Allen L. Cook Spring Creek Preserve Explained

Allen L. Cook Spring Creek Preserve is a 4700acres nature reserve considered to be one of the richest cache of undisturbed dinosaur fossils in North America.^[1] It is located near the village of Rock River, Wyoming some 40miles northwest of Laramie. The Preserve contains the outcrops of the Morrison, Sundance, and Cloverly formations.^[2]

The preserve was established in December 2005 when rancher Allen L. Cook donated the land to the University of Pittsburgh,^[3] which uses it for research and educational purposes, in partnership with the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the University of Wyoming.^[4]

The University of Pittsburgh Honors College typically offers field study in paleontology, ecology, and archaeology as well as intensive are courses in conjunction with the Department of Studio Arts.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. News: Another Jurassic park?. Kristy. Gray. Casper Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyoming. October 12, 2019. March 16, 2019.
2. News: Pitt Honors College Receives 4,700 Acres of Wyoming Land Teeming With Dinosaur Fossils. https://web.archive.org/web/20070626130216/http://www.umc.pitt.edu/media/pcc060130/land_donation_main_2006JAN30.html. June 26, 2007. Pitt Chronicle. January 30, 2006. March 16, 2019. unfit.
3. News: Jurassic Park. Guy. Gugliotta. The Washington Post. August 13, 2016. March 16, 2019.
4. News: Dinosaurs are gone, but their bones are all about. Don. Hopey. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 24, 2007. April 21, 2024.
5. Web site: Wyoming Field Studies. University of Pittsburgh. August 26, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130821042712/http://www.honorscollege.pitt.edu/wyoming-field-studies. August 21, 2013. dead.
6. Pitt Presents Studio Arts Wyoming Field Study Exhibition Jan. 12-28. University of Pittsburgh. January 7, 2011. August 26, 2013.