The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc.

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 […]

The ancestors of these modern marine diatoms coexisted with the dinosaurs. Photo Credit: Dr. Neil Sullivan, University of Southern California/NOAA
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 “Exceptional Diversity of […]

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Paleontologist Dr. Herb Meyer will be giving a Curator’s Lunchtime Lecture at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science on August 1. This talk will cover the work Meyer and others have been doing to assist the citizens of Sexi, Peru, in conserving and developing a nearby Middle Eocene fossil forest, Piedra Chamana. Come learn about this developing partnership and research on the fossil forest and see beautiful photographs of a remote part of Peru!

Professor Brian Linkhart’s exciting flammulated owl talk is fast approaching–mark your calendar for 7:00 p.m. this Thursday, April 5, to learn about how fire affects these tiny owls.

Did you miss some of the winter lectures at Colorado College (CC)? CC has made downloadable podcasts available on its website for two of them. Mp3 files will play in most major sound programs, including iTunes and Windows Media Player, and m3u files are available for those who prefer streaming audio.