MCBONES

The Mid-Columbia Basin Old Natural Education Sciences (MCBONES) Research Center Foundation is a non-profit educational organization established in September 2008 to provide local Tri-Cities, Washington school students and teachers an opportunity to actively participate in laboratory and field-based research in paleontology, geology, paleoecology, and other natural sciences.

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Caudal Vertebra before cleaning.

Caudal Vertebra after cleaning.

We offer Private Group Tours, School Tours, Public Tours.
View our scheduled tours below and snag a spot!
* All proceeds are donated to McBones operation.

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​The MCBONES Research Center
(also known as the Dig House).

​HOW YOU CAN HELP?

• Become a monthly donator.
• Share us with your friends.
• Follow us on Instagram @mcbones_research_center
• Follow us on Facebook 
• ​Schedule a Private Tour
• Volunteer, mcbonesinfo@gmail.com.
• When you visit, takes photos and videos and tag us on your social media.

OUr SPONSORS

• Betty Adams - Kennewick, WA
• Charles (King) Detrick - Kennewick, WA
• David Lanigan - West Richland, WA
• Donna Van Beek - Pasco, WA
• Tri-Cities Cancer Center
• Mark Amara - Moses Lake, WA
• Mary and John Hartman - Richland, WA
• Maureen Hamilton - Richland, WA​
• 3 Rivers Community Foundation - Richland, WA
• Albert Coke Roth, Attorney - Kennewick, WA
• Allen Brecke Law Offices - Kennewick, WA
• Anza-Borrego Desert Paleontology Society - Borrego Springs, CA
• Apollo Heating and Air Conditioning - Kennewick, WA
• A & V Enterprises - Kennewick, WA
• Basin Feed & Supply - Kennewick, WA
• Battelle Memorial Institute - Richland, WA
• Bleyhl Farm Service, Inc. - Pasco, WA
• Bruker Nano, Inc. - Kennewick, WA
• Built Green Home Supply LLC - Kennewick, WA
• Community First Bank - Kennewick, WA
• CenturyLink - Monroe, LA
• Farmer’s Exchange - Kennewick, WA

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• HAPO Credit Union - Richland, WA
• Horse Heaven Hills, LLC - Kennewick, WA
• Ice Age Floods Institute - Kettle Falls, WA
• Ice Age Floods Institute, Lake Lewis Chapter - Kennewick, WA
• Ice Harbor Brewing Company - Kennewick, WA
• Intermountain West Insulation - Kennewick, WA
• Kamiakin High School Mammoth Club - Kennewick, WA
• Kelly’s Excavating - West Richland, WA
• Mid-Columbia Archaeological Society
• Mid-Columbia Science Fair - Sunnyside, WA
• Monte R. Nail, Certified Public Accountant - Richland, WA
• Ranch and Home, Inc. - Kennewick, WA
• Revelation Concepts Web Design - Kennewick, WA
• Rotary Club of Columbia Center - Kennewick, WA
• St. George Well Drilling Co. - West Richland, WA
• Sun River Electric Services - Kennewick, WA
• The Digital Image - Richland, WA
• Tonnemaker Hill Farm - Royal City, WA
• Total Quality Construction - Tri-Cities, WA
• Tri-Cities Drywall and Supply Co. - Richland, WA
• Worley Surveying Services Inc. - Kennewick, WA
• Zerene Systems - Richland, WA

​Articles & PRESS

Coyote Canyon Mammoth Site is featured in the 
​May 05, 2019 Tri-City Herald digital edition.

EMAIL: INFO@MCBONES.ORG

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