Andrew Gulliford/Special to the Herald Dinosaurs are back! Well,
maybe not from the Cretaceous Age 150 million years ago, but
they’ve returned again on display at Dinosaur National Monument
in northeast Utah. Actually, the large lizard bones never left,
but the quarry exhibit building had been closed for five years
because it had broken free of its foundation on betonite soil
and was sliding downhill. The quarry has reopened, and exhibits
are better than ever. “The key thing was trying to protect the
bone wall,” said Dan Johnson, chief of interpretation and
visitor services. “We don’t climate control it to an exact
temperature but we do moderate it,” which is important with
outside temperature swings from 110 degrees in the summer to
minus-30 degrees in winter. So if you went to Dinosaur National
Monument years ago, it’s time to take your children or
grandchildren and return. We’ve learned a lot more about sharp-
toothed reptiles in the last 20 years. The new exhibits are
stunning, and this time the dinosaurs