The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc.A nonprofit Friends of the Park group supporting Florissant Fossil Beds National MonumentScientists continue fossil mammoth study- (Found September 28, 2008 ) 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/ Learn about the archaeology of South Park- (Found September 28, 2008 ) Join Dr. Susan Bender of the South Park Archaeology Project to learn about the Paleoindians who once inhabited South Park! Includes a visit to an active archaeological site in South Park. What: Archaeology of South Park Instructors: Dr. Susan Bender When: July 19, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Where: Meet at Florissant Fossil Beds ...http://www.fossilbeds.org/2008/07/16/learn-about-the-archaeology-of-south-park/ Find the mineral treasures of Pikes Peak- September 28, 2008 Hills of Pikes Peak Granite mark the shores of ancient Lake Florissant; in the distance is Crystal Peak, the destination for this seminar's field trip. Photo: Melissa Barton. Explore the oldest rocks of the Florissant area, the one-billion-year-old Pikes Peak granite. The program will begin with a slide program ...http://www.fossilbeds.org/2008/07/19/find-the-mineral-treasures-of-pikes-peak/ Sign up for Railroading on the Back Side of Pikes Peak- (Found September 28, 2008 ) Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway steam locomotive, circa 1900. Come learn about the history of railroading on Pikes Peak from local historian Mel McFarland. From the Colorado Midland Railway's popular "Wildflower Excursions" (which included a stop in Florissant to collect fossils to the Cripple Creek District Railway, this seminar ...http://www.fossilbeds.org/2008/07/22/sign-up-for-railroading-on-the-back-side-of-pikes-pea... Explore Red Rock Canyon with the Florissant Scientific Society- (Found September 28, 2008 ) Hogbacks in Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs Explore Red Rock Canyon Open Space in Colorado Springs, an extension of Garden of the Gods, with the Florissant Scientific Society this Sunday, July 27th. Here you can see the evidence of 300 years of geologic history, from the ancestral Rocky ...http://www.fossilbeds.org/2008/07/23/explore-red-rock-canyon-with-the-florissant-scientifi... Health Advisory: Plague in Teller Co. Prairie Dogs- (Found September 28, 2008 ) Plague has been found in prairie dog populations in Teller County. Due to the high rodent population around the Hornbek Homestead at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, this area is currently closed. However, the rest of the park remains open. Please remember not to feed any wildlife, both for ...http://www.fossilbeds.org/2008/07/24/health-advisory-plague-in-teller-co-prairie-dogs/ Tickets for Richard Louv presentation available August 1- September 28, 2008 Thanks to partnerships with the Catamount Institute and other local organization, Colorado residents will have the chance to hear Richard Louv, author of the award-winning book Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder and recipient of the 2008 Audubon Medal, speak at the Pikes Peak Center ...http://www.fossilbeds.org/2008/07/27/tickets-for-richard-louv-presentation-available-augus... Redwoods in Colorado- (Found September 28, 2008 ) Artist's reconstruction of the ancient Florissant forest by Rob Wood. NPS. 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 ...http://www.fossilbeds.org/2008/07/29/florissant-featured-in-julyaugust-issue-of-the-interp... Still time to register for evolution seminar- (Found September 28, 2008 ) A reconstruction of the fishapod Tiktaalik roseae in its shallow-water environment. Model by Tyler Keillor, photo by Beth Rooney. From the University of Chicago press release about the find. Dr. Louise Mead of the National Center for Science Education will present this special seminar on evolution and how to educate students ...http://www.fossilbeds.org/2008/08/05/unique-opportunity-for-evolution-seminar/ Notes From the Lab: Yale Peabody Museum- (Found September 28, 2008 ) Last spring I applied for and received a Schuchert and Dunbar Grant-in-Aid to visit Yale University's Peabody Museum of Natural History and study their collection of insects from the Antero Formation of South Park, Colorado, as part of my thesis on ecological changes during the Eocene and Oligocene. Yale's ...http://www.fossilbeds.org/2008/08/20/notes-from-the-lab-yale-peabody-museum/ |