Friends of Big Bone is a non-profit organization committed to conducting research and providing education related to the Big Bone Lick Valley, located in Boone County Kentucky. We encourage and promote research in archaeology, paleontology, geology, and other related sciences.

Friends of Big Bone are the recipients of the following awards presented by the Boone County (Kentucky) Historic Preservation Review Board:
2007 William Conrad Preservation Excellence Award for preservation of the science and history of Big Bone Lick 2006 William Conrad Preservation Excellence Award for efforts of Friends President Patrick Lense 2004 Shirley Mann Memorial Heritage Award for Heritage Education 2004 Preservation Stewardship for Lewis & Clark Historical Marker

The Cincinnati Museum Center has recently launched their Vertebrate Paleontology website featuring on-line exhibits related to the history of the paleontological discovery and vertebrate evolution. Their first offering is a discussion of Big Bone Lick, the first well documented fossil locality in the Western Hemishere.

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