Rock Carvings Face Risk From Gas Drilling ; Conservationists Fear Dust Will Damage Images
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › May 30, 2008
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WELLINGTON, Utah Along Utah's Nine Mile Canyon lies what some call the longest art gallery in the world thousands of prehistoric rock carvings and paintings of bighorn sheep and other wildlife, hunters wielding spears and warriors engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
But now, a sharp increase in natural gas drilling is proposed on the plateau above the canyon, and preservationists fear trucks will kick up dust that will cover over the images. And they worry that one possible solution a chemical dust suppressant could corrode the rock.See the full content of this document
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Rock Carvings Face Risk From Gas Drilling ; Conservationists Fear Dust Will Damage Images
"They're irreplaceable," said Steve Tanner, a member of the Nine Mile Canyon Coalition, which wants more done to funnel industrial traffic away from the ...
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