Workers in Utah damaged dinosaur tracks dating back 112 million years while rebuilding a boardwalk at the popular tourist site, federal officials said.
Workers in Utah damaged dinosaur tracks dating back 112 million years while rebuilding a boardwalk at a popular tourist site, federal officials said.
Visitors at the site noticed tire tracks from a backhoe and possibly other vehicles just days after the project began in January and notified BLM. The report found that “areas of avoidance” were not properly flagged and a paleontological monitor was not in place during the project to rebuild a viewing boardwalk at the 2.3-acre area ranked as one of the top 10 dinosaur tracksites in the US.
The Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite contains roughly 200 footprints from at least 10 different dinosaurs.The projects now needs to be re-evaluated and BLM called for “areas of avoidance” to be clearly marked moving forward so no additional damage is done.
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