The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc.

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 Native […]

A publication date has been set for the Geological Society of America Special Paper on Florissant, a collection of papers about scientific research, education, and resource management at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. The volume is edited by park paleontologist Dr. Herbert W. Meyer and University of Colorado Museum of Natural History professor and […]

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 […]

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 Fall 2007 newsletter has just gone to the printer. Highlights include

Friends 20th Anniversary Celebration
Fagopsis longifolia, a fossil of an extinct beech relative
Paleontology news from the park
An interview with Dr. Richard Beidleman, Professor Emeritus at Colorado College, on T.D.A. Cockerell
Memories of Crystal Peak from a former intern
An article by Arthur Lakes from 1895 about the […]