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    John Day Fossil Beds

    National Monument Oregon

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April 29, 2013
Statement on the Effects of Sequestration at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument was required by “sequestration” to reduce its annual budget by five percent. For John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, this amounts to a reduction of approximately $80,000 from a budget of $1,600,000.

March 12, 2013
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument Tourism Creates $7,303,000 in Local Economic Benefit
Part of $30 billion impact that supports 252,000 jobs nationwide

March 05, 2013
World’s Oldest Fisher Found at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Between 7.05 and 7.3 million years old, this find is more than 5 million years earlier than other records of fishers in North America.

January 09, 2013
Climbing Dogs and Sprinting Sabertooths: Limb Structure Reveals Locomotion of Extinct Carnivores
New study reveals link between carnivore limb structure and locomotion, revealing how early dogs and saber-toothed animals might have lived.

Did You Know?

Crocodiles in oregon?

Fossils from the Clarno Unit show that 44 million years ago, in what is now a near desert in Oregon, crocodiles and palm trees flourished.