The study of the fossil forest is being carried out with funding from the National Science Foundation and involves researchers from Clark University; the US National Park Service; the Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

Participants in the floristic survey included:

Susan Aragón-Carrasco, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University

Leyda Rimarachín Cayatopa, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo.

Jose Eliseo Ayasta Varona, Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo.

Deborah Woodcock, Research Fellow, Marsh Institute of Clark University (link to web page)