From dinosaur fossils and petrified trees to canyon vistas and the sites of ancient Indigenous communities, Colorado's national monuments boast some of the country's most dramatic landscapes and ...
Visits to Colorado National Monument saw a minor drop last year, consistent with decreases also experienced at some other park sites in the region and nationally. The monument recorded 483,436 visits ...
Several presidents have their names attached to some of Colorado’s greatest natural treasures. After all, it takes a president’s pen to create national parks and monuments. With Presidents Day in the ...
What started as eight dinosaur tail bones in 1909 has turned into 211,000 acres of Dinosaur National Monument DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT – When you work on a deep geologic time scale, you’re bound to ...
One hundred years ago this month, Grand Valley residents — especially John Otto — received an early Christmas present: buffalo. They were properly called American bison, but everyone referred to them ...
The dark sky over Browns Canyon National Monument in Southern Colorado makes for exceptional stargazing. Now the area is designated as an International Dark Sky Park. DarkSky International is an ...
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 Fossil Beds National Monument ...
DENVER – Parking lot construction at Colorado’s Dinosaur National Monument unearthed new fossils last fall, the first discovery at the monument in more than 100 years, according to the National Park ...
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