http://www.fossilbeds.org A nonprofit Friends of the Park group supporting Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:17:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.fossilbeds.org/2008/07/02/259/ 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 ... http://www.fossilbeds.org/2008/05/25/last-of-new-exhibits-installed/ Students in 2007's paleontology seminar explore a fossil mammal site in Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. The Friends' summer seminar series at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is now open for registration. These hands-on, field-based seminars are aimed at teachers and other adults interested in the science and history of ... http://www.fossilbeds.org/2008/05/23/sign-up-for-summer-seminars/ Paleontology of the Upper Eocene Florissant Formation, Colorado (ISBN 9780813724355), a Geological Society of America special paper, is now available from the GSA Bookstore ($42 GSA members, $60 nonmembers). This 177-page volume, edited by Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument paleontologist Dr. Herbert W. Meyer and University of Colorado Museum of Natural ... http://www.fossilbeds.org/2008/04/07/paleontology-of-the-upper-eocene-florissant-formation-colorado-available-from-gsa-bookstore/ 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 ... http://www.fossilbeds.org/2008/03/25/richard-louv-to-speak-in-colorado-springs/ 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 ... http://www.fossilbeds.org/2008/02/19/exceptional-diversity-of-fossil-algae-at-florissant/ 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 ... http://www.fossilbeds.org/2008/02/15/florissant-fossil-beds-national-monument-launches-oral-history-project/ Lots of events for this spring and summer posted are to the calendar. Highlights: February 17 - "Fossils! Florissant's Claim to Fame" Chautauqua sponsored by the Pikes Peak Historical Society March 15 - Open House at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, with morning hike led by the Friends April 25-28 - CAEE Teaching OUTSIDE ... http://www.fossilbeds.org/2008/02/13/upcoming-events/ Read former Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument intern J.J. Huie's full article in the Spring 2008 Friends newsletter! With Deep Roots in Colorado: The Ponderosa Pine by J.J. Huie I like running in Colorado when the sound of my breathing is drowned out by a wind so violent it causes the arms of ... http://www.fossilbeds.org/2008/02/12/species-spotlight-ponderosa-pine/ Last summer, teacher Greg Spalding led the effort to revise Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument's Junior Ranger Program. Spalding received a Junior Ranger Ambassador grant, and after a week of training in Washington, D.C., he worked with Lead Interpretive Ranger Jeff Wolin to redesign the park's Junior Ranger activity book. Spalding ... http://www.fossilbeds.org/2008/02/10/visitors-love-new-junior-ranger-program/