Story by Steve Voynick
The National Park Service has ten parks and monuments dedicated to fossils and paleontology (STEVE VOYNICK)
What do rare insect and fish fossils, an abundance of petrified wood, a rock wall studded with 1,500 dinosaur bones, working fossil quarries, and paleontological laboratories have in common? The answer is that all can be seen in certain parks and monuments of the National Park Service. Our national parks and national monuments are a treasure trove for anyone interested in fossils and paleontology. Although most of the National Park Service’s 177 parks and monuments are involved with fossils in some manner, ten exist specifically to protect, preserve, study, and interpret paleontological resources.