gjsentinel.com Two hundred million years of burning sun, icy winters, pounding rains and scouring winds were nothing. Decades of submersion in cold, clear water from the Colorado River have been even less. READ MORE
news.discovery.com A series of massive volcanic eruptions between eight and 12 million years ago in what is now Idaho may have been larger than colossal events known to have taken place in Yellowstone. READ MORE
stgeorgeutah.com City officials are anxiously waiting to find out if they will receive a $1.6 million Federal Emergency Management Agency grant to purchase properties and stabilize a hillside that has destroyed homes and is threatening others. READ MORE
Hey guys and gals! If you’re in the Salt Lake City area this weekend, consider attending the Association of Women Geoscientists (AWG) Salt Lake Chapter for dessert and drinks at their 27th annual Silent Auction and Scholarship Benefit. Saturday, March 26th, 2016, 7:30-10PM Westminster On The Draw, 2120 S 1300 E in Sugarhouse […]
phenomena.nationalgeographic.com Just about every two weeks, we meet a new dinosaur species. Some come fresh from the desert. Others have been hiding in museum collections for decades, or were misidentified as different species. However they’re found, though, dinosaurs are stomping out onto the public stage at a greater rate than ever before. Just last week, […]
Has anyone been lucky enough to visit this museum? smithsonianmag.com When visitors go to the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, they are not exactly wrong to think that dinosaurs are the stars of the show. This is, after all, the museum that discovered Stegosaurus, Brontosaurus, Apatosaurus, Allosaurus, Triceratops, Diplodocus and Atlantosaurus, among others. READ […]
Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Grand County, Utah Photographer: Marshall Robinson; © 2015 Delicate Arch, a 65-foot-tall natural arch in Arches National Park, Grand County, is composed of Jurassic-age sandstone including the Slick Rock Member of the Entrada Sandstone (base and pedestals) and Moab Member of the Curtis Formation (bridge).
In a land before time…an oasis of life in a now petrified forest. smithsonianmag.com Petrified Forest National Park is the kind of place that sneaks up on you. As you cruise at a brisk 80 miles an hour along Highway 40 in Arizona, a sea of sage, rabbitbush and grass stretches from the road’s shoulder to […]
Mark your calendars for April 1, 2016! ecprogress.com The Bureau of Land Management Moab Field Office invites the public to the grand opening celebration of the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite Trail. This short interpretive trail features over 200 tracks, representing eight different types of tracks and six different dinosaurs. Imagine an ancient lakebed where these […]
ecprogress.com The Bureau of Land Management Price Field Office announces the 2016 season opening of the Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry on March 24. The Quarry will be open this spring season Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. There is a $5 per adult fee for admission to the site to help […]
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