Redwoods in Colorado?

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.”

Paleontology database back online

The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc. | January 30, 2008

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument‘s scientific database is back up at planning.nps.gov/flfo/. Web users can search for important Florissant specimens in museum collections around the world and view associated data and photographs. The park has received a Cooperative Ecosystems Study Unit (CESU) grant, in conjunction with the University of Colorado at Boulder, to update and [...]

Ponderosa Loop Trail to remain closed until September

The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc. | August 14, 2007

The Ponderosa Loop Trail is expected to remain closed for maintenance until at least mid-September. The park’s other trails remain open, including the Petrified Forest Loop Trail. For more information on trails, visit the park website.

Online paleontology database launched by CU Museum

The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc. | July 9, 2007

The University of Colorado Museum of Natural History’s Invertebrate Paleontology and Paleobotany collections are now searchable online at CU Museum Paleontology Invertebrate and Plant Database.