A discovery of dinosaur footprints on public lands near Shell, Wyoming, could change the way scientists think about the entire Middle Jurassic Period. The site is called the Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite, and it is only one of many sites of educational interest in the state. Public lands make up 18 million acres, about 20 percent of the land area of the state, mostly in the high plains and deserts of western Wyoming. The state also contains the middle span in the 2,000-mile historic Oregon Trail corridor. In August 2002, Wyoming BLM will celebrate the grand opening of the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper. The center will provide educators with a variety of materials to teach not only Western American history, but the materials tie in with other curricula, including science and language arts. BLM Environmental Education and Cultural Education Coordinator for Wyoming: Ranel Capron Jump to Another State WYOMING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES BLM's Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite 1999 BLM Environmental Education feature Describes discovery and study of rare fossil footprints near Shell, Wyoming, representing a large and diverse group of dinosaurs. http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/1999/wy/index.html Hands on the Land - National Historic Trails Interpretive Center Interactive website Profile of the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, a BLM Hands on the Land site in Casper, WY http://www.handsontheland.org/profiles/profile_details.cfm?sitecode=hitr Resource Explorer Mike Bies Website BLM archaeologist describes cultural resource "detective work" in Wind River Basin, Wyoming. http://www.blm.gov/education/expert/2/index.html Resource Explorer Neffra Matthews Website BLM photogrammetrist uses the latest technologies to study dinosaurs at the Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite in Wyoming. http://www.blm.gov/education/expert/6/index.html Wyoming Fifth-Graders Celebrate National Public Lands Day 1999 2000 BLM Environmental Education feature Describes Forest Conservation Days 2000, annual two-week-long event hosted by Society of American Foresters near San Jose, California. http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/2000/wy/index.html Wyoming's Duck Swamp Classroom Whets Public Appetite 1997 BLM Environmental Education feature Describes BLM Worland, Wyoming, district's "Duck Swamp Environmental Education Area" made possible by a new footbridge. http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/feature12.html

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