The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc. | July 29, 2008
The July August issue of The Interpreter, a magazine for professional and volunteer interpretive educators, features as its cover story an article by Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Volunteer Interpretive Specialist Heidi Bailey called “Are Your Stories Lost in Space? Interpret the Geography of a Place.”
The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc. | May 25, 2008
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 like [...]
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 [...]
The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc. | October 6, 2007
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. | September 28, 2007
This month you can read all about how Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument’s new exhibits were designed and produced in the free Harper’s Ferry Center (HFC) newsletter, HFC on Media. HFC provides exhibit design services and other interpretive support to units throughout the National Park Service. They are currently involved in design for a new [...]
The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) Friends of the Park group supporting Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in its mission to protect and interpret the park's resources for future generations.
