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 →
Species Spotlight: Ponderosa Pine
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 Continue Reading →