Tuesday February 1, 2022

Paleontology lovers and concerned community members are asking why heavy machinery appears to have been driven over a section of the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite. The BLM recently hired a contractor to replace a raised wooden boardwalk at the site. Many point to the absence of a paleontologist in the BLM Moab field office. If that position had been filled, they say damage to the 112-million-year-old site could have been avoided. Plus, a report on Moab’s annual homeless ‘point in time’ count. 

Show Notes

Photos appear to show marks on dinosaur tracks at the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite. Credit Jeremy Roberts

1/31/22 Center for Biological Diversity Cease and Desist Letter

Fox 13 Salt Lake City: Conservation group accuses Bureau of Land Management of damaging dinosaur tracks during construction

https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/conservation-group-accuses-bureau-of-land-management-of-damaging-dinosaur-tracks-during-construction

Utah Friends of Paleontology: Gastonia Moab Chapter

https://utahpaleo.org/chapters/gastonia-chapter/

Sara Melnicoff of Moab Solutions inspects an area along Pack Creek during the homeless point in time count in January. KZMU/Justin Higginbottom