

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Questions about the Florida Fossil Permit Program of Vertebrate Paleontology may be directed to:

Phone: (352) 273-1821
E-mail: fossilpermits@floridamuseum.ufl.edu

Mailing Address:
Program of Vertebrate Paleontology
1659 Museum Road
Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, USA