Lawmaker seeking $10M for a new Utahraptor State Park

The proposed Utahraptor State Park came into sharper focus Friday at the Legislature, where officials unveiled a $10 million plan to turn 6,500 state-owned acres surrounding a famed, but neglected, Grand County dinosaur quarry into a well-managed destination with trails, interpretive sites and a campground at a second entrance to Arches National Park.Rep. Steve Eliason, R-Sandy, this week introduced HB322, which would direct the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation to manage Dalton Wells, just