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  • February 26, 2018 at 11:01 am #83187
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    Rare Fossils:https://www.ecowatch.com/bears-ears-fossils-2538047979.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=f5152ec092-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-f5152ec092-85337061
    Rare Fossils Discovered on Lands Cut From Bears Ears National Monument

    …”Based on our small, initial excavation, we believe that this 63-meter (69-yard) site may be the densest area of Triassic period fossils in the nation, maybe the world. If this site can be fully excavated, it is likely that we will find many other intact specimens, and quite possibly even new vertebrate species,” said Gay, whose team’s 2017 dig was funded by a grant from a special Bureau of Land Management (BLM) program that funds such research on national monuments and other national conservation lands. This funding could be at risk now that the excavation site has been removed from protections due to President Trump’s legally-disputed proclamation to shrink Bears Ears National Monument by more than one million acres….
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    ….”While a discovery of this magnitude certainly is a welcome surprise, protecting such resources was the very purpose of Bears Ears National Monument,” said Miller. “That President Trump acted to revoke protections for these lands is outrageous, and that he did so despite the Department of the Interior knowing of this amazing discovery is even more shocking. I hope the courts will act quickly to restore protections for Bears Ears National Monument before any more fossils are looted from the area and lost to science.”

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