As federal layoffs impact the National Park Service throughout the country, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument announced the closure of the park on Mondays and Tuesdays — effective immediately.

Beneath a grassy mountain valley in central Colorado lies one of the richest, most diverse fossil deposits in the world. Petrified redwood stumps up to 14 feet wide and thousands of detailed fossils ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As officials of the National Park Service cope with job cuts ordered by the Trump administration and confusion over whether future cutbacks will take place, ...

FLORISSANT — On Saturday March 22, dozens of individuals gathered at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument to raise their voices in support of public land preservation. The crowd, consisting of ...

FLORISSANT, Colo. (KXRM) — Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument said starting on Monday, Feb. 24 the national monument will be closed for two days a week. Florissant Fossil Beds said the closure ...

FLORISSANT — In a coordinated nationwide rally on March 1, thousands turned up to national parks sites around the US to protest the recent firings of up to a thousand probationary workers with the ...

I was met by a ranger in the welcome center who gave me an in-depth explanation of the fossil beds and all the things I was about to see while exploring within the park boundary. Because of her ...

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is best known for its permineralized redwood tree stumps, but a lesser-known distinction is the park’s International Dark Sky certification. One of only 80 ...