Exceptional diversity of fossil algae at Florissant

The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc. | February 19, 2008

The ancestors of these modern marine diatoms coexisted with the dinosaurs. Photo Credit: Prof. Gordon T. Taylor, Stony Brook University, USA University of Colorado at Boulder graduate student Mary Ellen Benson, M.S., gave a talk about her doctoral research at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History (UCM) on February 7. Benson’s talk, titled [...]

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument launches oral history project

The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc. | February 15, 2008

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is beginning a long term oral history project. The project will use nearly $800.00 of professional audio recording equipment purchased by the Friends of the Florissant Fossils Beds. The goal of this project is to record the stories related to the different aspects of the Monument’s history, which may include [...]

Species Spotlight: Ponderosa Pine

The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc. | February 12, 2008

Read former Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument intern J.J. Huie’s full article in the Spring 2008 Friends newsletter! With Deep Roots in Colorado: The Ponderosa Pine by J.J. Huie I like running in Colorado when the sound of my breathing is drowned out by a wind so violent it causes the arms of the ponderosa [...]

Visitors love new Junior Ranger Program

The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc. | February 10, 2008

Last summer, teacher Greg Spalding led the effort to revise Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument‘s Junior Ranger Program. Spalding received a Junior Ranger Ambassador grant, and after a week of training in Washington, D.C., he worked with Lead Interpretive Ranger Jeff Wolin to redesign the park’s Junior Ranger activity book. Spalding also organized the Monument’s [...]

New bookstore offerings

The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc. | February 3, 2008

New Books at Monument Bookstore The Rocky Mountain Nature Association (RMNA) is the concessionaire for the bookstore at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. People step in the front door of the visitor center many times just to buy books. The books and many other items are chosen carefully by Jo Beckwith, the manager for RMNA. [...]