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A new species of spiky-headed dinosaurs has been discovered in Utah, the oldest of its genus ever found in North America. Akainacephalus johnsoni is 75 million years and like its cousin, the Ankylosaurus, had an armored body and an imposing club tail.
The dinosaur's scientific journey began 10 years ago in 2008, when a paleontologist with the Bureau of Land Management found what appeared to be a fossil site at the Kaiparowits Formation of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. A hotbed of prehistoric discovery, the Kaiparowits has been called "dinosaur Shangri La." The National Momument was recently shrunk through an order from President Trump, and some of its former land has now been purchased by a mining company.
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(Score: 5, Interesting) by fishybell on Sunday July 29 2018, @03:58PM (3 children)
The news here in Utah was always "Federal Overreach."
For many Utahns the national monuments were always wrong, in particular because they were created by Bill Clinton and Barrack Obama.
That said, it's despicable how much of the debate was slanted on "the locals know best how to manage the land," when they were actively, and publicly advertising how much they wanted to let mining, fracking, and drilling in.
The whole point of the national monuments wasn't to take away the rights of the locals, but to preserve pieces of the country that were exceptionally unique from a natural standpoint and a historic standpoint. There was never any interest in mining, fracking, or drilling until the national monuments were made. Until then the only interest was in ranching.
The documents creating the monuments were crafted in a particular way to explicitly allow for the continuation of ranching, but because "the liberals" and "the feds" were the ones creating the monuments, the land suddenly got attention. The only reason any mining is being planned now is because of Utah politicians' irrational behavior when it comes to the other side of the aisle.
The talking points were always based on "the locals don't want this," but it was because of local lobbying that anyone in DC even noticed the land was worth protecting.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @05:44PM (1 child)
It has been purchased by a mining company. Someone is putting real money into it. That supersedes any political silliness Utahns like to cultivate.
(Score: 2) by fishybell on Sunday July 29 2018, @06:35PM
Sure, a mining company bought it because politicians put it up for sale and advertised it.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday July 30 2018, @12:59PM
Sounds like the effort backfired. I wonder if people will ever figure out that anything that can be done by whim can be undone by whim.