The I.N.H.A. Staff Blog

2015 Calendars on Sale!

All 2015 calendars… wall, desk, and pocket… until they are gone. 40% off is the price. The Computer should automatically figure the price for you, but just in case, they are: PPCA Wall = $5.97;     PPCA Desk = $2.99;     PPCA Pocket = $1.79 Utah or Utah National Parks Wall = $7.19, Utah or Utah National…

Vandalized dinosaur fossil to become a teaching tool

Man digging out fossil bone

Link to the Deseret News Article DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT — A fossil damaged by vandals in September has been removed from its place along the monument’s popular Fossil Discovery Trail so it can be used as a teaching tool. Brooks Britt, a paleontologist from Brigham Young University, excavated the fossilized humerus of a juvenile sauropod…

Monument managers moving damaged dino fossil

By BRETT PRETTYMAN | The Salt Lake Tribune First Published Dec 01 2014 03:54PM    •    Last Updated Dec 01 2014 10:53 pm Courtesy | Dinosaur National Monument Dinosaur National Monument rangers found this fossil on the popular Fossil Discovery Trail vandalized on Sept. 2. An investigation has turned up no leads. The remaining fossilized humerus bone of a…

What Are You Doing on Thanksgiving Day?

Happy Thanksgiving Banner

We sleep in… then get up and watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade… and break bread for stuffing. After the parade is over, we watch the National Dog Show, which somehow, has become a tradition. I usually start putting together the stuffing around the time the dog show is over. All of our kids and…

Krista Is Leaving

Words meaning farewell

I’m sad to say that Krista is moving on… we knew it would come some day but pretty much denied it for a long time. It’s not like we didn’t know that she was going to school in her off-time to become a teacher… but, we’ve got stuff that needs to get done. And she’s…