Renowned dinosaur tracks near Moab were damaged because BLM failed to take precautions, new agency report says

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The Bureau of Land Management failed to take the necessary precautions to protect dinosaur tracks at one of the nation’s most important sites near Moab.

The damage was minor and could have been worse, according to an agency paleontologist that reviewed construction damage at Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite.

Days after the project began, visitors to the site noticed tire tracks and a backhoe parked near some of the footprints and notified BLM, which halted construction. Breithaupt inspected the site shortly after work was stopped and found several tracks that had been damaged. An important crocodile slide — where a prehistoric crocodile dragged its body through mud — appeared to have been repeatedly driven over by a backhoe and other vehicles causing fracturing.

 

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