DENVER, CO.- After a month of frenetic activity, Denver Museum of Nature & Science scientists and volunteers have finished their initial excavation of the Ice Age fossil site discovered at Ziegler Reservoir near Snowmass Village, and have returned to the Museum in Denver to prepare for the next phase of scientific analysis. Although the team has been working on the site for only a few weeks and in-depth scientific analysis has yet to begin, scientists acknowledge the site is one of the most significant discoveries made in Colorado. “The discovery near Snowmass Village is one of those once-in-a-lifetime finds. Not only will it completely shape our understanding of life in the Rockies during the Ice Age, but it will become forever iconic for the kids of Colorado,” said Dr. Kirk Johnson, the Museum’s chief curator and vice president of the Research and Collections Division.