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News Release: Quick Facts. Amenities. 2 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Tactile Exhibit. Diplodocus longus is a species of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America. Diplodocus is one of the most abundant sauropods (long-necked dinosaurs) in the Morrison Formation. Its pencil-like...
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News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park. Significance: trail. Amenities. 5 listed. Parking - Auto, Picnic Shelter/Pavilion, Picnic Table, Toilet - Vault/Composting, Trailhead. This is the steepest trail in this district of Canyonlands, descending over a thousand feet of scree...
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News Release: Quick Facts. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. Stegosaurus is a plant eating dinosaur with plates on its back and spikes on its tail. Stegosaurus ungulatus is a species of ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America, found in the Morrison Formation. Stegosaurus...
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IIJA Bureau of Land Management California Forest and Woodlands Resource Management grant opened on Feb. 14.
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News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Island in the Sky district, Canyonlands. Significance: trail. Amenities. 4 listed. Parking - Auto, Picnic Table, Toilet - Vault/Composting, Trailhead. When the parking lot at Grand View Point is full, this easy hike is a good alternative with similar views of Monument Basin. People...
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News Release: Quick Facts. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. Camptosaurus is a two-legged plant eating dinosaur. The beak-like front of the skull did not have teeth but was used to nip vegetation. Camptosaurus may have lived in small groups. It depended on its speed to escape predators.
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The US Interior Department published a three page rule on Feb. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: Quick Facts. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. Torvosaurus tanneri is a species of theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation of North America. It is known from the Carnegie Quarry at Dinosaur National Monument from a single bone, the humerus. This upper...
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Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit grant opened on Feb. 13.
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Emperor penguins are "in danger of extinction in the foreseeable future" in considerable portions of their range because of climate change, prompting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to finalize protections for the bird under the Endangered Species Act.
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News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park. Significance: trail. Amenities. 1 listed. Trailhead. After descending 1,300 feet (396 m) past a large alcove, the trail meanders in a wide canyon to the base of the notable Moses and Zeus towers. *. Roundtrip Distance: 11.2 mi (18 km)...
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News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Island in the Sky district, Canyonlands National Park. Significance: trail. Amenities. 1 listed. Trailhead. A primitive trail with steep switchbacks drops 1,600 feet (488 m) into a long, sandy wash. Follow the wash to the White Rim Road. No shade. *. Roundtrip Distance: 11.4 mi (18.3...
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Bureau of Land Management IIJA Alaska Hazardous Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program grant opened on Feb. 13.
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Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) Mine Waste Cooperative Agreements grant opened on Feb. 13.
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Bureau of Land Management New Mexico Environmental Quality and Protection grant opened on Feb. 13.
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News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park. Significance: trail. Amenities. 1 listed. Trailhead. The Lathrop Trail crosses a wide grassland on the mesa top, enjoys views of Colorado River, then descends into the canyon below. For a moderate trail option, hikers often turn around...
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IIJA Bureau of Land Management California Wildlife Program grant opened on Feb. 13.
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News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park. Amenities. 1 listed. Trailhead. Reaching this trail requires a permit to drive the 4WD White Rim Road. Fort Bottom Ruin is an ancient stone structure overlooking the Green River, built by Indigenous inhabitants of the Canyonlands area...
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There were 37 notices published by the Interior Department in week ending Feb. 4, according to the Federal Register.