Dinosaur boneyard: Visitors go back in time Sep 20, 2009
Situated 20 miles from Vernal, it's part of Dinosaur National Monument, a 210,000-acre park with rocky and rippled canyonlands in Utah and Colorado ... Dinosaur National Monument is 20 miles farther southeast of Vernal ... LODGING: Camping is an inexpensive way to stay in Dinosaur National Monument. (The Augusta Chronicle)
See the dinosaur bones in Vernal, Utah Aug 26, 2009
In this photo provided by the Utah Office of Tourism, the temporarily closed visitors' center at the Dinosaur National Monument is seen, located 20 miles outside of Vernal, UT. (AP Photo/Utah Office of Tourism) In this photo provided by the Utah Office of Tourism, the temporarily closed visitors' center at the Dinosaur National Monument is seen, located 20 miles outside of Vernal, UT. The dinosaur 'rock wall' located inside the visitors center contains hundreds of fossils. (AP Photo/Utah Office... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
The business of bones Aug 26, 2009
Located 20 miles outside of Vernal, it's part of Dinosaur National Monument, a 210,000-acre park with rocky and rippled canyonlands stretching into Utah and Colorado ... APVernal's Dinosaur National Monument isn't expected to open until 2012, but there is still plenty to see ... This year is the 100th anniversary of the dinosaur discovery that led to the establishment of the Dinosaur National Monument. (MSNBC -- Travel)
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Some are brazen, like three men who yanked a bone out of a visitor center display at Dinosaur National Monument on the Colorado-Utah border or those who tried to dig up 180-million-year-old dinosaur tracks at a BLM site in Wyoming. Several years ago, thieves at Badlands reported a false emergency in another part of the park so they could load up with fossils without fear of a patrolling ranger. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Ancient mammal tracks found at national monument Jul 24, 2009
This undated photo by the Dinosaur National Monument shows a small fossil mammal footprint on the Utah-Colorado border ... Dinosaur National Monument via AP ... SALT LAKE CITY - Hundreds of tiny footprints left by mammals some 190 million years ago have been found on a canyon wall in a remote part of Dinosaur National Monument, park officials said Thursday. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Feds inspect drilling parcels (15) Jul 19, 2009
Once confirmed, Hayes headed to Utah for an initial reconnaissance, later filing a report criticizing the haste in awarding the drilling parcels close to the Arches and Canyonlands parks and Dinosaur National Monument. The Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States reacted to that June report with a point-by-point rebuttal Wednesday. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Trip wouldn’t be an adventure without a glitch Jul 10, 2009
Our plan was to make a late afternoon start for the Yampa River in Dinosaur National Monument on the Colorado-Utah border. Walleye had drawn one of the coveted float permits for the Yampa. (Missoulian, MT)
Report defends anti-drilling action in Utah Jun 16, 2009
The BLM also moved to lease other parcels close to Canyonlands National Park and Dinosaur National Monument, and to open drilling around artifact-rich Nine Mile Canyon and along the high cliffs of whitewater sections of the wild Green River. Cordell Roy, the chief Park Service administrator in Utah, said the BLM didn't consult the agency on an initial auction list that included parcels near the parks and monument. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Fossil Bone Bed Helps Reconstruct Life Along California's Ancient Coastline Jun 16, 2009
"This deposit, if properly developed, would look just like Dinosaur National Monument," said Lipps, referring to a popular park in Colorado and Utah. "(Sharktooth Hill) is actually much more extensive, and the top of the bone bed has complete, articulated skeletons of seals and other marine mammals.". (Science Daily)
Ancient sea life thrived in Central Valley Jun 6, 2009
"It's as important to science and the public as the Dinosaur National Monument in Utah and Colorado, and the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles," he said. In fact, the entire fossil bed appears to be huge, Pyenson said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Dynamite Used To Reveal New Layer Of Dinosaur Fossils May 2, 2009
That was the problem facing Dinosaur National Monument at a Lower Cretaceous dinosaur quarry -- the one that has produced the only complete brontosaur skulls from the last 80 million years of the Age of Dinosaurs in North America ... Although explosives might seem extreme, in the right setting and in the right hands, they are the right tool for the job --- staff at Dinosaur National Monument can certainly testify to that. (Science Daily)
Dino-mite: Utah quarry gets explosive treatment Apr 29, 2009
This undated photo provided by the National Park Service shows one of the sauropod skulls removed from a quarry at Dinosaur National Monument in Utah ... Thwarted since 2007 by layers of rock-hard sandstone, researchers at one of Dinosaur National Monument's most important quarries turned to something more potent than brushes and hammers: explosives. (Anchorage Daily News)
* Obama sets environment policy Mar 5, 2009
The lands involved sit at the doorstep of some of our nations most treasured landscapes in Utah, Salazar said, referring to the Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Parks, Dinosaur National Monument and Nine Mile Canyon. The move was hailed by US environmentalists including actor Robert Redford, who had fought the Bush administrations rush to sell off the land in its final days. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Utah Parkland Up For Auction Mar 3, 2009
Buccino and other speakers said the land being considered for drilling is some of the most spectacular scenery in the country, including land near Nine Mile Canyon, Dinosaur National Monument and Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. The most controversial parcels directly abut Arches National Park, and oil and gas rigs on those sites would be visible to park visitors, CBS News correspondent Wyatt Andrews reports. (CBS News -- Early Show)
WHO GETS WHAT: Billions for clean water, parks Feb 12, 2009
The projects include fixing a visitor center at the Dinosaur National Monument on the Utah-Colorado border that has been condemned for two years and upgrading a sewage treatment plant at Yellowstone National Park that can t handle the number of flushes from visitors to Old Faithful. At EPA, the wish list is even more expensive. (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC)
January state coastal waterfowl estimate is lowest Feb 8, 2009
The action reverses the Bush administration's move to allow drilling on about 130,000 acres near pristine areas such as Nine Mile Canyon, Arches National Park and Dinosaur National Monument. It is also seen as another sign the administration and congressional Democrats are planning to reshape federal regulation of drilling, mining, lumbering and other resource-tapping activities, both on U.S. soil and offshore that support positions by sportsmen's conservation groups and environmental... (Nola.com -- Sports)
Bush-era oil leases in Utah canceled Feb 7, 2009
The 77 leases were for areas near Arches and Canyonlands national parks, Dinosaur National Monument, and Nine Mile Canyon, which is sometimes called the world's longest art gallery for its collection of ancient rock-art panels. Critics, backers weigh inRepublicans and the oil industry have argued that the United States should open more domestic areas if it wants to create jobs and reduce its reliance on foreign oil. (MSNBC -- Environment)
