The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc. | May 14, 2009
University of Colorado at Boulder doctoral candidate Mary Ellen Benson’s research is in the news at Boulder’s Nanomaterials Characterization Facility. Diatoms may someday play a role in microelectronics and other nanotechnological devices by growing nano-scale structures. The trick is getting the diatoms, a type of microscopic algae, to build the right structures. Read more about [...]
The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc. | October 19, 2008
Despite over 120 years of fossil discoveries, the Florissant Fossil Beds are still producing new discoveries. A new genus and species of fossil mole has been described from Florissant, published in September 2007 in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. Karen Lloyd, who graduated in 2007 from the University of Colorado with an M.S. in Museum and Field [...]
The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc. | August 20, 2008
Read about Melissa Barton’s trip to Yale to examine their collection of fossils from the Antero Formation of South Park, Colorado, a lake shale deposit slightly younger than Florissant.
The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc. | July 2, 2008
Scientists, including Friends president Steven W. Veatch, will be continuing research on the Ice Age mammoth discovered at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in 2002. Veatch, who has an M.S. in geology from Emporia State University, presented a paper on the Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) at the Geological Society of America annual meeting in 2004. [...]
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. 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.
