The Colorado Springs Gazette’s R. Scott Rappold wrote an article about Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument’s need for a new Visitor Center–read it in the September 4 Gazette.
One important point not covered in the article is that a new Visitor Center with a larger collections area will also give the park’s paleontology division room for expanding the collections and research program. This will benefit the public by providing new specimens to be displayed. New research will also support education programs and exhibits.
Note: The Cenozoic Era does span 65 million years ago to the present, so the buildings and fossils are both Cenozoic.
-Melissa Barton
The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) Friends of the Park group supporting