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September 4, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY — A proposal from two congressmen to convert a central Utah dinosaur fossil quarry rich in Jurassic-period bones into a national monument gained a key endorsement Tuesday from county officials.
The Emery County public lands council voted unanimously to back a plan that would elevate the Cleveland-Lloyd dinosaur fossil quarry to what could be known as the “Jurassic National Monument,” said Randy Johnson, Emery County's public lands adviser. The Emery County commission is also expected to back the idea.
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