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<br />,,' <br />,>>, .- <br /> <br />DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT <br /> <br />Statement for Management <br /> <br />1211 <br /> <br />I. PURPOSE OF THE MONUMENT <br /> <br />Dinosaur National Monument was originally established as an area of 80 acres <br />by Presidential Proclamation (President Woodrow Wilson) on October 4, 1915, <br />to ". . . preserve an extraordinary deposit of dinosaurian and other gigantic <br />remains of the Jura trias Period . . ." <br /> <br />The Presidential Proclamation of 1938 further stated "Whereas it appears <br />that it would be in the public interest to reserve such lands (certain <br />public lands contiguous to the Dinosaur National ,Monument) as an addition <br />to the said Dinosaur National Monument:" and "The Director of the National <br />Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall <br />have the supervision, management, and control of this monument as provided <br />in the act of Congress entitled 'An Act to establish a National Park Service, <br />and for other purposes, I approved August 25, 1916, 39 Stat. 535 (U.S.C., <br />title 16, sec's. 1 and 2)" and which further states: <br /> <br />-I <br />, <br /> <br />"which purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic <br />objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the <br />same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for <br />the enjoyment of future generations." <br /> <br />II. SIGNIFICANCE OF MONUMENT RESOURCES <br /> <br />Dinosaur National Monument is an area of appr~ximately 322 square miles, <br />silaped rougi,ly in the form uf an i:werted "T". It is bounded by the Blue <br />~lountain Plateau on t~le south, Douglas i-fountain on the cast and nortil, <br />and DiamonJ :'Iountain on the north and west. These comprise the easternmost <br />ext~nsiDn of tIle Uinta i!ountains, an cast-west range. Approximately <br />three-fourths of thQ monUlTlc:nt is in Colorado "'-lith the rer.1ainc1er in Utah. <br /> <br />Elevations witilin the national roonumcnt range from 4,735 feet near the <br />Quarry to 9,0"6 feet at Zenobia Peak. Tile colorful ridges .:Ind benches of <br />tile higi' country have I>een dissected to form tile spp.ctacular deep canyons <br />of the Green and Y ']!TIp.1 ~ ve rs. Seni-arid rolling hills wi t~l 80rne plateaus <br />make up the rest of the 10\'.'er country of the r.lOnlIment. <br /> <br />The vegetation on the 10',-Ier elevations and plateaus consists mainly of <br />grasses, sagchru:~h, pinon, nnd juniper. Ponucrosa pinl~ t nou~las fir, and <br />mountain mahogany are ahund,J;'1t on the steep protec.ted slop~3 and higher <br />r.J.ollntQinsid~s. <br /> <br />There are many wildlife species found within the national monument <br />coo5istloG of, but not limited tOt t~le follo~in3: deer, bo~cntt coyotct <br /> <br />SFM-1 <br />