Cultural Heritage and Paleontology
Man in blue hat crouches over partially revealed dinosaur bone in the ground

Mother’s Day Site helps unlock ancient mysteries while asking more questions

Over the last 30 years, the Mother's Day site in southern Montana has produced more than 2,600 specimens including the most complete juvenial sauropod skull ever found.
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Javonne Goodman

Foundations of the Past, Present and Future: River House Stabilization Project

For Native American Heritage Month, we are highlighting a preservation project completed this year within Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah.

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Arizona Project Archaeology Team: Nicole Armstrong-Best, Jeri Meeks, Brooke Wheeler, Jenny Works

Arizona Project Archaeology wins Arizona Governor's Heritage Preservation Honor Award

Arizona Project Archaeology, an affiliate of the Bureau of Land Management’s National Project Archaeology program, was awarded the 2021 Arizona Governor’s Heritage Preser

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Life reconstruction of juvenile Diplodocus from the Mother’s Day Quarry with adults. Note how the shape of the snout in the juvenile is pointed compared to the flat shape of the adult. Evidence that they were feeding differently.

The Mother’s Day Quarry Keeps Giving

Story by: Greg Liggett, Paleontologist, Montana/Dakotas State Office

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Kirk Halford hiking to ancient ruins in Canyonlands National Park

BLM archaeologist digs data

Before a new road, pipeline or even a fence can traverse BLM land, a call goes out to BLM archaeologists.

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New species of unusual dinosaur found in Montana

Story by: Greg Liggett, Geologist (Paleontologist), Montana/Dakotas State Office

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