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

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

[21twelve]

I was thinking the same thing. Exposed to the elements 24/7 is going to do more damage than what appears to be wheeled vehicles for a few days.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Dumbasses.

[TopDog2]

When was this site discovered? I’m guessing a few decades ago? If scientists can’t find out everything there is to know about a footprint in a few decades, they need to turn in their scientists badges.

[lurk]

UT government and the Feds get along about as well as Crips and Bloods. The Feds own over 50% of the total acreage of the state, and they have been wearing out their welcome for decades.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Red Badger.

[Monkey Face]

...and the BLM Utah wishes to continue to make it accessible to the public....

They can't have their cake and eat it, too. Why they would even allow heavy equipment near the place boggles the mind.

All of those sandstone and shale areas in southern Utah have withstood eons of weathering, but heavy equipment driven by mankind will make short work of it all.

[ApplegateRanch]

This isn't the first time drivers haven't given archaeological sites of unparalleled value their due respect. In February 2018, a truck driver allegedly ignored signs and drove across Peru's famous Nasca lines to avoid paying a toll.

Interesting that they didn't mention the even worse damage the Earth First! "activists" did to the Nazca figures.

[Disambiguator]

The equipment tracks will fossilize and be of archaeological interest some day. So what's the problem?

[oldvirginian]

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

Quite the elegant solution!