Tibia

After coordination with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, BLM and the Royal Gorge Regional Museum & History Center, an excavation team was sent out to ...

Individuals should leave bone fossils and artifacts where found and reach out to the BLM Royal Gorge Field Office at 3028 E. “The museum is inviting the public to come and witness trained volunteers opening the casts to begin the preparation process,” said Museum Director Lisa Studts said in a press release. Members of the public are reminded to practice good stewardship of the land and help preserve its important resources. Volunteers with the Western Interior Paleontological Society along with museum paleo-volunteers will be working on preparing and preserving the recently excavated fossils in the museum’s Program Room from 10 a.m. The Museum & History Center will present these fossils to the public starting with a grand fossil reveal at 10 a.m. This kept them intact so they could be transported to the Royal Gorge Regional Museum & History Center, which is a federal repository, for proper preparation and stabilization work.