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Battle Over Dinosaurs Versus Electricity
Washington dossier frames a clash over a Green River dam that could bury 90 foot dinosaur footprints and petroglyphs. Officials including Oscar Chapman and Harold Ickes weigh scenery, water needs, and fossil sites against power generation in a tense political struggle.
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Frederick C.othman
Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Oscar Chapman
Utah
Colorado
Green River
Ickes
Roosevelt
Michael Straus
Commissioner of Reclamation
National Parks Service
Chapman
Reclamation Bureau
Parks Service
Dinosaur Boys
Oscar
Ed Johnson
Reva Bosone
Arthur V. Watkins
Frank A. Barrett
Wyoming
Mike
Green River Canyon
John G. Will
Upper
Colorado River Basin