Department of Natural Resources paleontologists Don DeBlieux, left, and James Kirkland look at a giant rock encased in plaster and burlap that is full of dinosaur bones at the Department of Natural Resources office in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014. The fossils were discovered in the Cedar Mountain formation of Arches National Park in Moab by the department. Possibly a dozen to two dozen Utahraptor and iguanodon skeletons will be discovered in the encasement.
Laura Seitz, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY A giant rock jammed full of dinosaur bones continues to amaze Utah scientists as they slowly pick away at it to reveal its secrets, unscrambling what may be Utah’s biggest single discovery of dinosaurs.
Utah lawmakers propose $2.2 billion in road, rail and state park improvements
Utah lawmakers propose $2.2 billion in road, rail and state park improvements
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SALT LAKE CITY â A $2.2 billion infrastructure spending bill has been unveiled in the Utah State Legislature, spending taxpayer money to improve roads, speed up trains and improve state parks. Itâd be a record amount of infrastructure spending in the state, said House Majority Whip Mike Schultz, R-Hooper, who is sponsoring
The bill, made public late Wednesday, would allocate money to double-track Frontrunner trains from Provo to Ogden, as well as funding a bus rapid transit system in the middle of the Salt Lake Valley. It s because I-15 is reaching capacity as the state continues to see population growth, Rep. Schultz said.
COVID-19 didn’t stop overtourism in Utah’s national parks and communities K. Sophie Will, St. George Spectrum & Daily News
Editor s Note: This dispatch is part of a series called “On the Ground” with Report for America, an initiative of The GroundTruth Project.
For people living in southern Utah, their backyard is America’s playground. Yet, the chance to experience wide-open space and magnanimous red rock is slowly becoming more like sitting in Los Angeles peak-hour traffic.
Utah’s five national parks Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and Zion were built in the early 20th century and are not equipped to handle the millions of people who flock here for year-round temperate weather and incredible views.