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…
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Accuracy is Crucial
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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
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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…
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Computer Changes
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Changes You have already noticed that the POS computers have been switched around. The #1 computer is now the one at the front (Ranger) counter and the computer at our normal sales station is now the #2 computer. We lost the hard drive and had to replace it in the (currently) #2 computer so we…
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Ten Steps to Success!
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Summer Schedules (As of May 8, 2018)
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Dinosaur National Monument: On the Colorado side, the Canyon Visitor Center will be open on Saturdays and Sundays from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. until Saturday, May 19th when they will be open daily. On the Utah side, shuttle bus operations between the Quarry Visitor Center and the Exhibit Hall will start. The shuttle will leave…
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National Jr. Ranger Day
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FYI Green River campground is open for first-come, first-served family camping. Volunteer hosts Terry and Janis McCabe (site #41) and Bill Losey site #22) are in place in GR and host Maurice Kelley will be moving into SM tomorrow. Terry and Janis have been volunteer hosting
on and off here for many years and this is Bill’s second go-around. Maurice is new to volunteer hosting. Please say hi and introduce yourself if you happen to be passing through these campgrounds!
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Flying Home Is the Publication of the Year!
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: PALM SPRINGS, CA –The Public Lands Alliance (PLA) has announced the recipients of its 2018 Partnership Awards that celebrate the best in public lands partnerships. These awards honor individuals, organizations, publications, products, programs and services that embody leading edge achievements in the preservation of public lands and the enrichment of visitors. More…
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Harpers Corner Rd is now open all the way. There are a few spots that the snow is close to the fog line but that will melt off quickly. Canyon Overlook is one lane down to the lower parking lot but we will have that plowed by the end of the week.
10:33 AM 3/28/2018