Re: Jurassic Park at the Cook Ranch

[Phillip Bigelow <bigelowp@juno.com>]

On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 00:47:57 -0600 Cliff Green <dinonaut@emerytelcom.net>
writes:
> Dear Dan and List,
> 
>     This is a wonderful story. We had a similar situation here in 
> Utah, with
> the Saint George tracksite. The land owners would have made many 
> millions of
> dollars if they had decided to sell the property to developers, but 
> chose to
> donate it as they put it, " for the future generations".
>     Hearing of this rancher's generosity up in Wyoming, renews my 
> faith in
> our species ability for greatness.



Everyone can help protect fossiliferous lands from development.  The
Nature Conservancy in the U. S. has protected fossil-bearing land in
Montana:

http://www.dinosaurdiscovery.com/dinosaur-fossil.htm


The Nature Conservancy in Britian has protected critical coastal
outcrops:
http://www.agiweb.org/geotimes/june03/feature_british.html

Part of your membership fee is used to purchase these lands.
In the U.S.: 
http://www.nature.org/

In Canada:
http://www.natureconservancy.ca/


<pb> (I have no affliation with the organization)
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good idea to avoid eye contact." - Jack Handey