racegirl04 Posted December 3, 2007 Posted December 3, 2007 From the Salt Lake Tribune: All-terrain vehicles will no longer rip and tear where dinosaurs once trod. Fossilized footprints, laid down by six species of dinosaurs about 190 million years ago, will be preserved at a popular off-road riding area near Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park in Kane County. The site, about the size of a football field, was discovered and reported by hunters about three weeks ago. It is located on federal Bureau of Land Management property, and contains thousands of prehistoric footprints. BLM officials, in cooperation and consultation with Kane County's natural resources committee and area ATV clubs, have wisely agreed to preserve the area. A fence will be installed, along with interpretive signs and displays. Quote
dunefreak Posted December 3, 2007 Posted December 3, 2007 wwwwwhoa whoa whoa.....Am I reading this correctly? Coral Pink Dunes are now closed or is it an area near Coral???????????? Kinda interesting. I'd like to check it out regardless. Quote
racegirl04 Posted December 3, 2007 Author Posted December 3, 2007 The way I read it, it's an area right at Coral Pink about the size of a football field. Not the whole area. I'll be curious to find out how far away it is from the dunes. Quote
dunefreak Posted December 3, 2007 Posted December 3, 2007 Yeah that is kinda how I read it too. I found the link for the info regarding the find. http://www.sltrib.com//ci_7590968?IADID=Se...-www.sltrib.com Thats crazy. I completely agree that area should be preserved. I just hope it doesn't affect or is near the main riding area. That would SUCK! Quote
racegirl04 Posted December 3, 2007 Author Posted December 3, 2007 I found another article by national geographic that states that the site is about 5 miles from the dunes. Quote
BLUE STEEL Posted December 3, 2007 Posted December 3, 2007 ^ a pic from that same site That is really cool. I'm glad they are preserving the area. I just hope they don't close all of Coral Pink. Quote
~JILL~ Posted December 3, 2007 Posted December 3, 2007 (edited) That kinda looks like the sand stone area on the right when you come in from the Cane Bed rd. Hope they don't shut the road down. Edited December 3, 2007 by BALL-N-CHAIN Quote
wingnut Posted December 3, 2007 Posted December 3, 2007 Eff the dinosaurs!!! They couldn't survive!!! I now there would be a lot of MEGASOREASS' if they closed coral!!! Quote
dunefreak Posted December 3, 2007 Posted December 3, 2007 Eff the dinosaurs!!! They couldn't survive!!! I now there would be a lot of MEGASOREASS' if they closed coral!!! Yeah, now the dinosaur tracks will just be replaced with rhino tracks. :chug: Quote
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