Saved in Time Update
The new book authored by Estella Leopold and Herb Meyer is now available to the Friends of Florissant Fossil Beds. The Friends Board voted to purchase 75 copies of the Continue Reading →
Songs for Junior Rangers CD
The long awaited arrival of “Songs for Junior Rangers” a CD of music for kids about the National Parks is here. Park Ranger Jeff Wolin wrote and/or arranged, performed and Continue Reading →
GeoCorps America Program
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument has hosted nearly 30 paleontology interns since 1997. The Geological Society of America’s GeoCorps America Program usually recruits applicants for summer paleontology positions in addition Continue Reading →
Oldest North American mole found at Florissant
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 Continue Reading →
Scientists continue fossil mammoth study
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. Continue Reading →