"Southern Utah Project Paleontology" BLM Brown Bag Lecture Series

“Southern Parkway Project Paleontology” Surveys along the proposed route for the Southern Parkway have revealed discovery of several highly significant fossil localities.  Dinosaur Discovery Center Curator Andrew Milner will describe two significant sites located within the Lower Jurassic Kayenta Formation (195-193 million years old); one which records uniquely, well-preserved plants, and the other contains nearly 600 dinosaur tracks.

Each Friday, the Bureau of Land Management and its’ partners host the popular Brown Bag Lecture series. The lectures provide unique opportunities for members of the public to learn more about the benefits of the area’s natural resources and public lands. Speakers including geologists, range specialists, biologists, archaeologists, rangers and other specialists who will delve more deeply into subjects tied to the Arizona Strip and surrounding public lands. For those who want to learn more before venturing out or are otherwise unable to access some of these remote and rugged landscapes, the lectures are an excellent way to bring the resources and related issues to the community’s doorstep.

The lecture series is sponsored by the Dixie/Arizona Strip Interpretive Association, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service.