The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc.

The last of the new Visitor Center exhibits at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument have been installed. They include a diagram of a stratigraphic column showing the different types of rocks in the park, touchable samples of rock and fossil wood, and an changing board showcasing currently research at the park and partnership projects […]

Students in 2007’s paleontology seminar explore a fossil mammal site in Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.
The Friends’ summer seminar series at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is now open for registration. These hands-on, field-based seminars are aimed at teachers and other adults interested in the science and history of the Rocky Mountains. They […]

by Sally McCracken Maertens, Friends Vice President
Hardly a day goes by that I don’t pick up a magazine, a newspaper, a professional journal, or a newsletter and see a reference to getting our kids outside again. So many of us “older fossils” were raised outdoors. It is sad to hear kids say that they would […]

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 first […]

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 […]