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Dinosaur National Monument

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noun

  1. a national monument in NE Utah and NW Colorado: site of prehistoric animal fossils. 322 sq. mi. (834 sq. km).


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Enefit plans to operate on about 7,000 acres of desert land just south of Dinosaur National Monument and produce 50,000 barrels of oil per day, almost doubling the entire basin's production.

From Salon Oct. 23, 2022

Not far from Cross Mountain, officials at Dinosaur National Monument have raised their own concerns.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2022

An eighth population in Dinosaur National Monument also is considered gone.

From Seattle Times Oct. 18, 2021

During our stay at Dinosaur National Monument, they changed the signs on the doors on the gift shops, from advising the unvaccinated to wear masks to advising everyone to wear masks.

From Slate Sep. 9, 2021

Here, eighteen miles east of the town of Vernal, eighty acres of the exposed Morrison strata were set aside in 1915 as the Dinosaur National Monument.

From The Book of the National Parks by Robert Sterling Yard

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