The Utah Bureau of Land Management claims no damage has been done, but several paleontologists said that dinosaur trackways may have been destroyed.
and its fossils. He said of the BLM and the recent controversy in a phone interview: “I didn’t find out until after the work began that they posted some kind of public statement about the intent to do this work on their website, but if you look at the final document, they don’t even give the address of the website. And they also say that they received no response. Well, they received no response because nobody knew it had been posted.
Rachel Wootton, a public affairs specialist for the Moab and Monticello region of the BLM Utah, said by phone that Brent Breithaupt, a paleontologist with the BLM, and state paleontologist Jim Kirkland are currently reviewing the site. She said that the BLM is working with them and will be using their recommendations in any future site improvements.
Lee Shenton, president-elect of the local chapter in Moab of the Utah Friends of Paleontology, said in an email that a likely “contributing factor” to the incident is the lack of a BLM district paleontologist. The previous person in that role, Rebecca Hunt-Foster, moved to another opportunity years ago to work atLocal volunteer Sternberg said she rushed to the site last week as soon as she heard something was happening.
Both Lockley and Sternberg described their previous experiences with the BLM as being very positive, noting that the BLM has been an active partner in making sure this site and others are open to the public and preserved. “Usually, we’re just afraid of the public being vandals. That’s who you always think you’re protecting these sites from,” Sternberg said. “Just to find out that it’s a bumbling mishap by the BLM is just disappointing and frightening. We need a paleontologist here.
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