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Robert Gehrke: Utah is home to the richest deposits of dinosaurs on the planet, and now they will be protected

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) State Sen. Jani Iwamoto, center, and Utah Paleontologist Jim Kirkland tour the site of the new Utahraptor State Park. Iwamoto was the co-sponsor of the legislation creating the park, which contains the largest array of dinosaur species on the planet. It is also the site of a World War II Japanese isolation camp that will be memorialized within the park.