This year’s Geological Society of America Annual Meeting will be held in Denver October 28-31. This is one of the largest geoscience meetings and an important place to hear about new research and new trends in geoscience education, forensic science, and other related fields.
Park Paleontologist Dr. Herb Meyer will be presenting an hour-long talk about […]
On August 20, the Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc. celebrated 20 years of supporting Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. The Friends are the only group to support a fossil park, and although our numbers are small, we have supported and accomplished many large projects over the last 20 years.
Exhibits of Friends history […]
To reduce hazardous fuels on the northern boundary of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument that have the potential to spread wildfire onto private property, the park will be conducting a prescribed burn. The burn will take place north of Upper Twin Rock Road and east of Teller Co. Rd. #1, south of the cemetary […]
It’s hard to forget the eerie sound of an American bull elk bugling–the sound is almost completely unlike a bugle, but rather a high, unearthly wail. Elk bugling is a common sound at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in the fall, when elk rut (seek mates).
American elk (Cervus canadensis*), which once numbered 10 million in […]
The Petrified Forest Loop winds through this mountain meadow, past several petrified redwood stumps, the Scudder Pit Interpretive Site, and a great view of the Hornbek Homestead and Crystal Peak.This summer Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument obtained matching federal funds for a fund established by Dr. Hugo G. Rodeck, former director of the University of […]
The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) Friends of the Park group supporting