Utah Officials Accused Of Driving Over Precious Dinosaur Footprints In Heavy Machinery [BLM]

https://www.iflscience.com ^ | February 8, 2022 | Jack Dunhill

[Red Badger]

PinGGG!...............

[Republican in occupied CA]

Idiots.

[centurion316]

This is an outrage. Those dinosaurs are Registered Democrats and have reliably voted for years. Whomever did this must be Republicans.

[AndyJackson]

[KarlInOhio]

Here are the fossilized tracks of Truckasaurus Rex from approximately 0.000001 million years ago.

[mylife]

welp, **** happens in an excavator.

[1Old Pro]

resulting in a loss of around 20-30 percent surface destruction according to Twitter sources.

Twitter sources?

[Larry Lucido]

[BLM]

Brontosaurus lives matter?

[BigEdLB]

Dimwit woke bureaucrats

[Steve_Seattle]

I fail to see how a smooth boardwalk is more of a “trip hazard” than the ground itself, which has undulations, rocks, and other variables.

[mad_as_he$$]

Federal BLM officials aren’t Utah officials.

[Red Badger]

Probably didn’t meet the ADA specs...............

[oldvirginian]

“I fail to see how a smooth boardwalk is more of a “trip hazard” than the ground itself, which has undulations, rocks, and other variables.”

Because you’re not a bureaucrat.
If you were you could easily see the difference.

Do I really have to add the.../S

[libertylover]

I fail to see how a smooth boardwalk is more of a “trip hazard” than the ground itself, which has undulations, rocks, and other variables.

You must not be a left-wing nut case then.

[libertylover]

If it’s so bad why can’t I see any heavy machinery tracks in the lead photo?

[SaxxonWoods]

All BLM, National Forest and National Park lands should be given back to their respective states. The states would actually make money and preserve their heritage unlike gov-tards in DC who don’t care about anything but their retirement agreements and have no knowledge of local needs and differences needed in the stewardship of those lands.

[dangus]

How did dinosaur footprints get in heavy machinery? That’s the sort of revolutionary discovery you don’t just want to drive over!

[21twelve]

They removed the boardwalk which allowed folks to see the tracks. They will now need to put up a fence so people won't walk on the tracks. But the fence will be outside of the tracked area, the tracks are difficult to see, so the folks won't be able to see the damage either. Problem solved!

And once word gets out that you can't see anything, folks will just stop going.

BTW - dinosaur tracks aren't “archaeological” as the article states.

[Steve_Seattle]

I’m kind of surprised that they haven’t erected some kind of a shelter or roof over the tracks. It seems like they would eventually be worn away by exposure to the elements.