Show LQ two separate unrelated national monuments shelving the upper colorado river basin project by congress Congro savas ans duo in part to tho the vigorous campaign camp gift dign conducted by naturalist fanatics and their allies against 4 one of tho the 11 proposed dams efforts will win bo be continued to secure favorable action on an tho the groat great reclamation program on oil which future development q ortho upper basin states is so moan mean timo however on an interesting si ai dolight to tho the furious controversy troverse tro versy oyer tho the proposal to locate a d dam at echo park colo wo insi dethe dinosaur national monument is that the tho itself is receiving tourist attention tell IOU v by tho the md and of july moro more than visited 18 tho mo monument Aument most of thorn thom registering at tho small improved sector iho the seven roles noth noh of ot jonesb utah abo tb a por cent gain pin avor tho those of 1953 1958 which also saw an influx of to soo goo what all 01 tho the shouting was A about nut twenty peri cent of tho the visitors arc are from california exceeding ox oyon on those from utah and other nearby states california has US boon the center of much of the opposition to echo r ark LIM and of tho the most exciting publicity about tho of the monument and california water and ioto interests tests would benefit if no devolt development should occur in tho upper colorado basin haq to tho the dinosaur quarry aro are doubtless visitors many road the tho magazine and I 1 haroph f ampa h I yaw I 1 1 il i f r i lot articles about tho breath brouth f aing scenery along ng UW the bip a wd Groon rivers and drive many miles and fol llew lowthe the inadequate signs to tho dinosaur monument mon hood quarters there they view nono of the grandeur described but bui only tho barren hills whore dinosaur skeletons wore removed years ago and placed in museums throughout ghoul tho thu country they also see a fow few fossilized bones of prehistoric animals in the small temporary museum and borne somo fino fine maps paintings and photographs explaining the bones those willing to climb a path a quarter of a 0 mule up alio bill got a closer view of the uto dinosaur graveyard whore some skeleton loton fruh ments remain and if they walk further they receive a real divi dividend dood beneath an aluminum shelter built up against a hill hillside a do workers rs avo aro using drills and chisels to expose more bon os ea AB As they are defined in tho the rook they are tire preserved with shellac lac thus visitors are able to see boo the remains of f prehistoric creatures of hundreds of millI ORB nR of years YOUTH ago lip exactly as they ore are discovered this should bo be a real a attraction t to historically and scientifically minded to tourists and a permanent on tho flie spot MUS museum is ink bJ the monument hoad headquarters quarters is reached by a rood road that has boon consistent with the neglect and luck lack of official interest in development of the area however of the seven mi miles leg of the road rond adjoining US highway 40 are now graded and hard liard surfaced or in the process of being so improved thus thua the original dinosaur national Mon monument is gaining attention through the furor over a section of the pork park which is totally unrelated to dino dinosaurs Baurs the original 80 acro monument was created in 1915 twenty three years later it was ox expanded by executive order to include acres embracing the aroon roen and yampa canyons to the north and cast the two parts are act actually naly separate and almost entirely unrelated tourists Tou riste may see the much publicized canyon walls in their entirety only by taking it alloo amilo milo trip with a professional boatman but shift tour misses the dino dinosaur faur beds and visitors io to the quarry hero tho the monument mon headquarters ir located got only n g glimpse of the river the several overlooks over looks can bo be reach dj in tho the canyon area over rough unimproved roads but only an infinitesimal part of alic scenic area is accessible despite oil all the publicity to the contrary oven come residents oro are still under the impression that echo park and split mountain damn dams would flood th dinosaur quarry the lakes that would form orm canyons would not disturb tho the original 80 acre park in any way nor would world anything of his tt botio or value bo be inundated except in a SS boses where es could coula bo be salvaged and placed ina af OW v fiat approval of tho iho upper basin ap pp joath mem banko e it ai ie I 1 t e 1 fuorry la not mot involved in 1 tw ito band that hilo chih area can be reab TW 1 elpus for tho most part idall 0 biow un wine 6 qui al w ater br 34 A G haq I 1 tt T ev |