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A nonprofit Friends of the Park group supporting Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

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Summer Seminars of 2014

Posted on September 25, 2014 by The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc.

Almost 100 Friends and visitors shared new experiences and learning at the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument during the Friend’s 2014 Summer Seminar season. Ten seminars, led by popular local Continue Reading →

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Tourism to Florissant Fossil Beds creates $3.3 million in Economic Benefit to Local Economy

Posted on April 8, 2014 by The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc.

A New National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 62,637 visitors to Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in 2012 spent $3.37 million in communities near the park. That spending supported Continue Reading →

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Great Backyard Bird Count

Posted on March 21, 2014 by The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc.

On Saturday, February 15, 2014, 12 members and friends of the Friends of the Fossil Beds, gathered at the Florissant Fossil Beds NM to participate in the international Great Backyard Continue Reading →

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Fundraiser Success

Posted on October 29, 2013 by The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc.

Were you at the Friends’ Fundraiser?? If not, you missed a great event!! Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, National Park Service employees, Soldiers and staff assigned to Fort Carson’s Continue Reading →

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A Good Time Had by All

Posted on August 5, 2013 by The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc.

Friends’ Board members recently hosted a delegation from Peru and staff members of the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument to dinner at a local restaurant in Woodland Park.  Visiting were Continue Reading →

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Piedra Chamana Petrified Forest

The Piedra Chamana Petrified Forest in Sexi, Peru preserves a diverse assemblage of 39-million-year-old woods and leaves from the middle Eocene period. Visit the website here

National Park Service

  • Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
  • Florissant Fossil Beds Webcam
  • Harper's Ferry Center

Partners

  • Aiken Audubon Society
  • Coalition for the Upper South Platte
  • Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education
  • Colorado College
  • Colorado Springs Astronomical Society
  • Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society
  • Lake George Gem & Mineral Club
  • National Scenic Byways Program
  • Pikes Peak Historical Society
  • Rocky Mountain Conservancy
  • University of Colorado Museum

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