The annual 'Fossil Fever' event, held in the east block of the Grasslands National Park, starts today.

This is the 4th year the Grasslands National Park has hosted this event, and it will run from today until Sunday.

Brenda Peterson, the Interpretive Coordinator Officer at the Grassland National Park East Block, explains the basics of the 'Fossil Fever' event.

“This is a chance for visitors to go with Dr. Emily Bamford and her crew from the Royal Saskatchewan Museum and go into the Valley of 1000 devils and her on a permitted dig for fossils.”

Peterson also talked about what a normal day would entail.

“We would meet up around 9, then drive an hour to get out there and then it’s a 45-minute hike to the area. Dr. Bamford will teach the visitors what a is and isn’t, show them the dig sites and give them a chance to take part in the dig if they want. The number thing though is that everyone has fun.”

Peterson added that this year they're going to focus on digging up a triceratops they found last year and of which they already have the tooth off.

They have had people of all ages and especially places, ranging from B.C. to Ontario, come and experience what Peterson called a "very exclusive opportunity."

In the past, they have discovered the fossils of turtles and the dig sites of a Triceratops and Hadrosaurs.