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 […]

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 […]

Friday was the last day for summer paleontology interns Kathy Salas (University of Texas–Dallas) and Eva Lyon (College of Wooster). Summer interns help the park accomplish vital work and we are always sorry to see them go. Best of luck to Kathy and Eva in their future endeavors.

Naturalist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell was one of the most prolific researchers to collect at Florissant. He described hundreds of species, many of which still stand today. T.D.A. Cockerell’s interests were broad: he studied plants, insects, and mollusks at Florissant, although his particular interest was in the fossil insects.

At the International Ranger Federation Scotland World Congress of Rangers in 2006, delegates decided that July 31 of each year, beginning in 2007, would be a day dedicated to rangers. This first World Ranger Day will fall on the 15th anniversary of the founding of IRF on July 31, 1992. World Ranger Day recognizes the work of rangers in preserving the world’s protected areas.World Ranger Day will be marked by the international premier of the documentary The Thin Green Line, which chronicles the exciting and sometimes dangerous work of rangers around the world.