Editing Fossil, Oregon (section)

===Museums and other points of interest===
[[File:Fossil, OR — IOOF Hall, Fossil Museum (PNG).png|thumb|Fossil Museum]]
Fossil is the site of the only public fossil field in Oregon.<ref name="lockwood">{{cite web | url = http://www.tsweekly.com/news/local-news/what-remains-a-whirlwind-tour-of-central-oregons-nearly-forgotten-history.html | title = What Remains: A whirlwind tour of Central Oregon's nearly forgotten history | work = The Source Weekly | publisher = Lay It Out Inc | author = Lockwood, Brad | date = 2008-02-13 | access-date = 2009-10-31 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110717025422/http://www.tsweekly.com/news/local-news/what-remains-a-whirlwind-tour-of-central-oregons-nearly-forgotten-history.html | archive-date = 2011-07-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | url = http://www.osbar.org/publications/bulletin/08apr/onlylawyer.html | title = The Only Lawyer in Town | author = Robben, Janine | date = April 2008 | publisher = Oregon State Bar | work = [[Oregon State Bar Bulletin]] | access-date = 2008-07-27
}}</ref> The field is located behind [[Wheeler High School (Fossil, Oregon)|Wheeler High School]],<ref name="nprbanse">{{cite web| url = https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5166813 | title = Oregon County Sees Its Future in Fossils | author = Banse, Tom | date = 2006-01-22 | publisher = NPR|access-date=2011-11-30}}</ref> where fossils of animals and plants such as the Metasequoia can be found. After the initial discovery of the fossil field in 1949 or 1950, access was free and unrestricted until 2005, when a small interpretive center was constructed, and a collection limit of three fossils was established in exchange for a $3&nbsp;entry fee.<ref name="oregonian">{{cite news |author= Mortenson, Eric |date= July 3, 2005 |title= For $3, Fossil delivers 30 million years |newspaper= [[The Oregonian]] |access-date= 2009-10-31 |url= http://www.paleolands.org/pdf/2005_07_03_For%20$3,%20Fossil%20delivers%2030%20million%20years%20Oregonian.pdf}}</ref> The basic entry fee per person in 2011 is $5.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fossils at Wheeler High School|url=http://www.wheelercounty-oregon.com/fossils.html|publisher=Wheeler County|access-date=2011-07-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630020324/http://www.wheelercounty-oregon.com/fossils.html|archive-date=2011-06-30}}</ref>

The Oregon Paleolands Institute (OPLI) headquarters and exhibition hall are in Fossil, near the courthouse. OPLI is an educational, community-based non-profit that offers tours, hikes, and workshops related to the region's geology and [[paleontology]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Oregon Paleolands Institute|url=http://www.paleolands.org/find/time/here|year=2011|publisher=Oregon Paleolands Institute|access-date=2011-11-30}}</ref>