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Last weekend, the region’s top paleontologists rubbed elbows with passionate amateurs and the just plain curious at Epicenter’s Green River Rock and Mineral Festival. Field trips throughout the weekend explored the amazing cultural and natural resources around Green River, including the Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry. In the middle of the high desert, scientists took festival goers back in time, to an ancient world full of sauropods, conifers, and freshwater clams. Tune in and learn more.

[Photo: State Paleontologist James Kirkland identifies a bone fragment at the Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry]

Last weekend, the region’s top paleontologists rubbed elbows with passionate amateurs and the just plain curious at Epicenter’s Green River Rock and Mineral Festival. Field trips throughout the weekend explored the amazing cultural and natural resources around Green River, including the Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry. In the middle of the high desert, scientists took festival goers back in time, to an ancient world full of sauropods, conifers, and freshwater clams. Tune in and learn more.

[Photo: State Paleontologist James Kirkland identifies a bone fragment at the Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry]

Last weekend, the region’s top paleontologists rubbed elbows with passionate amateurs and the just plain curious at Epicenter’s Green River Rock and Mineral Festival. Field trips throughout the weekend explored the amazing cultural and natural resources around Green River, including the Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry. In the middle of the high desert, scientists took festival goers back in time, to an ancient world full of sauropods, conifers, and freshwater clams. Tune in and learn more.

[Photo: State Paleontologist James Kirkland identifies a bone fragment at the Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry]

Last weekend, the region’s top paleontologists rubbed elbows with passionate amateurs and the just plain curious at Epicenter’s Green River Rock and Mineral Festival. Field trips throughout the weekend explored the amazing cultural and natural resources around Green River, including the Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry. In the middle of the high desert, scientists took festival goers back in time, to an ancient world full of sauropods, conifers, and freshwater clams. Tune in and learn more.

[Photo: State Paleontologist James Kirkland identifies a bone fragment at the Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry]

Excessive dispersed camping in the popular Klondike Bluffs area is impacting public health, wildlife habitat, and sensitive cultural and paleontological resources, according to the Bureau of Land Management. The Moab field office is currently seeking public comment on an environmental assessment of a plan for the area. They want to manage camping and get a handle on revegetation, firewood restrictions, and proper disposal of human waste. Learn more on today’s news.

[Photo: Biking in the Klondike Bluffs area/Courtesy BLM]

Excessive dispersed camping in the popular Klondike Bluffs area is impacting public health, wildlife habitat, and sensitive cultural and paleontological resources, according to the Bureau of Land Management. The Moab field office is currently seeking public comment on an environmental assessment of a plan for the area. They want to manage camping and get a handle on revegetation, firewood restrictions, and proper disposal of human waste. Learn more on today’s news.

[Photo: Biking in the Klondike Bluffs area/Courtesy BLM]

Excessive dispersed camping in the popular Klondike Bluffs area is impacting public health, wildlife habitat, and sensitive cultural and paleontological resources, according to the Bureau of Land Management. The Moab field office is currently seeking public comment on an environmental assessment of a plan for the area. They want to manage camping and get a handle on revegetation, firewood restrictions, and proper disposal of human waste. Learn more on today’s news.

[Photo: Biking in the Klondike Bluffs area/Courtesy BLM]

Excessive dispersed camping in the popular Klondike Bluffs area is impacting public health, wildlife habitat, and sensitive cultural and paleontological resources, according to the Bureau of Land Management. The Moab field office is currently seeking public comment on an environmental assessment of a plan for the area. They want to manage camping and get a handle on revegetation, firewood restrictions, and proper disposal of human waste. Learn more on today’s news.

[Photo: Biking in the Klondike Bluffs area/Courtesy BLM]

- BLM nullifies decision on helicopter shuttle from Mineral Bottom pending further study on impacts to desert bighorn sheep

- Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan has bi-partisan support

- Public Lands Corner features takeouts for Cataract Canyon trips and the EA on camping in Klondike Bluffs

- BLM nullifies decision on helicopter shuttle from Mineral Bottom pending further study on impacts to desert bighorn sheep

- Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan has bi-partisan support

- Public Lands Corner features takeouts for Cataract Canyon trips and the EA on camping in Klondike Bluffs