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Don’t Forget to Fall Back
by Ron •
On Sunday, November 4, at 2 am, clocks will be turned back one hour, heralding the end of daylight saving time for much of the country. The biggest consequence: The change shifts daylight back into the morning hours. For 9-to-5 office workers, it means saying goodbye to leaving work while it’s still light out. And for weekend…
Day-to-Day, Schedules
Seasonal Changes
by Ron •
Red Canyon Visitor Center is closed for the season. Fossil Butte Nat’l Mon. – Winter hours are 8-4:30 as of October 15th. Dinosaur National Monument Canyon Visitor Center (Colorado side) will be closed for the season as of October 14th. Green River Campground will be closed for the season as of Friday, October 12th. Split…
Day-to-Day, Policies
Keep the Movies Playing!
by Ron •
If the movies are playing on the TV… visitors will get excited and buy them… if it’s a blank screen, no one will even know that we have movies for sale.
Day-to-Day, Schedules
Sandhill Crane Viewing Day
by Ron •
Day-to-Day, Policies
Monument Reminds Hunters of Regulations
by Ron •
DINOSAUR, CO & JENSEN, UT – With hunting season now occurring on lands surrounding Dinosaur National Monument, hunters are reminded that hunting is not permitted in the monument. Although most of the monument boundary is well marked, hunters are responsible for ensuring they do not hunt within the monument. By knowing and understanding the rules…
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The Seasons They Are A Changing
by Ron •
Beginning Monday, Sept 17, the Quarry Visitor Center and Quarry Exhibit Hall go to Fall/Winter hours. They will both be open daily, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Starting Monday, the shuttle between the visitor center and exhibit hall will operate only on Saturdays and Sunday through mid-October. On weekdays, visitors drive their personal vehicle to…
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They’re Finally Here!
by Ron •
We’ve been waiting all summer for the road construction on SR 149 to get to our end of the road… it is finally here! They will have to make a couple of passes and do the west end of our parking lot but we’re almost there. They are supposed to lay down another strip of…
Day-to-Day, Policies, Training
Accuracy is Crucial
by Ron •
Accuracy when ringing up sales in the Quickbooks POS is very, very important. Please note the following points: Scanning the barcode or price tag with a barcode will always be the most accurate. Guessing at the name or description of an item has a high chance of being wrong. The POS system includes items that we…
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Rare triassic pterosaur discovered by BYU paleontologists
by Ron •
https://news.byu.edu/news/rare-triassic-pterosaur-discovered-byu-paleontologists When Brooks Britt, a geological sciences professor at BYU, searched through the latest Triassic sandstone samples in his lab, he expected to find bones of early crocodiles and dinosaurs. Instead, he discovered the bones of a new pterosaur specimen, now named Caelestiventus (heavenly wind) hanseni. Dating back more than 200 million years, it’s one of the earliest…