Friends of Stonerose The Friends of Stonerose Fossils is a non-profit organization that owns and operates the Stonerose Interpretive Center and Fossil Site. The organization was established in 1989. Wes Wehr (1929 – 2004), affiliate paleobotanist from the Burke Museum of Natural History; former Republic Mayor, Burt Chadick; former Curator Madeline Perry; and the first three directors Gary Anderson, Richard Slagle and Klifton Frazier, were instrumental in the development of the organization.