Dinosaur National Monument News

An energy company and conservation groups are at odds over whether a federal official's report on Utah oil and gas leases has any bearing on a lawsuit challenging drilling on the Roan Plateau.

Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Hayes at a public meeting Tuesday in Vernal, where he listened to citizens of the area voice their criticisms and praise of the department's handling of disputed oil and gas leases in the area.

All of the nation's national parks will allow visitors in for free on three weekends this summer as a way to encourage affordable vacations and boost the economy.

For the past three years, visitors to Dinosaur National Monument, which straddles the border of Utah and Colorado, have been unable to enter one of the park's top attractions: the Quarry Visitor Center.

The landscape of the American Southwest is clearly one of extremes - high mountain peaks and deep river canyons, rock towers, alcoves and arches.

Once again, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has made a decision on public-lands protection that residents of the Western Slope should celebrate.

Energy producers suing the federal government contend Interior Secretary Ken Salazar should not have revoked oil and gas leases based on their proximity to national parks in Utah because the parcels are miles away.

Spring wildflowers in Glacier National Park. Kurt Repanshek photo. A massive influx of dollars is heading towards the National Park System, part due to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act , some proposed within the Obama administration's Fiscal 2010 budget proposal.

Millions of years ago, two delicate laurel leaves fluttered to the ground. Maybe a triceratops brushed its tail against them.

Explosives were used recently at Dinosaur National Monument to help paleontologists reach fossilized bones of sauropods, which is what this skull came from.

A story 115 million years in the making! Mary Bernard, Vernal Express Mary Bernard, Vernal Express In view of the original fossil quarry at Dinosaur National Monument, paleontologists dig a new dinosaur bone bed on the hillside framed by the towering rocks of Split Mountain Gorge.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar was in Salt Lake City Friday to emphasize the importance of Utah's public lands, the Obama administration's commitment to a multi-energy source platform and to touch on highlights of stimulus funding aimed at the state's national parks, monuments and water projects.

Utah Sen. Bob Bennett vowed to block a second high-profile nominee to the Interior Department on Thursday, ratcheting up pressure on the Obama administration to negotiate on oil and gas drilling in the West.

The site is so scientifically important that excavations cannot be stopped, yet there was no way to reach the bones.

Researchers at Dinosaur National Monument had to use explosives to break through layers of rock-hard sandstone to continue excavating an important fossil site.

More than $55 million in economic stimulus money will be used to fix the national Mall, even though money for Mall renovations was removed during congressional debate on the stimulus package this winter.

" From the Statue of Liberty and Independence Hall to Yellowstone and Death Valley, the National Park Service will undertake more than 750 projects at parks across the country to create jobs, restore and protect our nation's parks, and preserve our history and heritage for future generations, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today.

Southern Oregon will claim a tiny share of $750 million in stimulus money to restore and repair national parks nationwide.

The National Park Service will invest $750 million in 750 restoration and protection projects at parks across the country to create jobs and preserve American history and heritage for future generations, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced Wednesday .A The funding comes under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, part of ...

The national parks in the territory are set to get more than $1.6 million in federal funds to pay for more than a dozen restoration projects on St.