Draft Environmental Impact Statement / Assessment of Effects for the Quarry Visitor Center Treatment Project
The National Park Service (NPS) is making available for public review the Draft Environmental Impact Statement / Assessment of Effects for the Quarry Visitor Center Treatment Project (DEIS) for Dinosaur National Monument. This DEIS for the treatment of the Quarry Visitor Center evaluates five alternatives designed to address the structural shortcomings associated with the Quarry Visitor Center. The DEIS is available for review on the park planning web site http://parkplanning.nps.gov (search for Dinosaur NM). Hard copies of the DEIS will be available for review at the Superintendent’s Office, Dinosaur National Monument and at the county public libraries in Vernal, Utah and Craig, Colorado. Public comments will be accepted until August 10, 2007.
Did You Know?
Dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago, but lizards are still a common sight at Dinosaur National Monument. The small, inquisitive reptiles have endured on Earth for more than 300 million years, far outlasting their giant cousins.