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http://cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2012/06/16/the-moab-giants-dinosaur-park/
"I have written about Moab, Utah many times. The natural beauty of the region
around the town astounds the senses: two national parks (Arches and
Canyonlands), innumerable canyons, the La Sal Mountains, petroglyphs,
pictographs, and the Colorado River. A paradise for hikers, rock climbers,
rafters, bicyclists, and rock art lovers.
Unfortunately, commercial interests, always on the lookout for new ways to
exploit nature, have done their best to convert this region to a paradise for
profits. From uranium mining to jeep safaris, money-making enterprises have
wreaked havoc on the land, air, and water.
Two years ago, Polish paleontologist and entrepreneur Gerard Gierliński
purchased more than forty acres of land nine miles north of Moab, at the
junction of U.S. Highway 191 and State Highway 313 (the road that leads to the
Island in the Sky section of Canyonlands National Park). He proposed to local
officials something that struck us as particularly insane: a Moab Giants
Dinosaur Park. Through a Polish organization called the Delta Association, many
dinosaur theme parks have been built in Poland and Eastern Europe, and there
are some in the United States as well. They are promoted on scientific grounds;
the Moab venture was initially hyped as "an open air dinosaur tracks museum,"
"devoted to science and research." The reality is somewhat different." . . .
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