fossilnoggin Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 one of which is Grand Staircase-Escalante. my question is whether or not this will affect fossil hunting regulations that prevent the average citizen from fossil hunting on these lands? https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-shrinks-2-national-monuments-in-utah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Likely not. The lands either reverted to private hands (if they were originally donated or taken) or to the BLM which is just as draconian in what you may collect. -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Probably not. Most of the land is BLM so they will continue to let the fossils erode away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 There’s also coal and oils in those hills, likely if it were to fall into private lands the would be bought up by large companies which would likely not allow fossil collecting due to the liability involved . “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 I spent a couple weeks in 2008 & 2009 backpacking in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and I never saw any fossils with the exception of the petrified wood exposed at the Escalante Petrified Forest State Park, which you cannot collect. Grand Staircase is a very beautiful place to hike and if you are ever in the area, you should check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smt126 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Nope. This is just to allow corporations to harvest resources. I've been hoping to some sort of loosening of regulations on the fossils, but doubt they do anything with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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