Preservationists: Gas drilling threatens carvings
May 28, 2008 By MIKE STARK, Associated Press Writer
Tanker trucks pass petroglyphs Wednesday, April 30, 2008, in Nine Mile Canyon northeast of Wellington, Utah. It is still unclear exactly how the increased dust and continued use of a dust suppressant in the canyon will affect the rock art. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)
(AP) -- Along Utah's Nine Mile Canyon lies what some call the longest art gallery in the world - thousands of prehistoric rock carvings and paintings of bighorn sheep and other wildlife, hunters wielding spears, and warriors engaged in hand-to-hand combat. But now, a dramatic increase in natural gas drilling is proposed on the plateau above the canyon, and preservationists fear trucks will kick up dust that will cover over the images.
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