OCR Text |
Show Dinosaur visitation second busiest year ever 'S82was the second busiest year ever at Dmosaur National Monument. Travel 'or the year amounted to 416,791 - a 14 Pejeent increase over the 1981 figure of .155. The busiest year was 1972. the year hf ' prior t0 the first Middle East oil em-Wfgo, em-Wfgo, when visitation soared to 497,091. invr the"' il has been as low as 31 1 "8 '9 when there was a fear of gasoline rc"y and gas climbed to over a dollar a gallon. , MrReferring to the large travel figures, ' '"ument Superintendent Joe L. Ken nedy said, "We are pleased to have hosted so many people to this unit of the National Park system. Our job is to preserve the parks and monuments for future generations while providing the visitors w ith a safe and enjoyable oppor- . tunity to enjoy the many and diverse resources available to them." Beginning Saturday, March 26. the Quarry Visitor Center w ill be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The Headquarters ( 2 miles east of Dinosaur, Colo. ) is open only on weekdays, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. |